Thursday, May 24, 2012 6:29 AM IST

Dow Jones

Dow Jones & Company is an American publishing and financial information firm.

The company was founded in 1882 by three reporters: Charles Dow, Edward Jones, and Charles Bergstresser. Like The New York Times and the Washington Post, the company was in recent years publicly traded but privately controlled. The company was led by the Bancroft family, which effectively controlled 64% of all voting stock, before being acquired by News Corporation. Read More

Articles About Dow Jones

A Dell computer logo is seen on a laptop at Best Buy in Phoenix, Arizona, February 18, 2010.
Global Markets Overview - 05/24/2012

By IBTimes AU

U.S. stocks reversed steep losses to finish the day roughly flat, though European stocks and the euro tumbled to 2012 lows amid growing chatter about a potential Greek exit from the euro zone (4:31 am)

MORE TOPICS: AUSTRALIA, FTSE, GOLDMAN SACHS, HANG SENG INDEX, JAPAN, GOLD, COPPER, CHINA, GOLD, MICROSOFT, BNP PARIBAS

Wall Street finishes flat in late reversal

By Reuters

Stocks staged a late-day reversal on Wednesday, rallying into the close in another volatile session as a sharp rise in materials shares boosted the S&P 500 and gains in Apple <AAPL.O> helped lift the Nasdaq. (3:44 am)

MORE TOPICS: MORGAN STANLEY, NYSE, HP, CRUDE OIL, FACEBOOK, EUROPEAN UNION

U.S. stocks recover late, euro falls

By Reuters UK

Wall Street stocks staged a late recovery and the euro flirted with a near two-year low on Wednesday as investors remained on edge about Greece's possible exit from the euro zone, which threatened to deepen the region's debt crisis and hurt an already fragile global recovery. (2:44 am)

MORE TOPICS: GOLD, FTSE, CALIFORNIA, GERMANY, NUCLEAR WEAPONS, FACEBOOK

Wall Street ends flat in late-day reversal

By Reuters

Stocks staged a late-day reversal on Wednesday, rallying into the close as a sharp rise in materials shares boosted the S&P 500 and gains in Apple <AAPL.O> helped lift the Nasdaq. (2:26 am)

MORE TOPICS: MORGAN STANLEY, CRUDE OIL, FACEBOOK, EUROPEAN UNION, NEW YORK, MANAGEMENT

Traders on the floor of NYSE
Stocks Post Late-Session Recovery: Daily Markets Wrap

By IBTimes

U.S. stocks cut losses late in Wednesday's trading session, with two key indexes barely squeaking into positive territory on the strength of surging commodities prices and the shares of companies that produce them. (2:11 am)

MORE TOPICS: GOLD, FTSE, COPPER

Late rally lifts Wall Street into close

By Reuters

Stocks staged a late-day reversal on Wednesday, rallying into the close as a sharp rise in materials shares boosted the S&P 500 and gains in Apple helped lift the Nasdaq. (1:44 am)

Nasdaq, S&P 500 turn positive ahead of close

By Reuters

Stocks pared losses sharply into the close, with both the Nasdaq and the S&P 500 turning positive in a late-day reversal on Wednesday. The turnaround was led by shares of materials companies in the S&P 500, while Apple boosted technology shares. (1:19 am)

MORE TOPICS: S&P

Stocks, euro fall on Greece exit worries

By Reuters UK

World stocks skidded and the euro fell to a 21-month low on Wednesday on worries about Greece's possible exit from the euro zone, which threatened to deepen the region's debt crisis and hurt an already fragile global recovery. (12:58 am)

MORE TOPICS: GOLD, FTSE, CALIFORNIA, GERMANY, NUCLEAR WEAPONS, FACEBOOK

Wall Street falls 1 percent on Europe, Dell

By Reuters

Stocks fell 1 percent on Wednesday, with all S&P 500 sectors trading negative as concerns mounted over Greece's future in the euro zone. (11:26 pm)

MORE TOPICS: CITIGROUP, MORGAN STANLEY, CRUDE OIL, FACEBOOK, MANAGEMENT, DELL

Global stocks, euro sag on Greece exit worries

By Reuters UK

World stocks stumbled and the euro fell to a 21-month low on Wednesday on worries about Greece's possible exit from the euro zone, which would deepen the region's debt crisis and hurt an already fragile global economic recovery. (9:37 pm)

MORE TOPICS: GOLD, FTSE, GERMANY, NUCLEAR WEAPONS, FACEBOOK, GOLD PRICES