Reuters - (Reuters) Stock index futures pointed to a weaker open for equities on Wall Street on Friday, with futures for the S&P 500, Dow Jones and Nasdaq 100 down 0.6 to 0.8 percent.[Read more...]
“Operation Twist” might be more powerful than many investors expect. As the Federal Reserve Bank of New York prepares to release on Friday new details about the central bank’s rate-lowering program, some bond-market strategists have done their own back-of-the-envelope assessment already. Enlarge ImageClose The Wall Street Journal Investors are in suspense over the [...]
Reuters - Wall Street remained on course to limp to its worst quarter in three years in a tepid and irresolute session on Thursday that saw early gains steadily eroded through the trading session and the Nasdaq fall by more than 1 percent.[Read more...]
Reuters - (Reuters) stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wall Street on Thursday, with futures for the S&P 500, the Dow Jones and the Nasdaq 100 up 0.9 to 1.2 percent.[Read more...]
ISTANBUL—Vince Cable, U.K. Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills, said Wednesday that the government was encouraging debate within the Bank of England to design a new phase of monetary-policy stimulus in response to the renewed risk of a global slowdown. Enlarge ImageClose Getty Images U.K. Business Secretary Vince Cable during a [...]
Reuters - Commodity-related stocks drove Wall Street lower on Wednesday as stiff declines in energy and metals prices underscored investor concerns about global economic weakness and Europe’s raging debt crisis.[Read more...]
LONDON (Reuters) - The FTSE 100 index is seen opening sharply higher on Tuesday, tracking strong gains on Wall Street and in Asia, as investors become increasingly hopeful that euro zone officials will find a way to stem Greece’s debt crisis and stop it wreaking havoc on the financial system.[Read more...]
Reuters - Earnings forecasts for U.S. companies are starting to feel the pain on Wall Street and in the broader economy as the odds of another recession rise.[Read more...]
AP - Investors on Wall Street and around the world sold stocks with abandon Thursday, more convinced than ever that the United States and perhaps the globe are headed for a new recession.[Read more...]
Reuters - (Reuters) Stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Wall Street, with futures for the S&P 500, Dow Jones futures and Nasdaq 100 futures down between 1.4 to 1.8 percent at 0923 GMT (5:23 a.m. ET).[Read more...]
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