ST. LOUIS – High winds swept through a beer tent where 200 people gathered after a Cardinals game Saturday, killing one and critically injuring at least five others, authorities said. But the owner of the bar said it was lightning – not wind – that killed the patron. At least ...
Stocks fell for a second straight day Thursday in volatile trading as investors were discouraged by economic data and focused on negative corporate news. The Dow Jones industrial average was down 69 points at the close of trading, but off earlier lows. At one point in the afternoon the index ...
Stocks declined Wednesday after uninspiring earnings from IBM and Intel, while Chesapeake Energy sank after a Reuters report highlighted that its CEO has taken out large and unusual personal loans. Chesapeake Energy fell and was the most actively traded stock on the New York Stock Exchange after a Reuters report ...
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Wall Street investors returned from a long weekend Monday to face the potential consequences of last Friday’s downbeat jobs report.
Groupon shares fell 17 percent Monday after the online couponing company raised new worries about its accounting practices by with a late Friday revision of its quarterly results. Groupon shares fell $3.10 to $15.28 after the company was forced to lower its revenue and earnings figures to set aside more ...
The stock market climbed to a fresh four-year high on Monday, the first trading day of the second quarter, as upbeat Chinese and U.S. manufacturing data overshadowed a report showing more weakness in Europe. The U.S. Institute for Supply Management’s index of national factory activity rose to 53.4, topping forecasts. ...
NEW YORK — After the best first quarter in 14 years, the S&P 500 may be poised for a pullback as investors look to a slew of economic data for insight on the strength of the domestic economy. The Dow and the S&P 500 closed out their best first quarter ...
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Twitter’s popular TweetDeck client was back up Saturday after it was temporarily taken offline over a glitch that allowed some users to access other users’ accounts. Evason included a picture of his TweetDeck app, spattered with dozens of other users’ account icons, and went on to ...
Stocks closed Wednesday mixed, one day after the market had its biggest gain of the year. Citigroup fell after failing to convince regulators it was healthy enough to raise its dividend. On Tuesday, a powerful rally in bank stocks pushed the Dow to its highest close since the last day ...
U.S. stocks ended the week higher on Friday after a strong monthly jobs report, but gains were trimmed in late afternoon trade on news of a credit event in Greece. The International Swaps and Derivatives Association said that Greece has triggered the payment on default insurance contracts by using legislation ...
U.S. stocks edged higher on Thursday after Greece reached a deal to secure a financial bailout, but investors took a wait-and-see attitude in a market that has become extended after weeks of gains. With the Dow near its highest since 2008, market participants expressed caution about Europe and awaited further ...
New York – Susan G. Komen for the Cure abandoned plans Friday to eliminate funding for Planned Parenthood after a three-day furor that resounded across the Internet, in Congress and, perhaps most tellingly, among Komen affiliates. “We want to apologize to the American public for recent decisions that cast doubt ...
Gregorio Borgia/Associated Press Oil removal ships worked Monday night off the coast of Tuscany to keep the Costa Concordia from leaking fuel into a marine wildlife sanctuary. More Photos » PARIS — As the world was transfixed by the Titanic-like imagery of the partly submerged Costa Concordia and the frantic ...
MOSCOW — A high-ranking editor and a top executive from one of Russia’s most respected news publications were dismissed on Tuesday after an apparent conflict over coverage that appeared to highlight widespread anger with the results of parliamentary elections this month. The dismissals followed the publication this week of an ...
Knowing that a loved one has come through a plastic surgery procedure is a relief. Seeing them post-surgery sprouting drainage tubes from various parts of their body is another story entirely. Drainage tubes have long been one of medicine’s necessary evils. After plastic surgeons complete their procedure and are about ...
A Chevrolet Volt caught fire 3 weeks after a crash test, prompted a federal investigation. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Federal safety regulators are investigating the safety of lithium-ion batteries after a fire started in the battery pack of a Chevrolet Volt three weeks after the vehicle went through a crash ...
By msnbc.com staff and news services Stocks staged an afternoon rally Tuesday, ending the day with sharply higher after news that after Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said he will step down. Berlusconi promised to resign after parliament passes economic reforms demanded by the European Union to save Italy from ...
