Egypt is becoming a test case for the Internet going dark, with only one of its main service providers operating. But the lack of communications isn't stopping the protests.
Never shy about sharing his opinion, Vice President Biden had some controversial comments about Egypt’s 30-year ruler Hosni Mubarak.
Senior investment banking executives at Bank of America Corp will likely see as much as 80 percent of their 2010 bonuses in stock, but the cash portion will be higher than what was paid out last year, said a source familiar with the company's pay plans.
Egypt has officially cut off Internet access to the country, marking the first time in the history of the Internet when a nation-state has gone dark. Other nations, though, seem reluctant to follow suit.
Gold Bullion prices failed to rally from last night's tumble in Asian and London trade on Friday, extending the month's sharp losses and hitting to four-month lows in the US Dollar and six-month lows against the Swiss Franc and commodity currency Aussie and Canadian Dollars.
New York City finally takes a snow day after residents woke up to a foot of snow.
Egypt's stock exchange reopened after being suspended on Thursday and the benchmark index .EGX30 extended its decline to 8.2 percent from 6.2 percent before the halt.
The BSE Sensex erased early gains and was trading down 0.4 percent on Thursday, as the near-term outlook for foreign funds' interest was far from promising due to better prospects elsewhere.
Nintendo Co Ltd reported a 46 percent fall in quarterly profit, as sales of its aging DS handheld device tumbled ahead of the launch of a new, 3D-capable model next month.
Boeing Co offered a weaker-than-expected 2011 earnings outlook as higher pension costs exacerbated the impact of potential defense spending cuts and delays to the 787 Dreamliner, sending its shares down 3.6 percent.
Boeing Co's quarterly profit slipped on fewer commercial airplane deliveries and its shares fell 3.3 percent in premarket trade on a disappointing earnings outlook for 2011.
Precious metals fell on Tuesday as a slew of data suggested better global economic environment, reducing investors' need to lock in their money in safer but less profitable avenues like metals while technical analysts see further room southward for the commodities.
U.S. single-family home prices fell for a fifth straight month in November and a double-dip in home prices could be confirmed by spring, a closely watched survey said on Tuesday.
U.S. single-family home prices fell for a fifth straight month in November and could plumb new lows soon, a closely watched survey showed on Tuesday.
Stock index futures pointed to a weaker open on Wall Street on Tuesday, with futures for the S&P 500, for the Dow Jones and for the Nasdaq 100 down 0.1-0.2 percent.
McDonald's Corp reported weaker-than-expected December sales at established European and U.S. restaurants as poor weather hurt demand, and said its food costs would rise in 2011.
McDonald's Corp forecast higher food costs for 2011 and reported weaker-than-expected December sales at established European and U.S. restaurants as poor weather hurt demand.
Executives at MTV say they will tweak the controversial show Skins
Google Inc CEO Eric Schmidt will step aside and make way for co-founder Larry Page to take the reins, in a surprise announcement. The following is Schmidt's letter to employees upon stepping down
Morgan Stanley's commodities risk fell in the fourth quarter as it faced trading woes similar to the rest of Wall Street, but the No. 2 U.S. investment bank still pipped top rival Goldman Sachs with a higher risk year-on-year.
Abdullah al-Attiyah, who spearheaded the Gulf state's crude output expansion in the 1990s and, more significantly led the country's emergence as the LNG capital of the region, has stepped down as the energy minister following his appointment as the Chairman of the Emir's court.
PIMCO's Anthony Crescenzi , author of one of the few books on macroeconomic investing, speaks to IBTimes about his views on the broad economy and the tools he uses to monitor it.
