Why Facebook created a new kind of stock

Apr 28, 2016
The company's new C class shares means more control, and it's not the only company to use a tiered system.
Facebook will create a new class of share to sell to investors shares that don't give investors voting power. 
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Tweets to determine certain stock values

Oct 15, 2015
The apocalypse is nigh.

Market Update: our coverage of this week's stock chaos

Aug 25, 2015
Here’s another way the markets are not like the real world: in the markets, the B word is worse than the C word. So much worse! C is for Correction, a sharp drop in prices, with a defined ending and a recovery. B, on the other hand, is for bear market, a long-term drop, with […]
 A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during the morning of August 27, 2015 in New York City. Dow Jones Industrial Average stocks continued their rally, opening approximately 200 points higher today.
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Media business gets a rough signal

Aug 7, 2015
Many are moving away from the traditional cable subscription plan.

Why not to freak out about the NYSE trading halt

Jul 8, 2015
Stocks were still bought and sold. And we'll still do the numbers.

For public good, not for profit.

What the China stock market roller coaster means

Jul 6, 2015
The government is now propping up the exchange it tried to cool down.

Weekly Wrap: Grexit and Brexit, jobs report and stock values

May 8, 2015
John Carney and Nela Richardson join Kai Ryssdal to recap the week in business and finance.