Asian markets rose in the week amid the hope that the policymakers in Japan and China would announce stimulus measures.
The top after-market NYSE gainers Friday were Black Hills Corp, Chico's FAS, Covidien, Oxford Resource Partners and Box Ships Inc. The top after-market NYSE losers were Jacobs Engineering Group, Veolia Environnement, Tetra Technologies, D.R. Horton and LifeLock Inc.
Children who have stayed indoors because of radiation fears due to Japan's nuclear disaster last year are now facing higher rates of obesity.
If Congress cannot reach a bipartisan deal to avert the fiscal cliff, then it should vote on a forthcoming Senate package, the president says.
A man was charged with DUI after he allegedly drove his car onto the front lawn of Alcoholics Anonymous co-founder Bill Wilson, thinking the Vermont historical site was a parking lot.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's firing of his health minister, the only woman in his government, reveals an Iranian power structure in disarray.
S&P said it believes the same conditions that led it to strip the U.S. of its prized AAA rating in August of last year continue to exist.
Which countries will you visit next year? We've got some ideas.
The Senate passed an extension of the foreign intelligence law that permits tapping Americans' communications without authorization.
The U.S. Navy awarded submarine contracts worth up to $4.5 billion to General Dynamics Corporation (NYSE: GD) and Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc (NYSE: HII).
Marilyn Monroe’s death, like her life, has been shrouded in mystery and rumors. Now, it appears that Monroe was monitored by the FBI and investigated for possible ties to Communism.
After Winter Storms Draco and Euclid, a new system is forming that could dump even more snow on the U.S. from Ohio to Maine.
Here we compare all the tablets released this year to determine the best overall slate in the 7- and 10-inch categories.
A slew of smartphones were released in 2012, from multiple Android models to Windows Phone 8 to Apple's iPhone 5 -- the best of all.
The White House's easy-to-abuse "We the People" online petitioning system has turned a First Amendment right into a crowd-sourced circus.
An imminent dockworkers' strike of East and Gulf coast ports has been delayed for 30 days. The two sides resolved their most contentious issue.
The euro-zone economy likely contracted further in the fourth quarter and slid deeper into recession.
UK private equity giant Permira Advisers completed the $1.6 billion acquisition of Ancestry.com (NASDAQ:ACOM), the most popular genealogy website.
Bnei Menashe members claim that their ancestors were exiled from Israel 700 years before the birth of Christ.
Gold buying by the world's central banks accelerated in 2012, extending to four years the pattern of central banks being net gold buyers.
Former Autonomy CEO Mike Lynch denied fraud charges invoked by Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ) in its takeover.
Schwarzkopf Sr. played a major role in this forcible 1953 “regime change” in Iran.
