
SANFRANCISCO(Reuters)-FacebookIncislookingtoimproveitssearchandindexingcapabilitiesbyaddingthehashtagsymbol,oneofthemostrecognizablefeaturesofitssocialnetworkingrivalTwitter,accordingtomediareports.Thehashtag,whichappearsasthe#symbol,makesiteasierforuserstofollowspecifictopicsofconversationwithintheever-changingstreamofcommentspostedonTwitter.Userstypethehashtagalongsideakeyword...

PARIS,March13(Reuters)-U.S.stockindexfuturespointedtoaslightlyloweropenonWallStreetonWednesday,withfuturesfortheS&P500down0.11percent,DowJonesfuturesdown0.06percentandNasdaq100futuresdown0.17percentat0918GMT.*Europeanstocksslippedfromrecentmulti-yearhighsinmorningtrade,asinvestorsturnedcautiousaheadofItaly'sfirstlong-termdebtauctionsincelastweek'screditdowngradeandaheadof...

Mar3-Mar10transactionvolumeandASPOnawowbasis,18of34citieswithdataavailablesawvolumedecreased,withagroupmedianof-3%(vs.+41%fortheweekendedMar3).Onayoybasis,29ofthe31citieswithdataavailablesawvolumesincrease,withagroupmedianof+62%(vs.+63%).ComparedwiththeFeb2013weeklyaverage,29of34citieswithdataavailablesawvolumeincrease,withagroupmedianof+69%(vs.+18%).Relatively,Tier-1/2citiesinaggregat...