Stock Market Today

Even at the age of DVR and Hulu, live sporting events like the Super Bowl generate windfalls votes. But these days sports divisions in the four major networks face a future in which viewers – and advertisers – move to cable and elsewhere. This poses a challenge for Eric Shanks, 38, who became the youngest [...]

French pharmaceutical company Sanofi-Aventis is stepping up pressure on the U.S. biotechnology company Genzyme, publish an offer of $ 18.5 billion in cash and hinting he might consider a hostile takeover if Genzyme refuses to talk. Sanofi said the first made the offer on July 29, but decided to go public after being rejected by [...]

The Dow Jones industrial average rose 102.32 points to close at 10,424.62 points, or 0.99%; the Nasdaq composite index rose 23.58 points to close at 2,269.47 points, or 1.05%; Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose 8.98 points to close at 1,102.67 points, or 0.82%. Credit card issuer American Express (AXP) rose 3.7%, GE (General Electric, [...]

UK GDP growth of 1.1% higher than the first quarter of 0.3%, august gold futures fell 7.80 U.S. dollars to close at 1,187.80 U.S. dollars an ounce, down 0.7%, gold futures fell this week, less than 0.1%, gold futures opened higher Friday, but profit-taking after a breakthrough 1200 U.S. dollars selling emerged, gold futures rose [...]

Pay czar Kenneth Feinberg’s latest review of pay practices at banks that received bailout funds showed 17 companies made $1.6 billion in “ill-advised payments” during the financial market crisis. Companies listed included Citigroup and Goldman Sachs. World markets: European markets were mixed, with Britain’s FTSE 100 ending little changed, Germany’s DAX rising 0.4% and France’s [...]