The Spanish government's costs hit a record high Monday -- their third consecutive record high in as many days -- as doubts about the country's fiscal stability mounted among international lenders.
China will establish a military garrison on a disputed island in the South China Sea, amid escalating tensions that have strained its ties with the neighboring nations and the U.S.
Karlo Dizon, a Guam Redditor for three years, is competing in a primary race against longtime Guam Delegate Madeleine Bordallo to be the party's candidate in the general election for Guams' nonvoting delegate seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. Should Dizon win, it could be, as one person says, the biggest upset victory in the history of Guam politics.
Investors can monitor five stats to obtain a reading on the U.S. economy’s strength. Currently, these stats show a slowdown in U.S. GDP growth, which is why Congress should do more to create jobs and help increase the economy’s growth rate.
The top after-market Nasdaq gainers Friday were Mission West Properties Inc, FormFactor Inc, Synacor Inc and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. The top after-market Nasdaq losers were Ancestry.com Inc, ARM Holdings Plc, OpenTable Inc and iShares MSCI ACWI Index Fund.
The Reserve Bank of India is expected to ease rates at the forthcoming policy meeting July 31 amid growing concerns about the deteriorating growth prospects of the country's economy.
As U.S. President Barack Obama shifts the focus of his re-election campaign from joblessness to income inequality, unemployment has increased in more than one-half the country's states this year.
U.S. consumer spending will grow at a meager rate of 1.5 percent to 2 percent by the end of this year, Sterne Agee, a U.S. brokerage and investment firm said on Friday in a report.
With a manager dead, 90 employees in jail and an entire factory's workforce under investigation for murder, Maruti Suzuki faces a shutdown at a major auto plant that could last several weeks or more and cost it $15 million a day.
The top after-market NYSE gainers Thursday were Gramercy Capital, SunCoke Energy, Calix, Swift Transportation and MGIC Investment. The top after-market NYSE losers were Chipotle Mexican Grill, Freescale Semiconductor, Pep Boys-Manny, Advanced Micro Devices and WESCO International.
President Barack Obama's weekend statement on Indian economic slowdown and recent downgrading of the country's sovereign credit ratings by the global rating agencies has evoked strong criticism from India. The Indian government and a section of authorities have blamed the global rating agencies and foreign investors for misjudging the Indian economy and deliberately trying to downgrade India's image.
U.S. existing home sales unexpectedly fell in June, according to the National Association of Realtors, raising fresh doubts about the housing recovery. Here are five important trends taken from the numbers.
Gold continues to fare better than other asset classes in spite of a downward pressure on prices.
According to the latest figures released Thursday, the murder rate in the UK fell by 14 percent year-on-year to 550 homicides in 2011-12; the lowest it's been since 1983. Violent crime in England and Wales also fell by 7 percent, while robberies declined by 2 percent. Overall crime rates against adults remained at the same as they have been for the last three years.
Mellanox Technologies, Asset Acceptance Capital, Bank of America, Infosys, Credit Suisse Group, Pluristem Therapeutics, Yum! Brands, Deutsche Bank and Perrigo Co are among the companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trading Thursday.
A financial disparity has emerged between popular health-conscious grocery stores and their more mundane rivals, a gap that's expected to widen as the millenial generation replaces the baby boomers as the dominant consumer consumer force.
The company that developed the first commercially available DVR announced on Tuesday that it is purchasing TRA, Inc., a marketing and analytics company whose products help advertisers know which TV commercials are the most effective based on consumers' shopping habits.
The recession and housing crash have triggered a sharp decline in the share of American households who own their own home. Homeownership, which is at its lowest point in 15 years, is bound to fall even further, driven by tight credit, lackluster economic growth and more foreclosures.
The Dark Knight Rises has yet to hit theaters, but conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh is already crying foul for a pretty crazy conspiracy theory. According to Limbaugh, he thinks that Warner Bros. and Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan chose to use Bane as a villain as an attack on presidential hopeful Mitt Romney.
Banking in line with the Koran's prohibition on paying interest is an expanding sector, and the ascent of the Muslim Brotherhood to power in Egypt is going to help it grow faster.
Asian stock markets were mostly lower Wednesday as the lack of explicit hints about further quantitative easing from Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke during his congressional testimony disappointed investors.
The top after-market NYSE gainers Tuesday were Vmware, EMC Corp, MGIC Investment, Basic Energy Services and Salesforce.com. The top after-market NYSE losers were Sally Beauty Holdings, United Rentals, Proto Labs, Ultra Petroleum and American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings.
