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Wall Street was poised for a soft open on Monday on growing sentiment U.S. interest rates could rise sooner than had been anticipated following last week's surprisingly optimistic jobs report.

Stock index futures were lower on Monday on growing sentiment U.S. interest rates could rise sooner than had been anticipated following last week's surprisingly optimistic jobs report.

Rihanna attracted thousands of her fans for a concert at New York City's Hammerstein Ballroom Thursday, to mark the release of her new album Rated R, which critics say is her statement on ex-boyfriend Chris Brown's assault on her and her healing.

U.S. stocks advanced on Friday as data showed the economy shed far fewer jobs than expected last month, brightening the outlook for the economy and profits.

U.S. employers cut far fewer jobs than expected last month in the best showing for the labor market since the recession began, boosting the U.S. dollar and global stock prices on hopes for a strong economic recovery.

U.S. employers cut far fewer jobs than expected last month in the best showing for the labor market since the recession began, boosting the U.S. dollar and global stock prices on hopes for a strong economic recovery.

The Dow and the S&P 500 inched lower on Thursday as optimism about Bank of America's plan to repay $45 billion of government bailout money was offset by data showing the vast U.S. services sector contracted in November, which increased concerns about the recovery's strength.

Singapore, a Southeast Asian city-state with high per-capita emissions, will head to global climate talks next week with a pledge to cut carbon pollution by 16 percent versus projected business-as-usual levels by 2020.

Diversified energy company FirstEnergy Corp forecast a profit range for 2010, the top end of which could handily beat market estimates, as it gets a boost from its cost-cutting measures.

The days of swashbuckling backslappers on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange have given way to an era of trading dominated by analytical technical whizzes whose computers may be running from a town in deepest New Jersey or Texas.

A home movie showing a relaxed Marilyn Monroe apparently smoking marijuana has surfaced, retrieved from an attic some 50 years after it was filmed.

The U.S. manufacturing sector grew for the fourth straight month in November, though at a slower pace, and questions remain about the staying power of the incipient economic recovery.

The U.S. manufacturing sector grew for the fourth straight month in November, though at a slower pace, and questions remain about the staying power of the incipient economic recovery.

U.S. stocks were poised for a higher open on Tuesday as concerns over Dubai's debt problems eased and solid manufacturing data from China boosted sentiment as investors awaited a host of U.S. economic reports.

U.S. stocks were poised for a higher open on Tuesday as concerns over Dubai's debt problems eased and solid manufacturing data from China boosted sentiment as investors awaited a host of U.S. economic reports.

Wine from the cellars of a woman once dubbed the richest little girl in the world will be up for auction next month at Christie's in New York.

U.S. stocks were poised for a higher open on Tuesday as concerns over Dubai's debt problems eased and solid manufacturing data from China boosted sentiment as investors awaited a host of U.S. economic reports.

U.S. stock index futures rose on Tuesday as concerns over Dubai's debt problems eased and investors awaited a host of economic data, including pending home sales.

U.S. stock index futures rose on Tuesday as concerns over Dubai's debt problems eased and investors awaited a host of economic data, including pending home sales.

U.S. stock index futures rose on Tuesday as concerns about Dubai's debt problems eased and investors awaited a host of economic data, including pending home sales.

U.S. stock index futures rose on Tuesday as concerns about Dubai's debt problems eased and investors awaited a host of economic data, including pending home sales.