The top after-market NASDAQ stock market gainers are: TiVo, Arena Pharmaceuticals, A123 Systems, Unilife and Team. The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Life Partners Holdings, Acme Packet, BioMimetic Therapeutics, Progress Software and Amarin.
The top aftermarket NYSE losers Tuesday were: Endeavor International, Parker Drilling, Ventas, Office Depot, iSoftStone Holdings, Demand Media, Noranda Aluminum Holding and Xueda Education Group.
The U.S. office market improved in 2011, but continued growth in 2012 is expected to be slow, according to two separate reports released on Tuesday.
In 2012, a big clash between Google, world' largest Internet search engine, and Facebook, world's No.1 social network service, is being predicted.
After closing the book on a wild and nerve-wracking year, investors greeted the first trading day of the year with a wide rally Tuesday -- bidding up equities, commodities and other risky assets across the board.
Manufacturing grew at its fastest pace in six months in December, capping a late-year upswing, but a European slump and rising oil prices posed threats to the U.S. economy in the new year.
Gold rose by nearly 2 percent on Tuesday, fueled by a recovery in the euro against the dollar, after the bullion price neared six-month lows last week in a flurry of year-end selling.
Now even the East is experiencing a buoyant economic rebirth.
The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Imperial Sugar, RAM Energy Resources, Rambus, Logitech International, Micron Technology, Melco Crown Entertainment, Research In Motion and Apple. The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Zions Bancorp. and Key Technology.
Reliance Industries said it would invest in media group TV18's two main companies, marking a major foray into the media sector by the energy-focused conglomerate and giving a boost to its plans to launch 4G services.
ICE February Brent crude futures rose $2.97 to $110.35 a barrel in trading, while U.S. crude futures were up $2.70 to $101.53 a barrel. U.S. crude futures were up as much as $101.68 in the trading day.
The euro could rebound in the near-term despite the problems affecting continental Europe, as investors are overly bearish on the currency, investor Jim Rogers said on Tuesday.
Wells Fargo Securities believes 2012 will be very similar to 2011 in that there are plenty of risks affecting prospects for economic growth across the world.
It's up to the consumer to drive the U.S. economy and lift world growth in 2012, and the outlook is far from encouraging.
Shaky Europe. Political gridlock. Volatile markets.
The United States will continue to be the top choice of most global commercial real-estate investors in 2012, but the country has lost ground to Brazil, which ranked No. 2 this year, according to a survey released Sunday.
Shaky Europe. Political gridlock. Volatile markets. Familiar themes for those who lived through this year, and investors should be ready to revisit them next year.
The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers Friday are: Web.com Group, TASER International, SORL Auto Parts, Globecomm Systems, Bank of the Ozarks, Research In Motion, and Google. The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Sonus Networks, Vitesse Semiconductor, ZAGG, Xenoport, and Rediff.com India.
Toronto's main stock index closed higher on Friday, the last trading day of the year, as financial and resource shares rallied on signs the U.S. economy was recovering, but the jump was not enough to avert the market's first year-on-year decline since 2008.
Shaanxi province has suffered the worst damage – losing more than 3,700 cultural sites, followed by Hunan (2474) and Hebei (1924).
Now there are concerns the closures (if they are permanent) will hurt tourism to the islands.
The World Health Organization issued a stern warning on Friday to scientists who have engineered a highly pathogenic form of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, saying their work carries significant risks and must be tightly controlled.
World Peace. It just wouldn't be right to start without saying that, like any good Miss America contestant, thanks so much for that trope to Sandra Bullock and her star turn in Miss Congeniality.
The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Asset Acceptance Capital, Ryanair Holdings, LM Ericsson Telephone, Amazon.com, and Research In Motion. The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: ASML Holding, James River Coal, Diamond Foods, and Apple.
The top after market NYSE gainers on Thursday were: Masco Corp, Mosaic Co, USG Corp, Teradyne and Carnival Corp. The top after market NYSE Losers were: GenOn Energy, Franco Nev Corp, Office Depot, Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes and Janus Capital Group.
The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: MoSys, Pacific Biosciences of California, Career Education, Thoratec, and Royal Gold. The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Primo Water, DexCom, SIGA Technologies, Xyratex, and Northern Technologies International.
Asian stocks nudged higher and the euro clung to overnight gains Friday, the last trading day of 2011, as positive data from the United States helped allay concerns on the global economy, while year-end short covering lifted crude prices.
The largest property services workers union in the country, 32BJ SEIU is on the verge of striking. The strike could happen as early as January 1st, if an agreement is not reached with the Realty Advisory Board on Labor Relations (RAB).
U.S. 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rates averaged 3.95 percent in the week ending Dec. 29, according to Freddie Mac.
The Canadian dollar was little changed against the U.S. dollar on Thursday morning but that meant it outperformed other major currencies as the greenback consolidated the sharp safe-haven gains it made in thin year-end trade in the previous session.
