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Oil prices rose nearly 4.8 percent to a six-month high on Monday as violence in Africa's top crude exporter Nigeria and a fire at a key U.S. East Coast refinery revived concern about supplies.

Lowe's Cos Inc posted better-than-expected quarterly profit on Monday as it saw some strength in outdoor projects like gardens and lawns in the spring, even as consumers still shunned big home renovations.

Five months after Bernard Madoff's massive fraud was revealed, little of his victims' money has been found and it appears increasingly likely that the worldwide hunt for their missing billions will drag on for years.

U.S. economic data offered more evidence on Friday that the recession's worst phase may be over, with April consumer prices unchanged and industrial output declining at a slower pace than in March.

U.S. consumer prices were unchanged last month and industrial output declined at a slower pace, reports showed on Friday, providing more evidence that the worst phase of the recession may be over.

Hartford Financial , the No. 4 U.S. insurer beset by worries about capital, won approval on Thursday to raise $3.4 billion via the government's bank bailout plan, sending its shares 6 percent higher.

U.S. foreclosure activity in April jumped 32 percent from a year ago to a record high, and should mount because temporary freezes on foreclosures ended in March, RealtyTrac said on Wednesday.

Miami is one of the nation’s most well-rounded metropolitan destinations due to its arts scene, shopping, family attractions, and hotspot Miami Beach.

At least 10 people have died after a boat carrying nearly 30 migrants, mostly Haitian, sank off the Florida coast early Wednesday morning.

U.S. foreclosure activity in April jumped 32 percent from a year ago to a record high, and should mount because temporary freezes on foreclosures ended in March, RealtyTrac said on Wednesday.

The U.S. space shuttle Atlantis was hit by a piece of debris that nicked part of its heat shield that caused a 21-inch stretch of nicks, although Nasa said that the damage did not appear to be serious.

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said on Tuesday that

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said on Tuesday that the seeds of a bottoming in plunging U.S. home markets were becoming visible.

The U.S. space shuttle Atlantis blasted off from its Florida launch pad on Monday just after 2p.m. ET on a mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope, an important tool for scientists probing the origins of the universe.

Natural gas spot prices rose this week at almost every market location, with increases generally ranging between 10 and 30 cents per million Btu (MMBtu).

Home values in the United States extended their fall in the first quarter, with more than one in five homeowners now owing more on their mortgages than their homes are worth, real estate website Zillow.com said on Wednesday.

Wall Street was poised for a higher open on Wednesday as encouraging signs about the job market offset renewed concern about the health of banks after a source told Reuters stress tests show Bank of America has a $34 billion capital shortfall.

Home values in the United States extended their fall in the first quarter, with almost three in ten homeowners now owing more on their mortgages than their homes are worth, real estate website Zillow.com said on Wednesday.

Zillow issued a correction to its report, and following that this corrects headline and 1st paragraph to say more than one in five homeowners, not almost 3 in 10 homeowners. Corrects paragraph 4 to declining home values left 21.9 percent, not 28.9 percent

Chrysler's car dealership network is on the verge of collapse, a U.S. bankruptcy court heard on Monday, as hundreds of dealerships have closed their doors this year and uncertainty about the company's future is driving consumers away.

Last month in a Boston foreclosure sale, John Hancock Tower Lenders Took, a 65% Haircut In 3 Years . Boston is back in the news today with another foreclosure auction. This time it's condo related, with Chorus Bank in the thick of things.