US STOCKS SNAPSHOT-Wall St rises further after Bernanke comments

* Yahoo to buy Tumblr for $1.1 bln, vows not to screw up * Dow, S 500 briefly hit all-time intraday highs * JA Solar's margin bets pay off, shares surge * Dow off 0.1 pct, S off 0.1 pct; Nasdaq off 0.1 pct By Angela Moon NEW YORK, May 20 (Reuters) - U.S.

Football icon David Beckham had reportedly broken down into tears as he captained the newly crowned French champions Paris St-Germain at the Parc des Princes in Paris to a comfortable 3-1 victory over Brest, signifying a fitting end to his glittering career.

When baseball legend and St. Louis icon Stan Musial died in January at 92 he left behind a legion of fans and a long list of honors, including having the fourth-most hits in MLB history. He also left behind a 5,286-square-foot, three-acre estate in ...

(Updated 6:29am) PARIS - Carlo Ancelotti informed Paris St Germain officials on Sunday that he wants to leave at the end of the season after leading the team to their first French league title in 19 years but the club turned down his request."I have ...

Paris: Sweden striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, the top marksman in Ligue 1, hinted on Tuesday that he would still be a Paris St Germain player next season."It's true that a lot of people are asking me

Japan's Nikkei share index broke above 15,000 and hit fresh 5-1/2 year highs on Wednesday, bolstered by a strong performance from Wall Street.

Olympique Marseille midfielder Joey Barton was handed a two-game suspended ban for calling Paris St Germain's Brazilian defender Thiago Silva an "overweight ladyboy" on Twitter, the Ligue 1 club said on Monday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday, bolstered by the financial and technology sectors, and were set to scale fresh highs as a rally kept going for a fifth consecutive session. The S&P 500 financial sector index rose 0.6 percent, with ...

Asian shares rose to their highest in nearly two years on Wednesday, as strong Chinese trade data added to positive sentiment already bolstered by record highs overnight for U.S. and German stocks. On Tuesday, the Standard & Poor's 500 Index touched an ...