World markets
| Shanghai | 2,143.45 | -15.84 (-0.73%) |
| Nikkei 225 | 13,245.22 | +237.94 (1.83%) |
| Hang Seng Index | 20,986.89 | -238.99 (-1.13%) |
| TSEC | 8,007.39 | -3.63 (-0.05%) |
| FTSE 100 | 6,348.82 | -25.39 (-0.40%) |
| EURO STOXX 50 | 2,683.98 | -16.95 (-0.63%) |
| CAC 40 | 3,839.34 | -21.21 (-0.55%) |
| S&P TSX | 12,319.33 | -48.13 (-0.39%) |
| S&P/ASX 200 | 4,861.40 | +47.00 (0.98%) |
| BSE Sensex | 19,245.70 | +22.42 (0.12%) |
| KOSPI | 1,888.31 | -12.31 (-0.65%) |
Bonds
| 3 Month | 0.01% | -0.01 (-50.00%) |
| 6 Month | 0.05% | 0.00 (0.00%) |
| 2 Year | 0.25% | 0.00 (0.00%) |
| 5 Year | 1.07% | +0.04 (3.88%) |
| 10 Year | 2.21% | +0.04 (1.84%) |
| 30 Year | 3.34% | +0.03 (0.91%) |
US Stocks Edge Lower, Telecom Shares Decline
NEW YORK--U.S. stocks were slightly lower midday as investors waited for the Federal Reserve's policy announcement. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped seven points, less than 0.1%, to 15311 in midday trading.
Top stories
Men's apparel retailer Men's Wearhouse said it fired Executive Chairman George Zimmer, who founded the company more than 40 years ago, sending the company's shares down in trading on Wednesday.
Four of the nation's leading mortgage servicers have not complied fully with new standards for handling home loans and must correct those problems or face fines up to $5 million for each continuing failure, the federal government said Wednesday.
In a new documentary, former investigators who looked into the mysterious crash of TWA Flight 800, which killed 230, are breaking their silence to claim that the explosion that brought down the plane in 1996 was likely no accident, and that the final report on ...
Dish Network Corp. (DISH) passed on making a new offer for Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) by the mobile-phone carrier's deadline last night, clearing the way for SoftBank Corp (9984).
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will seek more admissions of wrongdoing from defendants as a condition of settling enforcement cases, the agency's chairman said.
Trends
| Popular searches on Google | Change | Mkt Cap | |
| FDX | FedEx Corporation | 2.32% | 32.25B |
| MW | The Men's Wearhouse, Inc. | -1.97% | 1.87B |
| FED | Ethiopian Potash Corp | 0.00% | 2.40M |
| ADBE | Adobe Systems Incorporated | 6.77% | 23.24B |
| ADB | Admiral Bay Resources | 411,400.00 | |
| OHRP | OHR Pharmaceutical Inc | 0.29% | 154.97M |
| M | Macy's, Inc. | -0.45% | 18.84B |
| VNDA | Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | -23.90% | 235.56M |
| TTEK | Tetra Tech, Inc. | -12.98% | 1.51B |
| NKTR | Nektar Therapeutics | 7.44% | 1.22B |
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| Healthcare | -0.21% |
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| Utilities | -0.25% |
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