By RYAN NAKASHIMA
LOS ANGELES – When Facebook makes its long-expected debut as a public company this spring, the social-networking company will likely vault into the ranks of the largest public companies in the world, alongside McDonald’s, Amazon.com and Bank of America.
The…
By JON GAMBRELL
LAGOS, Nigeria – A U.S. citizen kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria’s oil-rich southern delta has been freed after a week in captivity, the U.S. Embassy said.
U.S. Embassy spokeswoman Deb MacLean told The Associated Press on Friday that the man…
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER
WASHINGTON – The American economy may not be truly healthy yet, but it’s healing.
The 2.8 percent annual growth rate reported Friday for the fourth quarter was the fastest since spring 2010 and was the third straight quarter that growth…
By BERNARD CONDON
NEW YORK – The stock market closed mostly lower Friday, sending the Dow Jones industrial average to its first losing week of 2012, after the government reported that economic growth was slower at the end of last year than economists…
By DAVID CRARY
NEW YORK – Twitter, a tool of choice for dissidents and activists around the world, found itself the target of global outrage Friday after unveiling plans to allow country-specific censorship of tweets that might break local laws.
It was a…
By BERNARD CONDON
NEW YORK – Stocks are closing mostly lower on news that the U.S. grew at a slower pace than expected in the fourth quarter.
A slump in the Dow Jones industrial average pushed the index down for the week, the…
By DEE-ANN DURBIN
DEARBORN, Mich. – For Ford, there’s no place like home.
North America propped up the company in the fourth quarter as the European debt crisis and flooding in Thailand hurt profits elsewhere. Ford Motor Co.’s shares took an initial hit…
By CHRISTINA REXRODE
NEW YORK – Emerging markets are playing a bigger role in Procter & Gamble Co.’s growth, in another sign that U.S. companies are courting new customers overseas as American shoppers get tapped out.
The maker of Tide laundry detergent, Crest…
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE
SAN FRANCISCO – Bloggers and activists from China, the Middle East and Latin America said Friday they were afraid that new Twitter policies could allow governments to censor messages, stifling free expression.
Thursday’s announcement that Twitter had refined its technology…
By BERNARD CONDON
NEW YORK – Stocks were trading mostly lower after the government reported the U.S. economy grew at a slower pace than economists had expected in the fourth quarter.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 83 points, or 0.7 percent, to…
