In the opening minutes of trading, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the S&P 500 index and the Nasdaq are all down about 1.80 percent.
Charles Schwab Corp (SCHW.N) on Thursday completed its $1 billion deal to acquire optionsXpress (OXPS.O), expanding its options and futures reach at a time when other brokerage sectors have stalled.
Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD.TO: Quote) boosted its dividend on Thursday as it reported that strong loan volumes in the United States and Canada drove it to a higher-than-expected quarterly profit, pushing its shares higher.
Nigeria's Access Bank said on Thursday it will spend 50 billion naira to acquire a 75 percent stake in rescued rival Intercontinental Bank and combine both firms' operations within 12 months of the merger.
Discount retailers stand to gain from tighter consumer spending.
U.S. retailers are expected to report higher monthly sales in August, even though consumer confidence sagged and Hurricane Irene disrupted shopping along the East Coast during a key back-to-school weekend.
Chinese liquor maker Wuliangye will raise prices for its alcohol by 20-30 percent from Sept 10, the firm said, the latest company to lift retail prices amid stubborn inflation pressures.
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Finally some good news for the American people on the U.S. economy front: Oil is on track to record in August its biggest monthly price decline since May -- something that will put more money in the pockets of consumers and also boost U.S. GDP growth, if the price reduction holds.
Unemployment in the U.S. has been stubbornly high and presents the largest single obstacle to the re-election hopes of Barack Obama. But joblessness among Americans who cannot yet vote – teenagers – are at levels that are both staggering and unprecedented. One labor economist tells IBTimes, “We have never experienced this amount of joblessness among teens.”
A Pennsylvania man, 65-year-old Donald Noone, was caught attempting to steal ribs in his pants for the second time in three months.
Hewlett-Packard said it will give the TouchPad one last shot. But before you get all excited, HP said it is only temporarily resuming manufacturing the TouchPad to meet unfulfilled demand.
Hong Kong-listed shares of China Construction Bank Corp rose more than 4 percent on Tuesday after Bank of America Corp said it will sell about half of its 10 percent stake in the Chinese lender, providing relief to investors by removing uncertainty surrounding the stake.
A South Carolina woman was swindled into purchasing a fake iPad after she was approached by the sellers in a McDonald's parking lot.
In the nation’s capital, almost one-half of people (49.3 percent) between the ages of 16 and 19 are jobless this summer.
South Africa's economy grew at its slowest pace in almost two years in the second quarter as the manufacturing and mining sectors slumped after strikes, boosting the case for interest rate cuts while denting the government's job-creation hopes.
Confidence among consumers plunged in August to its lowest in more than two years following the country's loss of its top credit rating and heart-wrenching drops in major stock indexes.
Asking whether hookah bars are illegal may seem like a silly question given the massive proliferation of such establishments in the last decade.
The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Universal Display, Limelight Networks, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Dendreon, and NetApp. The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: NuPathe, Central European Distribution, Hercules Offshore, LM Ericsson Telephone, and ASML Holding.
Stock index futures pointed to a weaker open for equities on Wall Street Tuesday after steep gains in the previous session, with futures for the S&P 500, for the Dow Jones and for the Nasdaq 100 down 0.2 to 0.3 percent.
Amazon shares rose 3 percent after Forrester predicted success with an iPad rival
Hurricane Irene was not nearly as catastrophic as expected; were the precautions necessary?
