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Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) says it is responsible for 514,000 US jobs. The stated number goes beyond the around 47,000 people that work directly for the company, to include anyone “from the engineer who helped invent the iPad to the delivery person who brings it to your door.” It is the first time the...

US stock futures are lower this morning, as investors are awaiting jobs data. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 69 points to 11,396.00 and S&P 500 index futures fell 9 points to 1,192.30. Nasdaq 100 futures dropped 15.75 points to 2,201.50. US stocks closed lower on Thursday...

Colonel Muammar el-Qaddafi's hold on Libya crumbled over the weekend, as rebel forces marched on the nation's capital of Tripoli and arrested the leader's two sons. While the Colonel's whereabouts remained unknown Monday, it was increasingly clear that his power over the North Africa nation was...

The U.S. Justice Department is investigating ratings agency Standard & Poor's over numerous mortgage securities that were improperly assessed, according to a report from the New York Times. Allegedly, the Federal investigation began before S&P downgraded United States government debt to AA...

Chesapeake Energy's (NYSE: CHK) CEO Aubrey McClendon responded to an article published in The New York Times on Sunday. The article was skeptical of natural gas shale extraction forecasts and may have contributed to Monday's decline in the share price of CHK. McClendon stated, "The story is...

Jean-Claude Trichet, the president of the European Central Bank, called for the creation of a European Finance Ministry on Thursday. The New York Times reported that Trichet desired the existence of an institution that would oversee spending by all countries that used the euro currency. An...

Will we ever know what really caused the collapse of Wall Street? Bloomberg News columnist Jonathan Weil has some doubts. Weil says that to get to the heart of what went wrong with the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission's report (released last Wednesday), you need not look any further than page...

The Egyptian stock market experienced panic as the market nosedived 6.25% in 15 minutes yesterday, according to CBS News. Today, Egyptian stocks plunged even further, over 10% as the selling frenzy continues, according to the Wall Street Journal. The Egyptian stock market even tried halting trading...

Now that the iPhone is finally headed to Verizon (NYSE: VZ), consumers and analysts alike are wondering if it is only a matter of time before Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) moves to Sprint (NYSE: S) and T-Mobile. Is it merely a pipedream? Up until last fall, it seemed as if the Verizon rumors would never...

The research of Alzheimer's disease continues as new tests show great promise for the early diagnosis of the illness. According to the New York Times, the Food and Drug Administration will review a newly developed brain scan which purportedly can detect plaques indicative of Alzheimer's disease. A...