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By Sinead Carew NEW YORK (Reuters) - Imagine a warning on your cell phone that tells you when a parent in ill health needs help, when you've eaten too much, or that you should avoid your regular commute because of a biohazard danger. Forget mobile music and video. Wireless may end up running your life -- down to when to wash your underwear. This may sound far-fetched, but laboratories around the world are exploring such scenarios as wireless networks become more robust and amid mo ...

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - U.S. stocks are set to open at flattish levels Friday, as investors take in news of an unexpectedly large widening of the nation's trade gap and seek catalysts to shake the market out of its doldrums. News from Pfizer's analyst day presentation could enliven trade. The futures contract for the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 1 point at 10,895. Futures contracts ...

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - U.S. stocks fell Friday after a disappointing profit outlook from Pfizer Inc. and a wider-than-expected December trade deficit, with some investors concerned trends in the bond market are pointing to a slowdown in the economy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) was down 18 points at 10,866. The Nasdaq Composite Index (RIXF) fell 12 points to 2,244 while the S&amp ...

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - U.S. stock losses mounted Friday after a disappointing profit outlook from Pfizer Inc. and a wider-than-expected December U.S. trade deficit, with some investors concerned trends in the bond market are pointing to a slowdown in the economy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) was sitting just off its low for the session, down 52 points at 10,831. The Nasdaq Compos ...

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks turned higher in late-afternoon trading Friday in what has been a volatile week of trading for the market, as investors weighed some solid earnings results against renewed concern over the direction of interest rates. Some investors fear the Federal Reserve may continue to raise its short-term interest rate at a time when the bond market appears to be signa ...

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks rose in late-day trading Friday, wrapping up a volatile week for the market in which solid earnings reports from Cisco Systems Inc. PepsiCo and others were offset by renewed concern over the outlook for interest rates. Some investors fear the Federal Reserve may continue to raise its short-term interest rate at a time when the bond market appears to be sign ...

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks ended higher Friday, wrapping up a week of modest gains for the market, as solid earnings reports from Cisco Systems Inc., PepsiCo and others were somewhat offset by renewed concern over the outlook for interest rates. Some investors fear the Federal Reserve may continue to raise its short-term interest rate at a time when the bond market appears to be sign ...

(This updates a previous version, which provided an incorrect figure attributed to analysts for Mazda's quarterly profit.) HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Asian markets ended mixed Friday, with bulls who back the China theme and commodity-heavy markets squaring off against more bearish investors, who stalked technology shares on worries of a shakeout. The tone shifted after a quarter-point rate ris ...

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- European stock markets closed lower Friday but ended with modest gains for the week, with weakness in metals and oil companies outweighing positive earnings news from Volkswagen AG and Puma AG. The German DAX Xetra 30 index eased 0.7% at 5,701, the French CAC 40 indexfell 0.9% at 4,910 and the U.K. FTSE 100 indexedged down 0.8% at 5,764. The pan-European Dow Jones Sto ...

LONDON (Dow Jones) -- Shares of Volkswagen AG advanced as much as 10% Friday after the carmaker said it expects to slash up to 20,000 jobs in Germany and after it reported a better profit than forecast. The job cuts were detailed as Europe's largest carmaker posted annual net income that rose 62% to 1.12 billion euros ($1.34 billion), whizzing past analysts' average expectations for profit of 8 ...