The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) registered another difficult day Tuesday, plunging 389 points to 11,781 on institutional investor concern that Italy will not be able to service its debt, and that one, and possibly more countries may leave the Eurozone. What's the prudent stance for the typical investor?
Joseph Lazzaro
Nov 09, 2011
Russia attacked Tuesday's International Atomic Energy Agency report on Iran's nuclear program, saying that it would not allow the United Nations to impose any punitive measures on the Islamic republic.
Daniel Tovrov
Nov 09, 2011
General Motors Co posted a lower third-quarter profit on losses in Europe and offered a disappointing outlook that raised doubts about the speed of its turnaround two years after emerging from bankruptcy.
IBT Staff Reporter
Nov 09, 2011
General Motors Co posted a third-quarter profit that fell 15 percent after a loss in Europe and forecast that operating profit in the current quarter would be flat from a weak fourth quarter in 2010.
IBT Staff Reporter
Nov 09, 2011
London-based jeweler Graff Diamonds plans to raise about $1 billion in a Hong Kong listing next year, a move that could fund expansion in Asia and capitalize on booming gem prices.
Peggy Truong
Nov 09, 2011
Luxury and retail group PPR SA said it has agreed terms to acquire the Italian suitmaker that once clothed James Bond.
Peggy Truong
Nov 09, 2011
The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: SodaStream International, Yongye International, KIT digital, Universal Display, and City Telecom HK. The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Rovi, Blue Nile, STEC, Alaska Communications Systems Group, and China GrenTech.
Balasubramanyam Seshan
Nov 09, 2011
After swallowing months of cost increases that have eaten into their bottom lines throughout 2011, the nation's largest restaurant chains are positioning themselves to dish out incremental price increases to patrons over the next couple of months.
Eleazar David Meléndez
Nov 09, 2011
Google Inc will continue to offer support to firms using its Android system that are involved in legal disputes, its executive chairman Eric Schmidt said on Wednesday, as the Internet giant looks to cement alliances in the face of toughening competition.
IBT Staff Reporter
Nov 09, 2011
Argentina's biggest energy firm YPF has announced that it had found nearly a billion barrels in unconventional energy resources in Patagonia. YPF is the Argentine unit of Repsol YPF SA, Spain's largest oil group.
Bhaskar Prasad
Nov 09, 2011
Barclays Capital believes that iCloud could be Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AAPL) most important new service since the launch of iTunes in 2003.
Balasubramanyam Seshan
Nov 09, 2011
European shares looked set to follow Asian equities higher Wednesday and the euro steadied after Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said he would resign, raising hopes the debt-ridden country would proceed with reforms that may keep Europe's debt crisis from spreading.
Eric Linton
Nov 09, 2011
The annual inflation rate in China fell to 5.5 percent in October as a result of the government measures to curb rapidly rising prices.
Bhaskar Prasad
Nov 09, 2011
China's annual inflation rate fell sharply in October to 5.5 percent in a further pullback from July's three-year peak, giving Beijing more room to fine tune policy to help an economy feeling the chill of a global slowdown.
IBT Staff Reporter
Nov 09, 2011
The head of the International Monetary Fund warned on Wednesday that Europe's debt crisis risked plunging the global economy into a lost decade and said it was up to rich nations to shoulder the burden of restoring growth and confidence.
IBT Staff Reporter
Nov 09, 2011
China's annual inflation rate eased to 5.5 percent in October, a third straight month of decline from July's three-year peak and Premier Wen Jiabao said prices had fallen further since then.
IBT Staff Reporter
Nov 08, 2011
A 41-year-old ex-Motorola software engineer accused of stealing trade secrets for her native country, China, is currently on trial and is looking at 15 years in prison if she is convicted of economic espionage.
Laura Matthews
Nov 08, 2011
Lady Gaga's outlandish outfits steal every show set she steps on and Sunday's MTV Europe Music Awards were no exception. Gaga transformed into paper, storming the stage on what appeared to be an artificial moon. The effect: paper moon
Ceylan Yeginsu
Nov 08, 2011
The 12 official posters for the 2012 London Olympics were revealed Nov. 4 and they don't look anything like what you'd expect!
IBT Staff Reporter
Nov 08, 2011
Nairobi Securities Exchange has launched two stock indexes in conjunction with FTSE Group, and said on Tuesday it planned to start one for Treasury bonds next year.
Jack Kim
Nov 08, 2011
As the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency prepares to unveil its report on Iran's nuclear program, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday that the Islamic republican did not need a nuclear mob to confront the United States.
Elisha Maldonado
Nov 08, 2011
Kate and Pippa Middleton may be one of the worlds most sought after sisters, but it looks like people may hesitate before purchasing their latest replica dolls as their clunky, chunky nature strip them from their royal grace.
Ceylan Yeginsu
Nov 08, 2011
