Shares of Facebook (Nasdaq: FB), the No. 1 social network, fell 3.4 percent again Friday, a week after their disastrous debut in their initial public offering.
Overnight price action saw European equities begin their session on a positive footing, but have since pared these gains and are now in the red as investor sentiment waffles.
With a fairly light data day heading into the weekend, the focus of markets thus far has been macroeconomic commentary
While the European Economic Summit failed to provide any earth-shattering revelations this week, the topic of joint euro area bonds has re-emerged and seems to be garnering support with many political leaders
In the debate on hydraulic fracturing's safety record, the back and forth between industry groups, activist, and academic studies creates a lot of noise for the average person to sort out. But when a university is accused of misrepresenting its own data, that makes understanding the controversial drilling technique even more challenging.
Airbus will probably not increase production of its narrowbody A320 airplane in the near future due to supply chain limitations, Aviation Week reported Friday.
For more than three decades law enforcement officials and the nation wondered what happened to Etan Patz, the 6-year-old who disappeared in his SoHo neighborhood while on his way to the school bus stop on May 25, 1979.
India Government may go slow on boosting diesel prices as the recent steep petrol hike has generated strong opposition from both the public and opposition parties.
A Facebook friend request set the wheels in motion for Brian Banks to be cleared of rape 10 years after he was accused by former high school classmate Wanetta Gibson and had already spent five years in prison.
Former Boston Red Sox pitcher and tech entrepreneur Curt Schilling fired his entire staff at his Rhode Island-based video game company, 38 Studios, on Thursday, leaving more than 300 employees without jobs because the company couldn't repay its debt to the state.
The U.S. Treasury declined Friday to name China as a currency manipulator, a move that is likely to intensify an already hot debate in the U.S. presidential campaigning.
Shares of Quest Software (Nasdaq; QSFT) jumped 5 percent Friday after a report it would be acquired by Dell (Nasdaq: DELL), for as much as $2 billion.
Top Chinese and Israeli military officials met in Beijing earlier this week, signaling increased cooperation between the two nations, that formerly regarded each other tepidly.
China's growing hunger for the RV is providing further evidence for the theory that the Middle Kingdom is trying to become more American -- at least in its pastimes.
Bankia, Spain's fourth largest bank, reportedly asked for the suspension ahead of a board meeting on Friday afternoon aimed at redrawing its accounts for 2011 and submitting a plan to bolster its finances.
The companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trade Friday are: Frontline Ltd, EMC Corporation, Deutsche Bank AG, SAP AG, Carnival Corporation, Wells Fargo & Company and BHP Billiton Limited.
In the week since Facebook Inc. (Nasdaq: FB) went public, its founder, CEO and majority shareholder saw his $20.2 billion stake in the social media giant quickly swell to $24 billion only to shrink by day's end to $17.6 billion.
U.S. mortgages rates have dropped to record lows for four consecutive weeks, but that doesn't mean more homes will be sold. In fact, at least one housing expert argues that extremely low rates are causing banks to be even more stringent with underwriting approvals, turning away more prospective buyers and hurting the national housing market.
Moving swiftly from the realm of tin foil-hat conspiracy to a bullet point being openly talked about as a fait accompli by international financiers, an exit by Greece from the European common currency dominated conversation this week. But what would actually happen if Greece left the euro?
Faced with the disastrous fallout from the initial public offering of Facebook (Nasdaq: FB), the No. 1 social network, other technology companies that had been waiting to go next may reconsider.
Futures on major U.S. indices point to a higher opening Friday ahead of the Reuters/University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index and Inflation Expectation survey.
Bombay Stock Exchange Sensex started on a negative note Friday and was trading in the red in the morning session.
The manpower behind HP's webOS platform continues to shrink as the team leading the Enyo HTML 5 development project is reportedly leaving the company to join Google shortly.
U.S. senators scandalized by Pakistan's jailing of a doctor for helping the CIA find Osama bin Laden voted on Thursday to cut aid to Islamabad by $33 million - one million for each year in the doctor's sentence.
Asian markets fell Friday on increasing concerns about China?s economic slowdown and Greece exiting the euro zone.
George Zimmerman made statements to Sanford, Fla., police that help establish his guilt of second-degree murder for killing Trayvon Martin, prosecutors said in a court filing on Thursday.
Police made the fist arrest in the Etan Patz case Thursday, when they held Pedro Hernandez, a 51-year-old man from Maple Shades, N.J., on a murder charge. Hernandez confessed to choking Patz to death after luring him into the basement of a convenient store with the promise of a soda.
As soon as the door opened, 15 men -- armed with pistols, machetes and iron rods -- burst into the house and began beating the young Angolan musicians and activists who were known for protesting against government corruption and the use of violent tactics to suppress political dissent.
Pedro Hernandez has been arrested in the 1979 murder of Etan Patz, New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly announced Thursday evening.
The staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has concluded its investigation into Lehman Brothers Holdings and will not likely recommend charges, according to the excerpt of a memo.
