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More bad days may be in store for stocks in coming weeks, but investors aren't pressing the panic button. Not yet.

A weaker than expected May jobs report and downward revisions to the March and April releases has rekindled fears of either a double dip recession or a stagflationary economic environment.

Duane Sorenson and Alexander Panos tell the New York Times that Stumptown has not been sold; Sorenson runs the show

In tandem with the social buying website’s initial public offering filing, the chief executive officer of Groupon Andrew mason, wrote the following letter to stockholders:

Groupon has become the next big social company to file for an IPO, following in LinkedIn's footsteps.

The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Corinthian Colleges, Education Management, Career Education, Strayer Education, Apollo Group, Charming Shoppes, and Lincoln Educational Services. The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Exide Technologies, Vera Bradley Designs, Ameristar Casinos, AudioCodes, and ARM Holdings.

Albania has asked China to invest in several projects and sought to strengthen its relations with Beijing.

The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: SciQuest, CIENA, Velti, Brocade Communications Systems, and ServiceSource International. The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Exide Technologies, Vera Bradley Designs, China-Biotics, United Therapeutics, and Copart.

Jon Huntsman flashed his economic credentials today in a Wall Street Journal op-ed that espoused Republican talking points and increased the former Utah governor's visibility as he mulls running for president.

Italian carmaker Fiat SpA will invest $1.1 billion and build 120,000 cars a year in Russia to take advantage of state investment incentives and a recovering car industry, Russia's Economy Ministry said.

Two of top UBS AG investment bankers, Cary Kochman and Jim Glerum, have left the firm to join Citigroup , yet another blow to the investment bank grappling with an exodus of senior dealmakers.

Wholesale Gold Bullion Prices surged up by nearly $20 on Wednesday morning, reaching $1550 per ounce while stocks and commodities were flat.

Pierre Pringuet takes the top spot in the UK-based magazine's esteemed list

Australia’s economy shrank by 1.2 percent in the first quarter of this year -- the sharpest quarterly drop in twenty years -- due largely to the devastating floods that swept across parts of the country late last year.

Stocks were poised for a lower open on Wednesday as weak data on the labor market became the latest in string of soft economic reports.

Stocks were poised for a lower open on Wednesday as weak data on the labor market became the latest in string of soft economic reports.

The companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trade on Wednesday are: HCP, Macy's, Sealed Air Corp, Thompson Creek Metals, EMC Corp, Nokia Corp, Sequans Communications, Armour Residential REIT, Inergy, H J Heinz Co, Tiffany & Co. and Massey Energy Co.

The top after-market NYSE gainers on Tuesday are: American Realty Investors, Southern Copper Corp, Hovnanian Enterprises, McDermott International and Thompson Creek Metals Co. The top after-market NYSE losers are: Sequans Communications, Magnetek, Gramercy Capital Corp, Armour Residential REIT, Polaris Industries and Inergy, L.P.

Pension funds and endowments are sending hedge fund managers a friendly message -- let us sit in the front seat with you, please.

Gold continued to trade in a tight range Tuesday morning around $1538 per ounce - just over 2% off its all-time high - after a flat day on Monday as the UK and US had official holidays.

FBR Capital Markets lowered its price target on shares of Medco Health Solutions Inc. (NYSE: MHS) by $4 to $71, while maintaining its outperform rating. The brokerage said it maintained its rating despite the recent announcement of Medco losing $3 billion of annual revenue from Federal Employees Program (FEP) contract going to competitor CVS Caremark Corp. (NYSE: CVS).