Technology and the Internet
DirecTV Group Inc., the biggest U.S. satellite TV firm, canceled a planned $500-million junk bond sale rather than pay the higher interest rates investors have demanded on lower-quality bonds since early March.
April 7, 2005
Apple Inc. has made its second notable investment this week — this time in facial recognition technology company Finisar Corp.
Dec. 13, 2017
Entertainment & Arts
DirecTV cleared in patent case
May 20, 2009
Business
The major U.S. stock indexes finished mostly higher Wednesday, with small companies notching big gains as lawmakers in the House and Senate reached a deal on a sweeping tax-overhaul package.
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Oct. 2, 2000
Friday’s Top Gainers *--* Chief Executive Company Friday’s Change Total Value Lawrence J.
Dec. 11, 2000
U.S. stock indexes fell Friday after President Trump said he may intensify his trade war with China.
Sept. 7, 2018
Markets: U.S. report on productivity eases rate hike jitters, sending Dow up 174 and Nasdaq to another high.
Nov. 13, 1999
Led by technology companies, U.S. stocks rose Friday after a strong February jobs report.
March 10, 2017
Investor jitters over the possibility the Federal Reserve is ready to raise interest rates this year roiled Wall Street on Friday, handing the stock market its worst day in more than two months.
Sept. 9, 2016