Banks including Wells Fargo & Co reported first-quarter results that showed the loan losses that have plagued the financial sector amid the recession are easing.
Republican party lawmakers on Tuesday took a more conciliatory tone toward Democratic proposals to crack down on Wall Street as the U.S. Senate delayed debate on a financial reform package until next week.
Stock index futures fell on Monday as lingering concerns over fraud charges against Goldman Sachs weighed on investor sentiment.
Stock index futures fell on Monday as lingering concerns over fraud charges against Goldman Sachs weighed on investor sentiment.
U.S. stocks slipped on Tuesday as Alcoa Inc's results disappointed investors at the start of the earnings reporting season, while a drop in oil prices weighed on the energy sector.
Short interest on the New York Stock Exchange fell at the end of March, while bearish bets on the Nasdaq rose in the same period, suggesting investors remain wary of making large bets against the market rally.
The Obama administration vowed on Monday to push for even tougher financial regulation reform, as legislation heads for the Senate floor as soon as next week.
(Reuters) - Deaths of women in and around childbirth have gone down by an average of 35 percent globally, according to a study using new methods, but are surprisingly high in the United States, Canada and Norway.
Yahoo Inc's chief technology officer and head of products is stepping down, the company said on Thursday.
A man whose parents both had breast cancer and who developed the same worrisome symptoms as his dad was denied a mammogram at a local health clinic - because he's a man.
Asian stocks fell on Thursday after racking up strong gains in recent weeks, while the euro slipped further as Greece's borrowing costs reached a new high.
Asian stocks fell on Thursday after racking up strong gains in recent weeks, while the euro slipped further as Greece's borrowing costs reached a new high.
AOL Inc plans to find a buyer for its social networking site Bebo, for which it paid $850 million in 2008, or shut it down.
The average compensation for chief executives at the largest publicly traded U.S. companies fell 15 percent last year to $9.53 million, a decline attributable to the falling value of stock and option awards, the New York Times said on Sunday.
The Federal Reserve's balance sheet fell in the latest week, Fed data released on Thursday showed.
Rite Aid Corp posted a worse-than-expected quarterly loss and forecast a wider fiscal year loss than Wall Street was anticipating, sending its shares down 7.1 percent.
U.S. stocks fell on Wednesday as weaker jobs and regional manufacturing data dented hopes of improvements in the economy, and a rating downgrade of five Greek banks heightened worries about the euro zone economies.
U.S. stocks fell on Wednesday as weaker jobs and regional manufacturing data dented hopes of improvements in the economy, and a rating downgrade of five Greek banks heightened worries about the euro zone economies.
Stock index futures edged lower on Wednesday as investors awaited a report on private-sector employment to assess the strength of recovery in the jobs market.
However „The-Trading-Coach will relax some days and we see us again next week. Nethertheless I will give you a short update for today.
German carmaker Daimler AG dismissed market talk on Tuesday it could divest its Maybach super luxury brand, after Chinese media reported that a Chinese firm was considering buying the brand.
