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NewsWatch: U.S. investors hang on Europe after bruising week
By MarketWatch MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE After the worst week of the year for U.S.
G-8 leaders: Recovery still facing obstacles
By Andria Cheng , MarketWatch President Obama speaks at Saturday’s G-8 meeting as Germany’s Angela Merkel, Britain’s David Cameron (rear) and Russia’s Dmitri Medvedev listen. NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — President Barack Obama and other Group of Eight leaders said on Saturday while the global economic recovery shows signs of promise, significant headwinds persist. With the economic crisis in the euro zone among the key point of discussions, the world leaders said they affirm their interest in Greece remaining in the Eurozone while respecting its commitments.
3 NATO protesters accused of terror plot: report
By Andria Cheng , MarketWatch A protestor in a Guy Fawkes mask walks past a police officer during a demonstration ahead of the NATO meeting in Chicago. NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Ahead of a two-day NATO meeting beginning Sunday in Chicago, three men in their 20s were accused of making Molotov cocktails in planned attacks on President Barack Obama’s campaign headquarters, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s home and other targets during the summit, the Associated Press reported Saturday. Defense attorneys for the men, arrested Wednesday in a night raid at an apartment in Chicago’s South Side Bridgeport neighborhood, alleged it was a setup and the arrests were an attempt to scare thousands of protesters expected to gather Sunday to march 2 1/2 miles to the McCormick Place convention center where delegates will be meeting, the AP reported.
Chrysler recalls 87,000 Jeep Wranglers from 2010
By Andria Cheng , MarketWatch NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Chrysler Group is recalling about 67,900 Jeep Wranglers in the U.S. because of a risk of fires, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on its Website. About 6,000 other Jeeps also are being recalled in Canada, 1,500 in Mexico and about 11,000 in other countries for a total of about 87,000, the Associated Press reported Saturday, citing a company spokesman
Chinese dissident leaves for U.S.: reports
By Andria Cheng , MarketWatch Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng, who left Beijing for the U.S.
NewsWatch: Facebook IPO fails to ‘pop’ in rough debut
By MarketWatch MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE Social network’s shares weaken near the end of its first trading session following its massive billion initial public offering, losing grip on the first-day pop. See full story. Facebook debut sets pace for tech IPOs to come Facebook’s mixed public debut and its aftermath will have a strong influence over investor demand for the next wave of Internet- and technology-sector IPOs
Auto Review: 2012 BMW 328i
By Ron Amadon , MarketWatch /conga/graphic-features/road-test/2012/bmw328i.html 208116 DAMASCUS, Md.
Shawn Langlois’s London Sketch: Chelsea’s run shakes this expat’s foundation
By Shawn Langlois , MarketWatch LONDON (MarketWatch) — The Champions League final, one of the world’s biggest sporting events, kicks off Saturday night in Germany, with hundreds of millions of viewers primed to watch Chelsea battle Bayern Munich.
Market Snapshot: U.S. investors hang on Europe after bruising week
By Deborah Levine , MarketWatch NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — After the worst week of the year for U.S. stocks, investors will be looking for signs of whether the U.S
Wall Street ends lower; Facebook closes 0.6% up on Day 1
Like this story, share it with millions of investors on M3 Like this story, share it with millions of investors on M3 Wall Street ends lower; Facebook closes 0.6% up on Day 1 US stocks fell on Friday after a sloppy debut by Facebook Inc spoiled hopes that a spectacular open for the most-anticipated stock sale in years would brighten the mood in what has been a gloomy month for equity markets. US stocks fell on Friday after a sloppy debut by Facebook Inc spoiled hopes that a spectacular open for the most-anticipated stock sale in years would brighten the mood in what has been a gloomy month for equity markets. Shares of Facebook, the social networking giant, were volatile in the busiest day ever for a trading debut