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ChinaCache International Holdings, a provider of Internet content, soared 95% on its Nasdaq trading.

Spot bullion hit on Friday a nominal record of $1,282.75 a troy ounce in London, up 3 per cent on the week, making a gain of 17 per cent this year

Americans' net worth receded as stock-market wealth declined, while anxious consumers continued to avoid debt in the second quarter.

The tone for Wall Street’s retreat was set before the opening bell with markets in Asia and Europe also falling.

General Motors Co has secured a $5 billion credit facility, two people briefed on the bank deal said on Wednesday, marking the return of the top U.S. automaker to the capital markets a year after it emerged from a landmark bankruptcy.

Dow plummets nearly 220 points after trade deficit unexpectedly widens and reports from Asia, Europe spurs concerns recovery is veering off track.

Personal incomes and spending come in flat for June, worse than the slight gains anticipated.

NYSE recommended that regulators seek out a broad-based stock index like the S&P 500 to underlie a new circuit breaker that would halt all U.S. stock trading if conditions become too volatile.

The economy won out over earnings season Wednesday, when a round of mostly better-than-expected reports couldn't stop a triple-digit slide in the Dow Jones industrial average.

U.S. markets experienced a steep selloff Friday as disappointing earnings reports from major corporate icons and depressing consumer sentiment report pushed the Dow down 250 points.