Wall Street stocks ended the day in negative territory on Friday, putting the major indices down for the week as oil stocks joined Wal-Mart Stores in retreating from recent gains.
But sports footwear and apparel giant Nike Inc saw shares up 3 percent, making it one of the Dow's biggest gainers.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 0.2 percentRead more
Luis Suarez will make his first Copa America appearance in five years after being included in Uruguay's squad for next month's centenary edition of football's oldest continental tournament.
Paris Saint-Germain striker Edinson Cavani and Atletico Madrid pair Jose Gimenez and Diego Godin were also named in Oscar Tabarez's 23-man squad on Friday.
Suarez missed last year's Copa America in ChileRead more
US doctors have shown for the first time that soft tissue surgery can now be performed entirely by a robot, putting surgery one step closer into the realm of intelligent machines.
The so-called Smart Tissue Autonomous Robot (STAR) succeeded in suturing and reconnecting bowel segments in living pigs, a procedure known as intestinal anastomosis, and all the animals survived withRead more
Commander of the Royal Navy of Oman, Rear-Admiral (RADM) Abdullah bin Khamis Al Raisi, met here on Sunday with Commander of the French Naval Forces Stationed in the Indian Ocean, Antoine Bussain, currently visiting the Sultanate of Oman.
Talks during the meeting dealt with issues of common concern and bilateral relations between the two countries to serve common interestsRead more
German retail sales, a closely watched measure of household confidence, declined in February, as consumer morale in Europe's top economy feels the heat from global economic risks, official data showed on Thursday.
Retailers' sales fell by 0.4 percent in February compared with January, the federal statistics office Destatis said in a statement.
The previous month, retail sales had eased byRead more