You’re only worth $1.21 to Facebook

How much does Facebook value its users? In strictly monetary terms, about as much as a bag of chips.
Facebook is raking in a little […]

Turning natural gas into diesel fuel

Near-record low natural gas prices have hurt the industry, but a technology that can turn cheap gas into more profitable diesel could keep demand […]

Asian stocks mixed amid US, China economy concerns

Asian stocks were mixed Tuesday as a four-day slump in U.S. markets sparked by concern about the strength of the world’s biggest economy weighed on […]

New York Fed’s head of markets to leave after Twist

Brian Sack, who oversees the U.S. Federal Reserve’s dealings with Wall Street and was seen as a “rising star” within the central bank, will […]

Oil prices rise on unexpected supply drop

One day after the price of benchmark crude took the biggest one-day drop this year, it headed up again.
Oil rose Wednesday after the Energy Information […]

Payrolls up solidly, jobless rate at 8.3 percent

Employment grew solidly for a third straight month in February, a sign the economic recovery was broadening and in less need of further monetary […]

Greek bailout is back in private sector hands

It looks like Greece will avoid an outright default in the short run now that eurozone finance officials have signed off on a second […]

Orban

Hungarian Premier Viktor Orban pledging to yield in a row with the European Union helped the central bank leave the European Union

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Stock futures rise despite S&P’s warning to Europe

Wall Street appears headed for a slightly higher opening, shrugging off a Standard & Poor’s warning about European credit ratings that sent most world markets […]