World markets
| Shanghai | 2,345.43 | -33.46 (-1.41%) |
| Nikkei 225 | 8,611.31 | -265.28 (-2.99%) |
| Hang Seng Index | 18,951.85 | -249.08 (-1.30%) |
| TSEC | 7,151.19 | -205.58 (-2.79%) |
| FTSE 100 | 5,267.62 | 0.00 (0.00%) |
| EURO STOXX 50 | 2,144.69 | -2.22 (-0.10%) |
| CAC 40 | 3,008.00 | -3.99 (-0.13%) |
| S&P TSX | 11,280.64 | -50.04 (-0.44%) |
| S&P/ASX 200 | 4,046.50 | -110.90 (-2.67%) |
| BSE Sensex | 16,152.75 | +82.27 (0.51%) |
Bonds
| 3 Month | 0.05% | -0.01 (-16.67%) |
| 6 Month | 0.13% | 0.00 (0.00%) |
| 2 Year | 0.29% | 0.00 (0.00%) |
| 5 Year | 0.74% | 0.00 (0.00%) |
| 10 Year | 1.72% | 0.00 (0.00%) |
| 30 Year | 2.80% | -0.01 (-0.36%) |
Europe's debt crisis joins governments and banks at the hip
In Greece, Spain and elsewhere, much of the national debt is owed to the countries' banks, and disaster for one would almost certainly spell doom for the other.
Top stories
There was a line drawn in the sand during Facebook's first day as a publicly-traded company: $38 per share. That was the price at which pre-offering shareholders and company insiders sold Thursday and it was the lower bound for the social network's ...
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Gold rose more than 1 per cent on Friday, on track for its largest two-day gain since October, boosted by investors' consolidation of positions ahead of the weekend and a stronger euro.
Fell to 8.8 percent in April from 9.6 percent in March. But that's still high and the employment picture remains weak as the East Bay lost jobs.
By ALAN ABELSON | MORE ARTICLES BY AUTHOR Jamie Dimon has a week to forget. Facebook stumbles out of the blocks. Why gold miners look good.
Trends
| Popular searches on Google | Change | Mkt Cap | |
| WGO | Winnebago Industries, Inc. | 1.76% | 253.13M |
| BWS | Brown Shoe Company, Inc. | 25.46% | 470.83M |
| GDR | Golden Dory Resources Corp. | 0.00% | 2.70M |
| FL | Foot Locker, Inc. | 8.28% | 4.61B |
| FB | Facebook Inc | 0.61% | 81.74B |
| ZNGA | Zynga Inc | -13.42% | 5.27B |
| NDAQ | NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. | -4.39% | 3.74B |
| FC | Franklin Covey Co. | 0.00% | 166.60M |
| FFN | FriendFinder Networks Inc | -16.37% | 45.52M |
| FACE | Physicians Formula Holdings, Inc. | -5.94% | 49.91M |
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| Basic Materials | -0.71% |
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| Capital Goods | -0.36% |
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| Conglomerates | -0.13% |
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| Cons. Cyclical | -0.87% |
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| Cons. Non-Cyclical | -0.80% |
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| Energy | -0.47% |
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| Financial | -0.98% |
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| Healthcare | -0.57% |
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| Services | -0.58% |
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| Technology | -1.16% |
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| Transportation | -1.17% |
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| Utilities | -0.53% |
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