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Shares of Facebook rose early in the market debut of one of the most anticipated initial public offerings ever. But they soon lost some of their pop.

The tough job market has been so hard on some Americans that they have dropped out of the running altogether. But here’s a surprising twist: Generally, that’s not been true of older Americans.

European officials are playing a dangerous game of chicken with Greece.

Sales at U.S. retailers barely rose in April as the boost from an unseasonably warm winter faded, pointing to some loss of momentum in consumer spending early in the second quarter.

Consumer prices were flat in April as households paid less for gasoline and natural gas, possibly giving the U.S. Federal Reserve more room to help economic growth should the recovery stumble.

The multi-billion-dollar trading losses at JPMorgan have renewed concerns that the largest U.S. banks are too massive to regulate and that the government may not be up to the task.

The improving employment situation in South Carolina should be good news for Jennifer Moss, offering hope she can find finally land a job after a year and a half without work. But in a way, it’s been another blow.

The imminent initial public offering of Facebook renews a question that has been on the market's collective mind: Are we in the midst of a new tech stock bubble?

But some style gurus believe Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg calculatedly donned his normal dorm-frumpy garb to send New York's financiers a crisp signal: "The West Coast techies truly fuel this economy."

Americans are growing more pessimistic about the economy and handling it remains President Barack Obama's weak spot and biggest challenge in his bid for a second term, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll.

Banks have become so restrictive in making mortgages that many worthy homebuyers are being frozen out of the U.S. housing market, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said.

The U.S. trade deficit widened more than expected in March as imports surged to a record high, in another sign the government may have to scale back its estimate of first-quarter economic growth. The trade gap grew 14.1 percent to $51.

Walt Disney shares bucked a negative market trend and rose to a record high after the company announced a sequel to its superhero flick, "The Avengers," and posted a rise in quarterly profit.

The media frenzy over Facebook's IPO has a lot of people wondering how the process works and how well it's going, even though most small investors won't be able to get in on the opening day action.

Facebook Inc's initial public offering pitch played to some bad reviews in New York, so for its Boston audience on Tuesday, the 30-minute video was scrapped and the company took more questions from analysts and potential investors.