Google's long awaited mobile wallet or Near Field Communication (NFC) enabled smartphones which will make processing payments with a mere wave of the phone near a point-of-sale a reality is due to be unveiled on Thursday.
The San Diego wireless company has joined AT&T competitor Sprint in opposing the merger between AT&T and T-Mobile USA.
Gold rose to a record high for the third consecutive session on Wednesday as deepening concern over Europe's sovereign debt crisis spurred demand for the metal as a safe haven investment.
Gold Prices at Tuesday morning's London Fix hit record Euro and Pound Sterling highs - €1078.85 and £942.22 per ounce respectively. The US Dollar ticked lower after a Federal Reserve official suggested monetary policy may remain loose for an extended period.
On May 22, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York added 32 new money market funds in addition to the existing set one of Primary Dealer counterparties.
Infosys Technologies, India’s second largest outsourcer, continued its expansion in China by setting up a new campus at the Zizhu Science and Technology Park in Shanghai and planned investment up to $150 million, reports said
The Gold Price in Euros shot to a new all-time high of €34,746 per kilogram (€1080 per ounce) - 1% above Friday's close. The Euro price to Buy Gold has risen 16% since this time last year.
The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Identive Group, Santarus, Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Orckit Communications, and Sangamo Biosciences. The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Travelzoo, Hanwha SolarOne, JDS Uniphase, Aixtron, Apollo Investment, and LM Ericsson Telephone.
FBR Capital Markets upgraded its rating on shares of Nara Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: NARA) to "outperform" from "market perform" ahead of near-term catalysts and recent pullback, with a price target of $10.
The solid demand for gold is not supported just by private individuals and panicky investors, but countries like China, India and Russia are ramping up investment in the yellow metal.
A security flaw in the LinkedIn’s professional networking website makes users' accounts more prone to hacking without the use of passwords.
Apart from the failed Doomsday prediction, Harold Camping has a reputation of being a nice and sincere guy. He is just a bit mistaken, but the devastated aftermath of the mistake needs to be sincerely dealt with.
Analysts say if Facebook has its IPO, before the social networking market corrects itself, it could easily be the biggest ever.
The dollar may need to make room for the Euro and the Renminbi as the rise of economic strength and influence of emerging markets threaten its dominant position as the world's currency.
Signs of a Wall Street sell-off are all over the place, but U.S. stocks might well survive another week relatively unscathed if investors keep betting on sectors less vulnerable to an economic downturn.
The United States is still lagging behind other industrialized countries in terms of broadband adoption and download speed, according to a report released by the Federal Communications Commission on Friday.
Washington Mutual Inc reached an agreement on Friday that would give shareholders control of the company after it exits bankruptcy, according to a report by Bloomberg News.
FrontPoint Partners, a $4.5 billion hedge fund firm that became ensnared in a U.S. government insider trading probe last year, said it would shut down some of its portfolios.
Gold Prices broke back above $1500 on Friday morning, only to fall back to $1488 per ounce in early New York trading.
The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Opnext, Acorda Therapeutics, Red Robin Gourmet, BioSante Pharmaceuticals, STEC, AEterna Zentaris and Human Genome Sciences. The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Popular, Nordson and Immunogen.
The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Opnext, BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Stratasys, STEC, and Zumiez. The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Popular, Abaxis, Nordson, Stamps.com, CEVA, and Immunogen.
Ford Motor Company (F) announced today it is building its first transmission plant in China to support its growth plan there, in the world's largest auto market, the carmaker said in a statement.
