
The economic downdraft has caused one of the biggest and broadest declines in commodities prices since the financial crisis, surprising producers and creating a glut of raw materials around the world.
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Facebook executives have decided to keep the company's stock listing on the Nasdaq Stock Market, despite lingering frustration with the exchange's bungling of its widely anticipated initial public offering.
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Marcus Agius will step down from Barclays as soon as Monday, amid fallout from the bank's $453 million settlement of probe into Libor manipulation.
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Asian markets rose early Monday, as investors started the month digesting a wide range of regional economic data. Australia's S&P ASX 200 gained 0.9%.
Data for mutual-fund flows show stocks are going out of fashion. Investors should keep that in mind as the third quarter kicks off with many fearing another summer swoon.
This quarter, the Dow Industrials declined 331.95 points, or 2.51% to 12880.09, the Nasdaq Composite fell 156.52 points, or 5.06% to 2935.05 and the S&P 500 lost 46.31 points, or 3.29% to 1362.16.
In the latest installment of MarketBeat Week, we discuss the latest developments in Europe, the end of quarter and preview next week's jobs report.
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Bristol-Myers Squibb's agreement to acquire diabetes-drug maker Amylin Pharmaceuticals for $5.3 billion gives Bristol more heft in a fast-growing market, but the New York-based pharmaceutical company still faces larger rivals with dominant products.
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The U.S. economy has held up remarkably well in the face of Europe's financial crisis and China's slowdown. U.S. companies? That is another story.
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Financial markets seem to have gotten another reprieve from worries about Europe. But attention is now turning to the U.S., where concerns over political stalemate threaten to dominate the second half of 2012.
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The U.S. military is preparing for the maiden flight of a football-field-size airship laden with surveillance gear designed to do the work of a dozen drones—and destined for Afghanistan.
Samsung suffered a second legal setback at the hands of a California judge, who issued an injunction Friday against its "Galaxy Nexus" smartphone at the request of Apple.