Stock index futures rose on Thursday after a German vote approving new powers for the euro zone's crisis fund was approved and before data on U.S. economic growth and the labor market.
House prices in the United States are about to end a five-year-long decline but a meaningful recovery is a number of years away owing to a structural deficit in demand, according to analysts.
This is the second time that the CBS TV studio has received an unknown, white powdery substance in the last few months. It was found in an envelope at the CBS television studios, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Rumor mills have been churning trying to figure out what went wrong in the six year marriage between Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher, who are speculated to have been quietly separated for a number of months now.
The top after-market NYSE gainers on Wednesday are: Janus Capital Group, Complete Production Services, Federated Investors, Dice Holdings and Imperial Holdings. The top after-market NYSE losers are: Advanced Micro Devices, Great Plains Energy, Seadrill, Chesapeake Energy and Continental Resources.
stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wall Street on Thursday, with futures for the S&P 500, the Dow Jones and the Nasdaq 100 up 0.9 to 1.2 percent.
Workers represented by the United Auto Workers union approved on Wednesday a four-year labor contract with General Motors Co, the first such deal for the top U.S. automaker since its 2009 bankruptcy.
stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wall Street on Thursday, with futures for the S&P 500, the Dow Jones and the Nasdaq 100 up 0.9 to 1.2 percent.
Rosh Hashanah, the celebration of the Jewish New Year, has begun which will include 10 days of repentance leading up to the holiest day on the Jewish calendar, Yom Kippur or the Day of Atonement.
Michael Jackson's childhood friend and television host Kathy Hilton has said that the audio recording played on the opening day of the trial of Dr. Conrad Murray, charged with involuntary manslaughter, was suspicious.
Jared Loughner, the suspect in the Arizona shooting that injured Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, should get four more months of psychiatric treatment, a federal judge has ordered.
Asian technology companies came under pressure on Thursday to slash prices of their tablet computers after Amazon.com launched its Kindle Fire at a mass market-friendly $199.
Zimbabwe is hurting investor confidence and stalling recovery by promoting a law to force the transfer of foreign-owned firms to local ownership, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said on Wednesday.
The deadliest foodborne outbreak in the U.S. in a decade has killed 13 people, infected 72 and is spreading through the country, with the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention saying that cases have been reported from 18 states.
Bristol Palin's former fiancé Levi Johnston says the thought of Sarah Palin becoming the U.S. president frightens him. 'President Palin' is a phrase that scares me, Johnston, the father of Bristol Palin's son, Tripp and the author of the book, Deer in the Headlights: My Life in Sarah Palin's Crosshairs, said in an interview with In Touch Weekly.
Tevatron, the world's second largest particle accelerator, is about to be closed this Friday, according to the U.S. Department of Energy (D.O.E.). The reason for the decision to close is assumed to be the present American financial crunch.
Prehypertension, which is blood pressure at the higher end of the normal range, appears to be associated with a greater risk of stroke, according to a meta-analysis.
Chinese police in Shanghai have arrested five people for making and selling fake versions of Apple Inc's iPhone, a local newspaper reported on Thursday.
Asian shares and commodities fell on Thursday on growing worries that Europe's intractable debt problems will plunge the world into a second global financial crisis.
Kindle Fire, Amazon's new tablet launched Wednesday, is probably the biggest threat to iPad.
Asian shares and commodities fell on Thursday on growing worries that Europe's intractable debt problems will plunge the world into a second global financial crisis.
A survey by Daily Kos/Service Employees International Union found that 66 percent of Republicans and 52 percent of self-described Tea Party faction members support raising the tax rate on individuals making more than $1 million a year.
