Updated with information regarding Wednesday's stock market activity and the unveiling of 'The Daily.'
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- "Stock prices" is a heavily searched topic as the market struggles for direction Wednesday amid heightened tensions in Egypt.
Investors have taken a cautious stance after rallies in Cairo protesting Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule turned violent.
On Wednesday, Moody's downgraded five Egyptian banks, citing the government's difficulty in supporting the banking system in the midst of political unrest.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was trading near the flat line, most recently up 2 points, or 0.02%, at 12,042. The S&P 500 was lower by 3 points, or 0.2%, at 1,304, and the Nasdaq was flat at 2,751.
"The Daily" is a popular search topic after News Corp.(NWSA) launched the highly-anticipated news publication built exclusively for Apple's(AAPL) iPad on Wednesday.
The Daily is the first iPad-only publication for any major media company, and it became available in Apple's application store as of 12 p.m. ET.
Publication subscriptions cost 99 cents per week, or $40 per year; the first two weeks are free.
"Google vs. Bing" is a hot search topic after the search engine giant publicly claimed that Microsoft(MSFT) is copying Google's(GOOG) search results with Bing.
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