Occupy Wall Street activists have vowed to avenge their eviction from a protest camp with an attempt Thursday to disrupt the New York Stock Exchange, then rally on the city's subway and major bridges.
Liberal filmmaker Michael Moore pleaded with an anchor from business channel CNBC Monday to "please do your job" and report on problems facing 99 percent of Americans, instead of the wealthy one percent.
As anti-corporate demonstrations spread across the United States, the protesters claim they are inspired by the revolutions in the Middle East, but protests over economic grievances in Europe would be a closer comparison.
More than 1,000 people staged a large rally over the weekend near Wall Street in New York. The protesters had planned to "occupy" Wall Street, but police blocked all the streets near the New York Stock Exchange and Federal Hall in Lower Manhattan.
NEW YORK — LinkedIn on Tuesday raised the share price for its public listing by roughly 30 percent, pushing the value of the professional-networking firm as high as $4 billion and testing the market's lust for Internet companies.
