- Jobs, housing data show economy has some muscle
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell last week, pointing to resilience in the labor market despite belt-tightening by Washington. The12:52 PM ET | Reuters
- EU wants big companies to reveal national tax bills
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europe's top regulatory official is seeking to force large companies to disclose how much tax they pay in each country where they operate, a measure some politicians say could8:44 AM ET | Reuters
INDUSTRIES
- Noah Education Holdings' CEO Discusses F3Q13 Results - Earnings...1:11 PM ET | Seeking Alpha
- Amazon Launches Kindle Worlds" for Fan Fiction12:59 PM ET at Motley Fool
- Billionaire Glenn Dubin's Top Stock Picks12:54 PM ET at Seeking Alpha
- Momentum Named Best in Sports Event and Experiential Marketing at...12:44 PM ET | PR Newswire
- Twitter Is Said to Ready Customer-Matching Ad Tool12:40 PM ET at Bloomberg
- Ally to Pay ResCap $2.1 Billion to Settle Creditor Claims12:36 PM ET at Bloomberg
- More Media
COMPANIES
- UPDATE 3-New J&J anti-depressant related to 'Special K' party drug1:13 PM ET | Thomson Reuters
- New car sales seen up 6-8 percent in May: analysts12:20 PM ET | Thomson Reuters
- UPDATE 1-U.S. new car sales seen up 6-8 pct in May -analysts12:17 PM ET | Thomson Reuters
- UPDATE 2-Dollar Tree raises full-year profit forecast after...11:57 AM ET | Thomson Reuters
- GameStop results beat as mobile sales rise10:38 AM ET | Thomson Reuters
- U.S. new car sales seen up about 8 pct in May -research firms10:37 AM ET | Thomson Reuters
- More Earnings Forecasts
STOCK MARKET
- AmTrust Financial Announces Quarterly Dividend12:44 PM ET | GlobeNewswire
- FedFirst Financial Corporation Announces 50% Increase to Quarterly...12:07 PM ET | GlobeNewswire
- Firstbank Corporation Announces Cash Dividend on Common Stock11:00 AM ET | GlobeNewswire
- Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta Declares a 2.29% Dividend for...10:42 AM ET | GlobeNewswire
- FFW Corporation Declares Cash Dividend8:30 AM ET | Marketwire
- OneBeacon Declares Second Quarter Dividend8:30 AM ET | PR Newswire
- More Dividends
ECONOMY
- Jobs, housing data show economy has some muscle12:52 PM ET | Thomson Reuters
- U.S., China factories struggle; Fed hints at less stimulus12:28 PM ET | Thomson Reuters
- New-car Sales To Improve 6 Percent In May With Help From Memorial...12:18 PM ET | PR Newswire
- UPDATE 1-U.S. new car sales seen up 6-8 pct in May -analysts12:17 PM ET | Thomson Reuters
- Vital Voices Convenes Regional Meeting of Supporting Public...12:09 PM ET | GlobeNewswire
- UPDATE 2-Dollar Tree raises full-year profit forecast after...11:57 AM ET | Thomson Reuters
- More Economic Indicators
DATA PROVIDERS
Copyright © 2013 Microsoft. All rights reserved.
Quotes are real-time for NASDAQ, NYSE and AMEX. See delay times for other exchanges.
Fundamental company data and historical chart data provided by Thomson Reuters (click for restrictions). Real-time quotes provided by BATS Exchange. Real-time index quotes and delayed quotes supplied by Interactive Data Real-Time Services. Fund summary, fund performance and dividend data provided by Morningstar Inc. Analyst recommendations provided by Zacks Investment Research. StockScouter data provided by Verus Analytics. IPO data provided by Hoover's Inc. Index membership data provided by SIX Financial Information.
Japanese stock price data provided by Nomura Research Institute Ltd.; quotes delayed 20 minutes. Canadian fund data provided by CANNEX Financial Exchanges Ltd.
RECENT QUOTES
WATCHLIST
MOST REPORTED
Stocks
| Hewlett-Packard Co (HPQ) | 42 Stories... |
| Apple Inc (AAPL) | 40 Stories... |
| Google Inc (GOOG) | 29 Stories... |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM) | 28 Stories... |
| SPDR S&P 500 (SPY) | 26 Stories... |
MARKET UPDATE
| NAME | LAST | CHANGE | % CHANGE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| There’s a problem getting this information right now. Please try again later. | ||||
[BRIEFING.COM] The S&P 500 trades lower by 0.3% after being down as much as 1.2% during the opening minutes.
Stocks opened sharply lower as the 7.3% plunge in the Nikkei contributed to the early selling. In addition, China's first contractionary reading of the HSBC Flash Manufacturing PMI in seven months (49.6 actual, 50.5 consensus, 50.4 prior) reminded investors of the persisting growth concerns.
The initial weakness caused an early slump in all ten sectors before the ... More
More Market News
Currencies
| NAME | LAST | CHANGE | % CHANGE |
|---|---|---|---|
| There’s a problem getting this information right now. Please try again later. | |||