Gays from across the country joined more than a million people Tuesday at the U.S. Capitol and on the National Mall to witness Barack Obama take the oath of office as the 44th president and become, in the minds of many activists, the nation’s most in Stock and Shares News
Asian stocks declined after losses at Sony Corp. and Samsung Electronics Co. showed the global recession is eroding the profits. Sony declined 7% in Tokyo after forecasting its first annual loss in 14 years. Samsung Electronics fell more than 4% in in Stock and Shares News
HONG KONG - ASIAN stocks fell on Friday, with Japan's benchmark tumbling almost 4 per cent, as grim news about major companies like Microsoft and Sony underscored the depth of the worst global slowdown in decades. European markets fell in early trade in Stock and Shares News
HONG KONG (Reuters) -- Asian stocks fell 2% to a 1-1/2-month low on Friday, weighed by poor corporate results in the technology sector, while the U.S. dollar drifted higher as investors sought refuge from the deteriorating global economy. Major in Stock and Shares News
TOKYO— Japanese stocks slumped to a two-month low Friday as dire earnings from global technology companies and an endless stream of bleak economic data unnerved investors. The benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average lost 306.49 points, or 3.8 percent to in Stock and Shares News
WASHINGTON (AP) - Congressional leaders and President Barack Obama are having a hard time finding common ground on an economic recovery plan as Republican resistance to the stimulus package emerges in the House. The president and top Democrats and in Stock and Shares News
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Asian shares closed firmly lower Friday, ending a downbeat week, with tech stocks under pressure in Japan as Sony forecast its first annual loss in 14 years. Selling pressure in Tokyo was aggravated as the Japanese currency in Stock and Shares News
Refineries' margins, which result from purchasing crude oil from companies such as BP (NYSE: BP), converting it into gasoline, and then selling it to consumers, are coming back. Refining margins -- the difference between crude oil cost and gasoline in Stock and Shares News
NEW YORK: John Thain resigned under pressure from Bank of America on Thursday after reports he rushed out billions of dollars in bonuses to Merrill Lynch employees in his final days as CEO there, while the brokerage was suffering huge losses and just in Stock and Shares News
JOHANNESBURG, Jan 23 (Reuters) - South African blue-chip stocks fell more than two percent on Friday, tracking global markets lower. The Johannesburg Top-40 index of blue-chip stocks dropped 2.45 percent to 17,369.13 points by 0705 GMT, stretching in Stock and Shares News
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