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Treasury yields rose and shares tumbled after the Fed minutes pointed towards a continued pace of tapering, in the absence of notable shifts in the economy.
The S&P 500 - which earlier came within one point of its record of 1848 - fell 0.7 percent, while the Dow declined for the second consecutive session by 0.6 percent.
One might just find the Whatsapp logo on their Facebook profiles in the near future, following Facebook[euro](TM)s acquisition of the mobile messaging app for a hefty sum of US$19 billion.
This comes at a time when technology giants like Google and Yahoo are on an acquisition spree in the mobile apps space, as surfing on the PC becomes something of a thing of the past.
Shares at electric car marker Tesla rose in after-hours trading, following forecasts that its S model will sell more than 35,000 units...