U.S. stocks rose on Monday after another round of solid economic reports but pulled off session highs after a Federal Reserve official's warning about banks' loan losses.
U.S. stocks rose on Monday after another round of solid economic reports, but pulled off session highs after a Fed official's warning about banks' loan losses.
U.S. stocks turned negative on Monday as investors pulled back after pushing indexes up about 1 percent on better-than-expected data on manufacturing and pending home sales.
The Obama White House on Friday said the $787 billion economic stimulus plan approved early this year had saved or created 640,329 jobs so far.
The U.S. economy has been kick-started into growth but stock investors still face an uncertain outlook as Wall Street gears up for comments from the Federal Reserve and a key report on employment this week.
The U.S. economy has been kick-started into growth but stock investors still face an uncertain outlook as Wall Street gears up for comments from the Federal Reserve and a key report on employment this week.
The government's first-time homebuyer tax credit has spurred a significant amount of sales this year and its positive impact on the hard-hit housing market warrants an extension, an economist known for her property market expertise said on Thursday.
Nine-year-old Corey Haas can ride his bike alone now, thanks to an experimental gene therapy that has boosted his fading vision with a single treatment.
Power company Exelon Corp posted an 8 percent increase in third-quarter profit, but its revenue fell far short of Wall Street expectations and it dropped its forecast to the bottom end of its previous range.
More Americans plan to delay retirement following steep drops in the value of their savings accounts, data from several new surveys show.
The Dow industrials gained on Thursday on strong earnings reports from several components, while the Nasdaq fell on weakness in Ericsson and other technology names.
Diversified U.S. manufacturer United Technologies Corp reported a 17 percent drop in third-quarter profit, that nonetheless beat Wall Street estimates, as cost-cutting helped offset slumping demand.
Educational services provider Princeton Review Inc said it agreed to buy online career education company Penn Foster Education Group Inc for about $170 million in cash.
Using arguments about the social benefits of healthcare reform may galvanize Democrats but they leave Republicans cold, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday.
U.S. authorities charged 41 people in a suspected mortgage fraud scheme that cheated lenders out of more than $64 million on more than 100 New York state properties, prosecutors said on Thursday.
U.S. authorities charged 41 people in a suspected mortgage fraud scheme that cheated lenders out of more than $64 million on New York state properties, prosecutors said on Thursday.
A new international pact is needed to ban trafficking in human organs, tissues and cells, protect victims and punish offenders, says a report issued on Tuesday by the United Nations and Council of Europe.
Al Martino, a crooner who had several pop hits spanning more than 20 years and played Johnny Fontane in the 1970s Godfather movies, died Tuesday at his childhood home in Springfield, Pa. He was 82.
A Pennsylvania judge ordered reality TV star Jon Gosselin to return $180,000 to a joint bank account he shares with estranged wife Kate Gosselin, People Magazine reported Tuesday, citing a source close to Kate.
The S&P 500 managed a sixth consecutive day of gains on Monday to end at its closing high for the year as energy shares rose alongside the price of oil.
Delaware judges will need to find a way to avoid ruling in corporate cases involving government-controlled companies like American International Group Inc if they are to protect the state's corporate law, a law professor said on Friday.
Sunoco Inc agreed to pay a $148,315 penalty to settle allegations it violated federal hazardous waste regulations at its 178,000 barrel-per-day oil refinery in Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Friday.
