US index futures rose, while Asian shares fell
Gross domestic product rose at a 2.8 per cent annualised rate after a 2.5 per cent gain in the previous three months
The digital money, which can be used to pay for goods and services on the internet, has risen 20-fold so far this year
Twitter will probably set the price for its IPO on Wednesday night and begin trading on the NYSE on Thursday
Four traders in the global oil market have claimed in a lawsuit that oil majors conspired with Morgan Stanley for more than a decade
Twitter, which doesn't give a target for profitability, isn't anticipated to make money until 2015, according to analysts' predictions compiled by Bloomberg
In 2010, Chen sold Sybase to SAP AG for $5.8 billion, more than six times its value at the start of his tenure
The microblogging site is offering 70 mn shares for $23 to $25 each, a regulatory filing on Tuesday shows, indicating a market value of as much as $13.6 bn
Entrepreneurs to view a robust debut as a positive sign for consumer-internet IPOs
Non-manufacturing PMI advances to 56.3 in October from 55.4 in September
A merger, which would create the world's largest telecommunications operator by sales, wouldn't be AT&T's first attempt at combining the companies
The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 53.14 points, or 0.3 per cent, to 15,622.07