As the Powerball numbers announced Saturday night 22-32-37-44-50 did not find matching entries, the jackpot has soared a record $425 million for the next drawing and possibly higher, NBC News has reported.
Stock markets in Asia are expected to move along with the global markets in the coming week in the absence of significant events. Market participants are likely to turn their attention to the U.S. and developments in Europe.
Black Friday was a good-news, bad-news kind of day for U.S. retailers, based on estimates released by researcher ShopperTrak.
Mohammed Morsi's government has the hard job of rebuilding Egypt's economy, but the IMF's $4.8 billion will make it a bit easier.
Tens of thousands of Egyptians began demonstrating Friday, a day after the president issued a decree expanding his office’s powers.
A new study suggests that adults treated with stimulants for ADHD are less likely to be imprisoned than those who aren’t.
Asian stock markets reported their best weekly gains in two months this week as investor sentiment turned positive on signs of an improvement in global manufacturing, while expectations that U.S. lawmakers will soon arrive at a consensus to avoid the "fiscal cliff” also lifted market sentiment.
Driving to become the world's largest automaker by the end of this decade, Volkswagen AG said Friday it plans to make €50.2 billion ($64.7 billion) in strategic investments during the next three years.
European Union budget talks collapse as "givers" and "takers" fail to agree on spending cuts.
The recall announcement by Ranbaxy comes almost a year after the U.S. Justice Department filed a consent decree against the company.
Actress Deborah Raffin, who became well-known relatively late in her life for launching a successful audio book company, has died of leukemia. She was 59.
Despite Black Friday protests, Wal-Mart says it sold 5,000 items a second on Thanksgiving evening, before the big day began.
If you want to avoid crowds this Black Friday, check out these top online deals from stores such as Bloomindales, Neiman Marcus and more.
Alcatel Lucent, Research In Motion, ABB Ltd, Anheuser-Busch InBev, Telefonica, Deutsche Bank, Tata Motors and Sony Corp. are among the companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trading Friday.
Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd, India’s largest drug manufacturer by sales, announced a voluntary recall of its generic version of the cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor from the U.S. market.
Black Friday holiday shopping kicked off weekend rush to the stores as shoppers made a beeline to the shelves with a hope of winning the best bargains.
The U.S. stock index futures point to a higher open Friday as signs of an improvement in global manufacturing buoyed the sentiment.
Walmart and Bharti Enterprises have suspended the chief financial officer and other staff belonging to their joint venture in India pending the outcome of an investigation into a bribery charge.
Israeli tanks and troops rolled back from their staging grounds on Thursday. For now, the truce still stands.
European leaders are meeting this week in Brussels to hammer out the contentious issues that will be debated as they form their next budget.
What's next for Jesse Jackson Jr.? A continued federal investigation. For his vacant seat? Another election.
As always, here's your handy clip-and-save earnings watch list for this week.
Despite the typical platitudes, holiday speeches by the president and the top female GOP lawmaker illustrate their differences.
Disney CEO and Apple board member Bob Iger purchased $1 million worth of shares of Apple (AAPL), Monday, Nov.19.
Millions of Americans are heading home for holidays this weekend, and majority are traveling by car, early news reports on holiday travel state.
Crude oil prices advanced in Asia Thursday after a private survey showed that China’s manufacturing activity expanded for the first time in more than a year in November.
The top after-market NASDAQ gainers Wednesday were ImmunoGen Inc, MAP Pharmaceuticals Inc, Star Scientific Inc and STEC Inc. The top after-market NASDAQ losers Wednesday were China Auto Logistics, BGC Partners and PDC Energy.
The top after-market NYSE gainers Wednesday were Yanzhou Coal Mining, Aeropostale, SunTrust Banks, CapitalSource and J.C. Penney Co. The top after-market NYSE losers were Headwaters, IntraLinks Holdings, Forestar Group, AECOM Technology and AAR Corp.
Asian shares rose Thursday as a survey showed China's manufacturing sector expanded for the first time in 13 months in November.
The yen fell to a 7-1/2-month low against the dollar Thursday, lifting Japan's Nikkei share average to a six-month high, on expectations of aggressive policy action under an expected new government.
