A senior Federal Reserve official said on Sunday the central bank should keep alive a mortgage-backed securities buying program beyond a planned end-date to give policy-makers more flexibility as they help the economy recover from a painful recession.
Carlyle Group co-founder David Rubenstein said on Thursday that he sees potential for more IPOs from Carlyle's portfolio companies and said leverage for new deals is returning.
U.S. stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wall Street on Friday, ahead of eagerly-awaited monthly U.S. jobs data and unemployment rate.
News Corp's Dow Jones & Co Inc is only in the early stages of exploring a sale of its stock market index business and a sales prospectus has not gone out yet, a source familiar with the matter said.
Stock index futures pointed to a sharply lower open on Wall Street on Monday, mirroring a selloff in Asian and European stocks on mounting worries equities' recent surge had run ahead of the global economic recovery.
Stock index futures extended their losses early on Monday, mirroring a selloff in Asian and European stocks on mounting worries the equities' recent surge had run ahead of the global economic recovery.
Stock index futures pointed to a mixed open on Wall Street on Friday, as investors braced for key monthly jobs data.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission held the last of a three hearings on Wednesday apparently approving the imposition of hard limits on speculators in energy markets, Dow Jones reports.
Stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wall Street on Monday, tracking gains in Asia and Europe on mounting hopes that the global recession is abating.
* U.S. stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Wall Street on Friday, as investors turned cautious after oil major Chevron Corp warned over its second-quarter earnings.
Wall Street was set for a lower open on Tuesday, with futures for the S&P 500, Dow Jones and Nasdaq 100 down 0.5 percent at 4:17 a.m. EDT.
Stock futures pointed to a higher start on Wall Street on Tuesday, with futures for the S&P up 0.4 percent, Dow Jones futures up 0.2 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures up 0.1 percent at 5 a.m. EDT.
Microsoft will launch Hohm a new internet software package for customers to watch their energy usage and help them save in their energy bills.
Stock index futures pointed to a lower start on Tuesday as Wall Street reopens following a long weekend, with investors rattled by mounting tensions surrounding North Korea.
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Stock index futures pointed to a lower start on Tuesday as Wall Street reopens following a long weekend, with investors rattled by mounting tensions surrounding North Korea.
Stock index futures traded lower, suggesting a weaker start for Wall Street later on Monday as worries linked to a global swine flu outbreak added to U.S. bank stress-test jitters.
U.S. stock index futures traded lower, suggesting a weaker start for Wall Street later on Monday as worries linked to a global swine flu outbreak added to U.S. bank stress-test jitters.
U.S. stock index futures traded lower, suggesting a weaker start for Wall Street later on Monday as worries linked to a global swine flu outbreak added to U.S. bank stress-test jitters.
The number of newly laid off U.S. workers filing claims for unemployment aid rose last week and sales of previously owned homes fell in March, according to data on Thursday that showed the economy still sliding downward.
Nestle, the world's biggest food group, reported first-quarter sales down 2.1 percent as a strong Swiss franc and a late Easter weighed, but said strong brands should help it meet its full-year target.
U.S. stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Wall Street on Friday following the previous session's strong gains, with futures for the S&P 500 down 0.6 percent, Dow Jones futures down 0.6 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures down 0.7 percent at 1000 GMT (6 a.m. EDT).
