THE ISSUE: The S&P Indices/Case Shiller recorded a fourth consecutive month of increases. Existing home sales jumped in the latest report. Low-rate mortgages have boosted affordability measures. Is it time for investors to start looking for real estate?
Bank of America (BAC.N) Merrill Lynch has recruited three former Wells Fargo advisers and one former Morgan Stanley Smith Barney adviser to join its California, Connecticut and Wyoming offices, the firm said late on Monday.
Fitch Ratings affirms the 'AA+' ratings on the following Santa Margarita/Dana Point Authority, CA (the authority) general obligation (GO) and GO refunding bonds:
U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke speech Wednesday at the Cleveland Clinic 'Ideas for Tomorrow' Series:
New Jersey lawmakers urge CDC to create national standards to deal with problem of concussions in youth sports.
UBS AG interim Chief Executive Sergio Ermotti appealed to staff in an internal memo to back efforts to make the bank less complex and risky, following a $2.3 billion loss from unauthorized trading.
As the trial into the death of Michael Jackson enters its second day, 12 jurors are expected to hear testimony from the singer's assistant about the chaos that erupted the day he died.
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty discussed the global economy with Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the head of the Bank of Canada for 45 minutes on Tuesday but did not comment afterward.
A jury of seven men and five women will decide whether Michael Jackson's doctor, Conrad Murray, is guilty of involuntary manslaughter for administering a fatal dose of propofol, a surgical anesthesia, to Michael Jackson, 50, who died on June 25, 2009.
Typhoon Nesat's path drove it off of the Philippines and into the South China Sea on Wednesday, but many parts of the country are still unsafe.
Amid the second-largest gold sell-off since 1983, the casual observer could be forgiven for thinking that investors were dumping bullion in droves.
Investor hopes for a bigger bailout fund for euro zone debtors gave way to worries about the details Wednesday, sending European shares lower and ending a three-session rally.
Typhoon Nesat killed at least 16 people when it made landfall in the Philippines Tuesday morning, and at least eight more were missing.
Reaction to the Icahn rumor may reflect the immense amount of investor frustration over a company that has rapidly lost its way.
More than 700 Continental and United Continental pilots took to Wall Street on Tuesday to protest slow contract negotiations and misinformation regarding merger integration.
Shares of BlackBerry developer Research in Motion vaulted 6 percent Tuesday amid speculation Carl Icahn has joined Canadian hedge funds in a move to shake up the company.
Stocks extended a recent rally and rose more than 2 percent on Tuesday on euro- zone officials' efforts to solidify the region's rescue fund in an attempt to alleviate the debt crisis.
At Apple's media event Oct. 4, Tim Cook will take the stage as Apple's CEO for the first time. How will he hold up?
Sales of gold by European central banks and the International Monetary Fund fell to their lowest annual level since an agreement governing such transactions was ratified in September 1999, the World Gold Council said Tuesday.
The long-beleaguered search engine company Yahoo! Inc. would probably be better off selling off pieces of itself rather than submit to a takeover in whole, given that the separate segments of the firm probably have more value than the sum of the individual parts. However, any such potential transaction won’t happen overnight.
Vladimir Putin confirmed he will seek the Russian presidency in an election next March.
Google, one of the most important companies in the world today, celebrates 13 years in business. We take a look back at Google's history, from Stanford to Susan Wojcicki's garage to the company's 103 acquisitions and purchases.
