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| SCRAMBLE TO SAVE GREECE Wed, 16 May 2012 13:56:27 EDT Leaders across Europe rushed to try to reassure nervous investors Wednesday that they were working to prevent Greece from an unprecedented exit from the eurozone and the damage that might cause for other troubled European economies. |
| European stocks slide as crisis deepens Thu, 17 May 2012 04:56:01 EDT |
| Greece's interim Cabinet sworn in - CNN Thu, 17 May 2012 05:59:49 EDT Greece will hold new elections on June 17, state media reported Wednesday. A caretaker administration led by a senior judge will run the country in the meantime. |
| High stakes: Preparing for 'Grexit' Thu, 17 May 2012 04:56:15 EDT Europe's leaders may soon learn that lesson the hard way if they continue to dodge the question on everyone's lips: What to do if Greece is pushed out of the eurozone? |
| Track U.S. stock futures and premarket movers Thu, 17 May 2012 04:54:33 EDT |
| Facebook to set final IPO price Thursday Thu, 17 May 2012 05:13:55 EDT Facebook's long road to an initial public offering is coming to an end. Late Thursday, it will fill in one last piece of the puzzle: Its final IPO price. |
| What comes after the panic in Greece Wed, 16 May 2012 12:50:32 EDT |
| Is Greece the Lehman of 2012? -The Buzz Wed, 16 May 2012 14:04:36 EDT With apologies to John Lennon: Imagine a eurozone without Greece. It's easy if you try. |
| Outgoing World Bank chief: Fix eurozone Wed, 16 May 2012 14:52:59 EDT Outgoing World Bank President Robert Zoellick said Wednesday he's concerned about the "ripple effects" on the rest of the eurozone if Greece leaves. |
| Greece worries weigh on U.S. stocks Wed, 16 May 2012 16:51:40 EDT Following a positive start, U.S. stocks closed in the red for a fourth straight session Wednesday, as investors weighed strong U.S. economic data against ongoing uncertainty about Greece's political situation. |
| Facebook to sell 25% more shares Wed, 16 May 2012 09:26:23 EDT Facebook announced Wednesday that 25% more shares of the company will be sold in its planned initial public offering later this week. |
| Should you buy Facebook? Wed, 16 May 2012 14:09:38 EDT Facebook's IPO is causing a frenzy among investors eager to get a piece of the social networking website. |
| World's largest economies Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:18:15 EDT |
| The future of global shipping Wed, 16 May 2012 07:53:15 EDT |
| In aerospace wars, don't count Russia out yet Tue, 15 May 2012 17:07:24 EDT The tragic crash of the Russian superjet means Boeing and Airbus still control the skies -- but not for long. |
| Kodak had weapons-grade uranium - CNN Wed, 16 May 2012 12:49:52 EDT Kodak -- known for its cameras and film -- this week confirmed it used weapons-grade uranium in an underground lab in upstate New York for upwards of 30 years. |
| Who loves us, baby? China still does Tue, 15 May 2012 15:20:03 EDT The United States may be hurtling towards a fiscal cliff at the end of the year. But if the U.S. is Thelma then China is Louise. |
| Hollande pushes for growth with Merkel - CNN Wed, 16 May 2012 10:19:14 EDT François Hollande, France's first Socialist president since François Mitterrand left office in 1995, promised a new approach to tackling the financial woes plaguing Europe. |
| GM to stop advertising on Facebook Tue, 15 May 2012 19:21:20 EDT General Motors said Tuesday that it will stop paid advertising on Facebook. |
| Buffett discloses new stake in GM, Viacom Wed, 16 May 2012 12:55:13 EDT Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway built new positions in General Motors and Viacom during the first three months of 2012. |
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| Word of the day |
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for May 17, 2012 is:
maffick • \MAF-ik\ • verb
: to celebrate with boisterous rejoicing and hilarious behavior
Examples:
Fans mafficked for hours outside the stadium, celebrating the team's dramatic victory in the division championship.
"In half an hour, after the mildest of mafficking, the last visitors of the exhibition's last day had gone out of the gates and the staff began their final acts of closing up shop." — From an article in The Guardian (London), October 1, 2011
Did you know?
"Maffick" is an alteration of Mafeking Night, the British celebration of the lifting of the siege of a British military outpost during the South African War at the town of Mafikeng (also spelled Mafeking) on May 17, 1900. The South African War was fought between the British and the Afrikaners, who were Dutch and Huguenot settlers originally called Boers, over the right to govern frontier territories. Though the war did not end until 1902, the lifting of the siege of Mafikeng was a significant victory for the British because they held out against a larger Afrikaner force for 217 days until reinforcements could arrive. The rejoicing in British cities on news of the rescue produced "maffick," a word that was popular for a while, especially in journalistic writing, but is now relatively uncommon.