stocks and investing
a shared story
submitted by M Walker 248 weeks 5 days 7 hours 51 minutes ago
The UK's main share index has closed down sharply as concern over the impact of turmoil in the US sub-prime lending market continues to haunt investors.
While US shares were falling still further in afternoon Wall Street trading, London's FTSE 100 ended the day down 4.1% or...(more)
a shared story
submitted by GG92 218 weeks 1 day 6 hours 5 minutes ago
Stocks slid on Monday in volatile trading as investors weighed a stunning series of weekend developments that confirmed investors’ worst fears about the fragile state of the financial industry.
Shares of financial firms plummeted as one of Wall Street’s most storied banks, Bear Stearns, lay on...(more)
a shared story
submitted by Robby for team staff news 2 weeks 3 days 20 hours 33 minutes ago
A lackluster jobs report on Friday disappointed Wall Street, sending stocks down amid concerns that the economy is failing to gain steam. U.S. employers added a modest 115,000 nonfarm jobs in April, according to the...
a shared story
submitted by Micca 248 weeks 4 days 8 hours 33 minutes ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks rose on Friday after the Federal Reserve cut the rate at which it lends to banks in a surprise move, but major indexes significantly pared gains as investors used the surge to sell their worst performing shares.
a shared story
submitted by paul 194 weeks 6 days 23 hours 16 minutes ago
The loss of billions of dollars in paper value is confronting the Kremlin with a dimension to its geopolitical posturing that never existed during the cold war.
a shared story
submitted by Robby for team staff news 4 days 2 hours 33 minutes ago
On the day Facebook went public other social media stocks have begun to drop like flies.
a shared story
submitted by Robby for team staff news 4 days 21 hours 33 minutes ago
(Reuters) - Investors are bracing for Facebook's Wall Street debut on Friday after the world's No.1 online social network raised about $16 billion in one of the biggest initial public offerings in U.S. history.
a shared story
submitted by Robby for team staff news 1 day 12 hours 33 minutes ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock index futures rose on Monday after Wall Street posted its worst weekly loss for the year and on assurances that world powers want debt-laden Greece to remain in the euro zone.
a shared story
submitted by Robby for team staff news 4 days 2 hours 33 minutes ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Normally a big decline would set up Wall Street for a technical rebound. But that may not be the case next week, even after the market posted its worst weekly loss for the year and the S&P fell for six straight sessions....(more)
a shared story
submitted by Robby for team staff news 4 days 12 hours 33 minutes ago
Facebook to sell shares at $38 as it begins trading on the Nasdaq stock exchange in the biggest technology flotation ever9.36am ET/2.36pm BST: The Guardian's Dominic Rushe has been talking to David Kirkpatrick, author of The Facebook Effect – the only book written so far with...(more)
a shared story
submitted by Robby for team staff news 5 days 13 hours 33 minutes ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock index futures fell on Thursday amid concerns about Spain's economy and banking system ahead of U.S. labor market data.
a shared story
submitted by Robby for team staff news 6 days 5 hours 33 minutes ago
It was the fourth consecutive decline in the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index as concerns about the euro zone ate away at stocks.
