Sales of single-family houses in the US fell unexpectedly in February, showing continued weakness in the housing industry recovery.
Apple Inc said it would roll out its newest iPad to 25 more markets this week, including France and the United Kingdom, but did not provide any hard figures for sales so far in the United States.
U.S. stocks declined in early trade on Wednesday as renewed concerns over the euro zone’s sovereign debt crisis and higher than expected rebuilding costs in Japan weighed on the sentiment.
Wall Street was poised for a lower open on Wednesday as concerns over debt issues in the euro zone, Japan's nuclear crisis and violence in the Middle East and North Africa persisted.
RBC Capital Markets said the ultimate low in the U.S. equity markets might not have been reached, but a bottoming process has probably started. The brokerage said most of the technical indicators suggest that an intermediate-term low is near. Readings from sentiment, positioning and internal momentum indicators reveal much more damage under the hood than at the index level.
The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Cintas, Motricity, Sky-mobi, Infosys Technologies, and IncrediMail. The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: XOMA, Cree, Rubicon Technology, Veeco Instruments, and Aixtron AG.
Corrects headline to show index futures were down
U.S. stock index futures were little changed on Wednesday, after modest losses in the previous session, as worry continued over debt issues in the euro zone, Japan's nuclear crisis and violence in the Middle East and North Africa.
A U.S. judge's ruling has rejected Google's deal with publishers that would have digitized every book and made them widely available.
U.S. food company Fresh Del Monte Produce said on Tuesday it was recalling nearly 5,000 cartons of cantaloupes which may be contaminated with a form of salmonella.
The U.S. army failed to detect tell-tale signs of mental disorder in an army scientist who unleashed the anthrax letter attacks that killed five people in 2001, according to a panel of behavioral analysts.
Oil steadied on Wednesday due to concerns that unrest in Yemen may spill over into neighboring countries in the oil rich Middle East Gulf region, while an expected increase in U.S. crude inventories capped gains prices.
Sprint Nextel Corp cried foul over a planned merger between AT&T Inc and T-Mobile USA, saying the deal would stifle competition and potentially hurt its profitability.
The top U.S. companies that are reporting earnings before the market opens on March 23 are: General Mills, Texas Industries, and Wonder Auto Technology. The top U.S. companies that are reporting earnings after the market close on March 23 are: Paychex, Red Hat, SAIC, Steelcase, HB Fuller, and OMNOVA Solutions.
Billionaire Warren Buffett, who is looking to invest in large countries such as China, India and Brazil, said on Wednesday he expected global output to rise significantly over the next year.
TMZ is reporting that the 24-year-old actress is seriously considering taking a plea deal.
Brent crude was steady near $116 after rising as much as 0.6 percent on Wednesday as intensifying unrest in Yemen highlighted the security risks facing oil output from the Arabian peninsula, home to the world's biggest oil fields.
Over 200 New York middle school and high school students attended a NASA-led education forum, which gave them a chance to interact with astronaut Cady Coleman aboard the ISS.
The new toolkit released contains recommendations of seven no-cost or low-cost strategies that governors can use to boost college completion rates in their states.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc chief Lloyd Blankfein will be called to testify at Raj Rajaratnam's insider trading trial as soon as this week, but prosecutors want to prevent him being questioned about any legal issues facing the bank, according to trial documents.
A U.S. judge on Tuesday rejected a $125 million settlement between Google Inc and authors that would have let the company publish millions of books online to create the world's largest digital library.
General Motors Co sold its preferred shares in auto lender Ally Financial Inc for $1 billion in what the automaker on Tuesday called a step to strengthen its balance sheet.
