NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- U.S. stocks continued their mixed trading action early Friday afternoon as a week of soft housing market reports, capped by today's disappointing read on new home sales, was tempered by strength in energy stocks. The Dow Jones I.....»»

Stocks edged higher Friday as rising energy shares offset early weakness, though the S&P 500 remained on track to break a five-week streak of gains......»»

Sure, the new iPad just came out a week ago. But it’s never too early to talk about what everyone’s expecting next on the iFrontier......»»

LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Japanese stocks moved higher out of the Monday open, with early losses for the yen helping some of blue-chip exporters. The Nikkei Stock Average rose 0.3% to 10,032.94 in the early minutes, keeping its grasp on the 10,000 lev.....»»

It must have been a slow news week. So much attention was given to a series of news coverage that would make you think that suddenly employers were requiring applicants and employees to turn over their Facebook username and passwords to them. It seemed to.....»»

By Matthew Smith:We ended last week fighting our way back from early losses to finishing the day up. Although the market had losses for the week, it was a bullish way to end. This week we have a lot of economic news coming out which will give us a wide ra.....»»

The American College of Cardiology (ACC) meeting is in full swing this week in Chicago and much of the early buzz being generated is around a new class of LDL cholesterol-lowering drugs known as proprotein converase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK-9) antibo.....»»

By IPOdesktop: This IPO market seems to be heating up for three reasons : (1) the Facebook 'effect' (2) Nasdaq is at the highest recovery point since March 2000 (3) Interest rates remain very low.Nine deals "puts this month on track to be the second-busie.....»»

After the S&P 500 index reached its highest level since 2008 early last week, it took its biggest weekly drop so far this year late the same week. What had spooked the market were reports that manufacturing in the eurozone and China are in a deeper contra.....»»

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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Facebook, Inc. amended its initial public offering filing late Tuesday, noting that a previously disclosed Yahoo suit over alleged patent infringement could have a "material" impact on its results if it were successful. Fa.....»»

Last week I commented about the recent trend within some organizations to force job applicants to divulge their Facebook passwords so they could ferret around inside a potential hire?s private information. Although I feel like anyone?s public profile is u.....»»

Also: Facebook revised its IPO filing yesterday to factor in the escalating patent fight with Yahoo......»»

Last night, I left a 30 percent tip and it felt good. Theo Hollerbach, chef and owner of Hollerbach’s Willow Tree Cafe in downtown Sanford, posted on Facebook that his business was down $10,000 in sales one week because of the Trayvon Martin case. Tha.....»»

Ford Motor Co. revealed the first high performance version of the automaker's Explorer SUV on the brand's Facebook page Wednesday. The new SUV will be officially unveiled at the New York Auto Show next week......»»

Facebook Inc. has reportedly sent word to secondary markets to stop trading its shares by the end of the week as it gets set to go public. Bloomberg reported the move on Wednesday, citing unnamed sources. It said Facebook wants to halt the trading so th.....»»

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Social networking site Facebook is halting the sale of its shares on secondary markets effective next week, aiming to reduce churn in its valuation which could complicate matters as it sets an IPO price, a person familiar with th.....»»

Facebook plans to halt trading of its shares on private exchanges this week......»»