How the major stock indexes fared on Friday The News & Observer Email Print Order Reprint Share This Share Text tool name | tool goes here The Associated Press Tags: | NEW YORK -- Treasurys are ending the week on a strong note after the Federal Reserve's commitment to low interest rates and on news that U.S. economic growth is moderate, both of which make bonds ...
World stocks muted ahead of US growth figures my SA | BANGKOK (AP) — World stocks faced multiple headwinds Friday after disappointing Japanese earnings, higher unemployment in Spain and weak U.S. home sales. Investors awaited quarterly growth figures from the U.S. later in the day. | Benchmark oil hovered below $100 per barrel while the dollar was ...
Zynga stock closes higher than IPO price for first time Contra Costa Times After more than a month of public trading, San Francisco social-gaming company Zynga on Friday finally ended a trading session with a stock price higher than what original investors paid in its initial public offering. | ...
A look at how some IPO stocks have fared Austin American Statesman | Facebook is preparing to file paperwork as early as Wednesday for an initial public offering of stock, according to The Wall Street Journal. Its public debut will be the most anticipated tech IPO since Google went public in August 2004. | Below is ...
Why Tech Stocks Look Better—Even for the Risk Averse Wall Street Journal | The technology sector is known for two things: growth potential and risk. | Apple's trouncing of Wall Street earnings forecasts this past week suggests growth is still abundant. Yet Big Tech is looking less risky than it has in the past. | Here are...
US stocks mixed after GDP, Chevron disappoint The Times Of India NEW YORK: A disappointing quarterly report from Chevron and a lower-than-expected US economic growth report for the fourth quarter kept a lid on US markets Friday. | Chevron pulled down the Dow Jones Industrial Average of blue chips, with the index c...
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Oil up as Fed sees low rates through late 2014 The Guardian (Corrects contract delivery date in paragraph 8 to March.) * US Fed says will keep rates low until late 2014 * US weekly crude stocks rise 3.56 mln barrels -EIA * Coming Up: U.S. w...
US stocks up on Federal Reserve signal on interest rates The Australian | US stocks erased early losses as investors cheered the Federal Reserve's signal that it would keep interest rates low until at least late 2014. | The Dow Jones Industrial Av...
EMCORE Announces Reverse Stock Split Seeking Alpha | ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Jan. 27, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- EMCORE Corporation (EMKR) ("EMCORE"), a leading provider of compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the fiber optic and solar power markets, announced today that its Board of D...
A look at how some IPO stocks have fared The Boston Globe | Facebook is preparing to file paperwork as early as Wednesday for an initial public offering of stock, according to The Wall Street Journal. Its public debut will be the most anticipated tech IPO since went public in August 2004. | Below is a look ...
With Facebook's expected IPO nearing, a look at how other IPO stocks have fared Daily Press Facebook is preparing to file paperwork as early as Wednesday for an initial public offering of stock, according to The Wall Street Journal. Its public debut will be the most anticipated tech IPO since Google went public in August 2004. | Below is a ...
Sensex closes at 10-week high Indian Express | The BSE Sensex closed above the 17k mark to 10-week high of 17,077.18, up 81 points on sustained buying as RBI policy shifted focus to pushing growth from taming inflation, and investors settled this months derivative contracts amid strong overseas markets. | Metals, PSU, teck, auto, consumer durables and IT stocks attracted good buying, with 12 ...
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Davos 2012 starts with worries about eurozone crisis BBC News The eurozone crisis and its global impact are set to dominate as the World Economic Forum (WEF) gets under way. | Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel will open the annual meeting of some 2,600 top business leaders and politicians in the Swiss mountain resort Davos. | One topic tackled in numerous debates is the future of capitalism itself. | Also on...
