Friday is shaping up to be a historic day, as major markets plummeted across the world and U.S. futures were halted after hitting “limit down” levels.”The forces at work this morning are complex and amazingly strong,” writes Art Cashi
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This economy is a killer. Just ask New Yorkers on Craigslist.
You may not have heard of the Killers, a music group from Las Vegas that’s been variously called the next U2 and the best Mormon rock band of all time. They are playing tonight at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City.
Tickets, at $45, sold […]
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Even in a market where crazy is the new normal, Thursday was pretty nutty.The Dow traded as low as 8243.55 and as high as 8796 before closing up 2% at 8691. The S&P rose 1.3% after experiencing similar drama, buoyed by strength in energy stocks like E
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The smartphone wars are heating up in a major way. On Thursday, Google unveiled its Android market while T-Mobile launched the Android-based G1 phone. Meanwhile, Research In Motion says its much-delayed Bold will be available Nov. 4 via AT&T. …
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Tokyo stocks tumbled nearly 10 percent, the Hang Seng off more than 8 percent, S&P futures limit down and oil tumbled another five dollars despite production cuts. It’s little wonder that rumors of a market holiday grew louder in London.
On the firefighting front, a Treasury source tells us that the bank-funding hypodermic is filled up […]
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Amazon.com shares tumbled as much as 13% Thursday following the firm’s very disappointing guidance Wednesday evening.Despite the firm’s drop — which came after a steep fall in the preceding months - Amazon.com is “still too expensive,” says Sco
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From All Things Digital, Oct. 22, 2008: Apple’s MacBook laptop, the company’s low-end portable computer aimed at average consumers, isn’t just any old product. It’s the best-selling Macintosh in history, at a time when Mac sales are grow
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“The commodity trade is over…oil is going to $100 per barrel.”Or so declared Scott Bleier, president of CreateCapital.com, on July 18. …
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