Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz admits to not being an avid fan of comic books. When he started chatting with Los Angeles designer Darren Romanelli about developing a visual project with the band, however, the idea of creating a comic seemed like a natural fit.
Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc said its experimental obesity drug, lorcaserin, met the goals of a second late-stage study, but its shares dropped more than 15 percent as the results fell short of a U.S. Food and Drug Administration guideline.
Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc said its experimental obesity drug, lorcaserin, met the goals of a second late-stage study, but its shares dropped more than 15 percent as the results fell short of a U.S. Food and Drug Administration guideline.
Home sales in the San Francisco Bay area fell 14.3 percent in August from July as buyers found fewer bargains due to a slimmer inventory of foreclosed properties, MDA DataQuick said on Thursday.
Shares of Clarcor Inc fell as much as 6 percent on Thursday, a day after the filtration products maker reported lower-than-expected third-quarter results and cut its full-year earnings forecast. We believe (the) shares will remain range bound pending the company's ability to meet and exceed expectations and are maintaining our 'hold' rating, said analyst Jeffrey Hammond of KeyBanc Capital Markets.
Oil was steady above $72 a barrel on Thursday, taking a breather after a rise of more than 2 percent a day earlier, following a larger-than-expected fall in U.S. crude oil inventories.
Oracle Corp's quarterly software sales came in sharply below expectations, dashing hopes that corporate technology spending is rebounding and sending its shares down 2.7 percent.
CKE Restaurants Inc, parent of the Carl's Jr and Hardee's fast-food chains, posted a quarterly profit that was in line with market expectations but revenue missed estimates, sending its shares down 9 percent.
Oracle Corp, the world's No. 3 software maker, posted lower-than-expected quarterly revenue that missed Wall Street projections, sending its shares down 2.4 percent.
Capital One Financial Corp's U.S. credit-card defaults fell in August, reinforcing signs that, despite job losses and the housing crisis, American consumers may not be in as bad shape as feared.
MGIC Investment Corp said in a regulatory filing that it was deferring interest payments on certain debentures which were due on Oct. 1, sending its shares down as much as 6 percent.
The number of rigs drilling for natural gas in the United States fell 2 this week to 699, the first fall in eight weeks, according to a report on Friday by Baker Hughes in Houston.
Childhood deaths have declined across the world, data released on Thursday showed, but mortality is increasingly concentrated in poor countries.
Oil prices fell below $71 a barrel Wednesday, after rising more than $3 the previous day, as OPEC ministers were expected to maintain official output unchanged at their meeting in Vienna.
Airlines and their suppliers are reporting tentative signs that a severe industry recession is bottoming out, sending shares higher on Tuesday.
U.S. employers cut a fewer-than-expected 216,000 jobs in August, while the unemployment rate rose to a 26-year high, the government said on Friday in a report showing a still fragile labor market.
The contraction in the U.S. services sector eased last month, with a gauge of activity hitting its highest point in nearly a year, a further suggestion that a modest economic recovery was under way.
Shares of movie rental companies Netflix Inc and Blockbuster Inc fell on Thursday, dragged down by news that online video site YouTube is talking with several major movie studios about renting movies, analysts said.
Family Dollar Stores Inc saw quarterly sales grow less than expected, as store reorganizations it undertook across the country interrupted some shopping, and its shares fell nearly 9 percent.
Chemical shipments on U.S. railroads fell 13.4 percent last week, the Association of American Railroads said on Thursday.
The contraction in the U.S. services sector eased last month, with a gauge of activity hitting its highest point in nearly a year, a further suggestion that a modest economic recovery was under way.
New applications for jobless benefits in the United States fell last week, while activity in the services sector was at its strongest in nearly a year in August, suggesting a modest recovery from recession had started.
