The U.S. Justice Department revealed on Monday more than 130 million credit and debit card numbers have been stolen.
U.S. authorities announced what they believed to be the largest hacking and identity theft case ever prosecuted on Monday in a scheme in which more than 130 million credit and debit card numbers were stolen.
Stock index futures slid about 2 percent on Monday as global equities sold off after data from Japan showed that while the world's No. 2 economy has returned to growth, a recovery may be shaky.
U.S. stocks could extend last week's retreat after a four-week advance as the earnings season winds down and investors search for signs that consumer spending will help sustain an economic recovery.
There is speculation that Radiohead will issue a new digital EP as early as Monday, after the leak of a track online assumed to be a new song by the band.
Scrutiny of an air traffic controller's actions, including whether a phone call may have distracted him, intensified on Friday as investigators released new details about the deadly collision of a small plane and a tourist helicopter over New York's Hudson River last week.
A massive rally in U.S. stocks since March has reawakened bullish spirits, but insiders are jumping out of the market in a sign the run up is getting stretched.
Billionaire Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc reported on Friday a new 1.2 million share investment in Becton Dickinson & Co and an increased stake in Johnson & Johnson , as it boosted exposure to some health-care companies.
CIT Group Inc , the cash-strapped corporate lender struggling to avoid bankruptcy, made an out-of-court settlement with small apparel maker Scherr Inc, which had sued to end its relationship with the company, the two parties confirmed on Friday.
The air controller who handled a small plane before it collided with a helicopter over New York's Hudson River was suspended for allegedly violating procedures, but aviation officials said on Thursday they did not believe his actions contributed to the accident.
CIT Group Inc , the cash-strapped corporate lender struggling to avoid bankruptcy, made an out-of-court settlement with apparel maker Scherr Inc that sued to end its relationship with the company, the New York Post said.
Stocks rose slightly on Thursday as better-than-expected earnings by Wal-Mart Stores Inc helped offset gloomy government numbers on retail sales and jobs.
U.S. stocks powered higher on Wednesday as the Federal Reserve said it saw signs of a more stable economy.
The Japanese yen rose broadly on Tuesday as investors bought the low-yielding currency as U.S. stocks declined and on rising risk aversion after disappointing economic data from China.
With the airlines adding high 'fuel surcharges' to the cost of expensive peak-season plane tickets, and an exchange rate situation that has gone from sad
Divers in New York's Hudson River on Monday found the body of the eighth victim of a midair collision of a helicopter and small plane that killed nine people, but they were unable to dislodge it from the underwater wreckage, authorities said.
U.S. stocks slipped on Monday as a four-week rally encouraged investors to take profits, but McDonald's better-than-expected July sales pushed up the Dow component, briefly lifting the index to a positive territory.
GMAC Inc on Monday said it will resume offering leases on select vehicles in most U.S. states, a year after curtailing the practice.
Four more bodies were pulled from the Hudson River on Sunday and divers searched for the other two victims of a collision between a small plane and a helicopter that killed nine people, including five Italian tourists.
The bodies of seven people killed in a crash between a sightseeing helicopter and a small plane over the Hudson River have been recovered, the National Transportation Safety Board said today.
A much slower pace of U.S. job losses in July and improvement in housing and manufacturing lifted U.S. stocks on Friday, but a more surprising beneficiary of the news was the U.S. dollar.
A sightseeing helicopter collided with a small plane on Saturday and both crashed into the Hudson River near lower Manhattan, police reported.
