Stock futures advance (Reuters)

Reuters – Stock index futures pointed to a higher open for equities on Wednesday, with futures for the S&P 500, the Dow Jones and the Nasdaq 100 up 0.3-0.8 percent. Yahoo! News: Business News
Read More

Futures open slightly lower (Reuters)

Reuters – U.S. stock index futures opened slightly lower on Sunday as traders geared up for another turbulent week while assessing the impact of Hurricane Irene that passed with less damage than feared. Yahoo! News: Business News
Read More

Stocks eye perfect storm of Irene and jobs (Reuters)

Reuters – U.S. stocks are setting up for another turbulent week that will begin with a focus, oddly enough, on the weather. Yahoo! News: Business News
Read More

China flash PMI helps lift shares, eyes on Europe (Reuters)

Reuters – European shares were set to follow Asian gains on Tuesday after a survey of Chinese factory output soothed fears of a hard landing for the world’s No.2 economy, but gold hit a record on persistent concerns about the health of the developed world. Yahoo! News: Bus
Read More

More volatility ahead as uncertainty rules (Reuters)

Reuters – The historic swings in the U.S. stock market over the past two weeks have investors struggling to figure out where equities may be headed next. Only one thing seems clear: The volatility is far from over. Yahoo! News: Business News
Read More

Wall Street reverses early gains as tech drags (Reuters)

Reuters – U.S. stocks slipped on Wednesday, reversing gains of more than 1 percent, as weak results from Dell dragged down the largest U.S. personal computer makers and offset recent upbeat earnings and outlooks from retailers, including Target Corp . Yahoo! News: Business News
Read More

Fitch affirms U.S. AAA rating, disagrees with S&P (Reuters)

Reuters – Fitch Ratings on Tuesday confirmed the United States’ top-notch credit rating and, in blatant disagreement with rival Standard & Poor’s, gave a vote of confidence to Washington’s deficit-reduction efforts. Yahoo! News: Business News
Read More

New IEA head brings people skills, Middle East expertise (Reuters)

Reuters – The burden of oil on a broken world economy and damaged ties with OPEC will be major challenges for Dutch politician and former teacher Maria van der Hoeven when she takes over as head of the International Energy Agency on September 1. Yahoo! News: Business News
Read More

Allstate sues Goldman over mortgage debt losses (Reuters)

Reuters – Allstate Corp on Monday sued Goldman Sachs Group Inc , accusing the Wall Street bank of causing losses by hiding the risks more than $ 123 million of mortgage securities it bought. Yahoo! News: Business News
Read More

Insight: GM hopes spending on start-ups will make it cool (Reuters)

Reuters – From an empty auto-parts plant in the heart of Rust Belt America, General Motors Co is out to show the world that the automaker once dismissed as an industrial dinosaur has gained some Silicon Valley cool just two years after its taxpayer-funded bankruptcy. Yahoo! News
Read More