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U.S. stocks are set to open higher on the final day of July. All three indexes are expected to post mild gains for the month. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average are up about 0.2%. S&P...
Numbers out of Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, Tuesday indicate that the eurozone’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained at 11.2% in June 2012, unchanged from...
Struggling supermarket chain Supervalu Inc. (NYSE: SVU) on Monday named a new chief executive as part of its effort to revive a business plagued by a three-year sales slump. Current chairman Wayne...
The latest research from Strategy Analytics indicates that smartphone shipments in the United States fell 5% annually to reach less than 24 million units during the second quarter of 2012. Google...
CKE Restaurants Inc., the fifth-largest operator of quick-service hamburger restaurants globally, has announced the estimated terms of its planned initial public offering. Some 13.3 million shares...
European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi pledged last week to do “whatever it takes” to protect the eurozone from collapse, and the markets are awaiting any decision from the central...
nationsonline.orgThe European Commission announced today that its July economic sentiment indicator for the 17-nation eurozone fell to 87.9 from 89.9 in June. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones...
While European stocks rose to a four-month high and most Asian markets advanced, U.S. stock-index futures are lower this morning. No major U.S. economic reports are set for release today. Earnings...
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has agreed to buy AuthenTec Inc. (NASDAQ: AUTH) in a deal valued at about $356 million. That comes to $8.00 per share, compared to $5.07 at Thursday’s close. AuthenTec...
Industry analysts Baum & Associates have released data on fuel efficiency for new passenger vehicles entering the U.S. in the first half of 2012. The firm found that from January to June of 2012,...
Shares of Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) have tumbled about 12% in premarket trading. The social media giant said late Thursday that its second-quarter revenue rose 32% to $1.2 billion, but the company...
Barclays PLC (NYSE: BCS) revealed Friday that it faces a new regulatory probe and more U.S. lawsuits. This is more bad news for the British lender as it struggles to repair the damage to its...
U.S. stocks are poised to open higher as investors await the first reading on second-quarter U.S. GDP, and after encouraging remarks from Europe’s central bank about supporting the euro. Economists...
Medical device maker Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX) has reported a second-quarter net loss of $3.40 billion, or $2.39 per diluted share. Adjusted earnings were $0.11 per share, which compares with...
Dow Chemical (NYSE: DOW) has reported second-quarter earnings of $649 million, or $0.55 per share, and $14.5 billion in revenue. EPS were down from $0.84 in the same quarter of last year and revenue...