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The Dow Jones industrial average, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq were all drifting between small gains and losses.

Stocks edged mostly lower in early trading Friday as investors assessed corporate news.

European stock markets rebounded Friday after slumping on worries about the soundness of a bank in Portugal, while trading in Asia was muted over the specter of more financial turmoil in Europe.

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Billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn said on Thursday that it is time for U.S. stock market investors to tread carefully after the run-up on Wall Street.

A Northern California chemical engineer is facing more than 20 years in prison when he is sentenced for a rare economic-espionage conviction.

Indonesian stocks rallied to a one-year high Thursday after most unofficial tallies showed Jakarta governor Joko Widodo ahead of ex-general Prabowo Subianto in a closely fought race to lead Southeast Asia's biggest economy.

The worries also spread to the European stock and bond markets. KEEPING SCORE: The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 173 points, or 1 percent, to 16,811 in the first 20 minutes of trading.

U.S. stocks are down sharply Thursday as jitters about a Portuguese bank and ugly economic data raise more doubts about whether Europe is recovering.

The finance ministry said Thursday it had accepted 1.5 billion euros of the 3 billion euros offered by investors, and that the yield had been set at 3.5 percent.

Today: Gigamon plummets after revealing that earnings report will not live up to expectations.

Asian stock markets were mostly higher Thursday after China's exports showed a slight pickup.

Hollywood's summer at the box office isn't just missing nearly 20 percent of last summer's revenue.

This March 14, 2014 file photo shows the Federal Reserve headquarters building in Washington.

Stocks inched higher midday Wednesday, reversing a two-day decline, as the quarterly earnings season got underway with some positive news from the giant aluminum company Alcoa.

The Dow Jones industrial average, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq were all up around 0.2% to 0.4%.

As global watchdogs warn that euphoric financial markets are divorced from economic reality and acting out some reprise of the credit bubble and bust of the past decade, fears of another subprime timebomb are inevitable.

The New Zealand dollar rose to a post-float high on a trade weighted basis after a more upbeat outlook from credit rating agency Fitch Ratings attracted investors seeking bigger returns.

The selling Tuesday follows record closes last week. The Dow Jones industrial average ended below 17,000, a level it topped Thursday for the first time in its 118-year history.

The dollar eased and global equity markets fell on Tuesday as investors stepped back ahead of second-quarter earnings reports and after successive record highs last week for several major stock indices.