- Oil at six-week low, extends losses to fourth day
- Zynga shares pull back by 10%
- Home-run king Barry Bonds sentenced to 30-day house arrest and probation: reports
- Barry Bonds gets house arrest, probation: reports
- U.S. stocks end day mixed, locking in weekly losses of about 3% for major indexes
- Moody's cuts Belgium to 'Aa3'; outlook negative
- Shell clears hurdle in bid to drill in Alaska
- U.S. stock indexes end two-week win streak
- Premier Community Bank is year's 91st failure
- Southern Philippines hit by deadly floods
- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il dies, state media reports
- Hong Kong stocks open weak, as European concerns weigh; Hang Seng Index down 1.5%
- Japanese stocks open lower, with tech shares weak; Nikkei Average down 0.4%
- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il dead: reports
- Sinopec slips on report of possible Repsol deal
- Hong Kong stocks fall on Europe debt worries
- Olympus shares fall amid report of cash troubles
- Billabong sees first half profit below last year
- Japanese stocks open lower, with techs weak
- Australian shares fall with retailers weak
- Air Berlin up as UAE's Etihad Air boosts holding
- Europe stock markets turn higher, drug stocks lead
- Europe stocks off; France, N. Korea in focus
- European Goldfields agrees to Eldorado C$2.5B bid
- Telefonica cut to neutral from overweight: HSBC
- Draghi warns of costs of European breakup
- Technicolor plans 600 job cuts, €100M of charges
- U.S. stock futures advance; North Korea leadership change in focus
- CNH proposes to buy Norway's Kverneland for $246M
- Nestle reinstated neutral at CS; price target up
- Winn-Dixie shares rally as regional grocery chain agrees to go private at 75% premium
- Financials rise, but big banks Citi, B. of A. lag
- U.S. stocks struggle to maintain modest early gains; builders' sentiment data on tap
- Apple leads tech stocks in mild gains; Zynga down
- Gold futures trade back above $1,600
- Airline stocks decline following last week's gains
- U.S. stocks rise in rebound from week's losses
- U.S. home builders' confidence remains weak, but December gauge hits 19-month high: N
- Boehner seeks House-Senate talks on payroll tax
- Winn-Dixie shares jump 70% on BI-LO merger
- NAHB home-builder confidence hits 19-mo. high
- Investment banking outlook softens: Nomura
- Jakks Pacific drops 20% on weak toy sales
- Spirit AeroSystems upgraded at Credit Suisse
- ECB's Draghi: no doubts about strength of euro
- Oil slips as markets digest ECB's Draghi comments
- U.S. stocks shift lower after Draghi comments
- Gold futures fall, fail in attempt to rebound
- Supreme Court health-law arguments set for March
- France losing AAA shouldn't be 'terrible': Draghi
- Number of crimes down in 2011: FBI
- Bloomberg bilker gets four years in prison
- Treasurys steady after poorly received 2-year sale
- Fed's Lacker 'chastened' by 2011 GDP forecast miss
- New York Times selling regional newspaper group
- Gold ends below $1,600 for fourth session
- Oil ends higher after three-session decline
- AT&T ends bid to acquire T-Mobile USA, will take fourth-quarter charge of $4 billion
- U.S. stocks end lower, dropping sharply after plan for Europe bailout funds; Dow's of
- U.S. stock losses deepen after euro members agree to 150 billion euros of loans to IM
- AT&T drops bid to acquire T-Mobile USA
- Red Hat earnings jump in third fiscal quarter
- U.S. stocks drop 1% on Draghi, Europe aid plan
- Euro-zone countries to boost IMF resources
- Bank of America shares trade below $5
- U.S. stock losses double after EU statement
- Hong Kong shares open lower as property, coal stocks drop; Hang Seng Index down 0.2%
- Japanese shares edge higher early; Nikkei Stock Average rises 0.3%
- RBA minutes show notable concern over Europe
- Japanese shares edge higher in early trading
- Australian shares flat in early trading
- Former Madoff employee pleads guilty
- ITC rules for Apple in patent dispute with HTC
- Hong Kong shares rebound after weak opening
- House to vote Tuesday on payroll-tax bill
- AstraZeneca to take charge after drug studies
- U.S. stocks surge 2% in opening minutes, playing off U.S. data and European hopes
- November housing starts jump to highest rate in year and a half; building permits up
- U.S. economic momentum to slow: Fannie Mae
- Abercrombie, Lowe's pace retail sector gains
- Gold gains over $20; oil up for a second session
- Oracle among gainers as tech stocks advance
- Energy stocks lead equities higher; oil up 3%
- U.S. stocks surge on Europe data, U.S. housing
- Airlines rise with wider market, Gol Linhas
- Financial stocks up as DJIA jumps 183 points
- Carnival profit falls, Q1 adj. net to miss target
- Last minute shoppers aid weekly sales: survey
- Crude oil up 1.9% after housing data; gold steady
- U.S. stock futures hold gains after housing starts
- Treasurys, dollar stay down after data
- Nov. housing starts up 9.3% to 685,000 annual rate
- Jefferies profit falls but beats Street target
- General Growth Properties unveils Rouse spin-off
- CVS Caremark sees '12 net up; lifts dividend 30%
- Coming Up: November housing starts
- ConAgra 2nd-period net off 15%, sales up 8.1%
- Recycling firm gets $35 million in financing
- Fitch: EFSF's rating tied to France, Germany
- TransCanada paying $454 mln for solar projects
- Navistar profit jumps in the fourth quarter
- General Mills 2nd-period net off 28%, sales up 14%
- Spanish short-term borrowing costs fall sharply
- Google, KKR to take stake in Calif. solar projects
- German Ifo business-climate index sees Dec. rise
- Google, KKR to take Calif.-solar-farm stake: WSJ
- Swedish Riksbank cuts key rate due to slowdown
- Europe stocks off, led by AstraZeneca, DT
- Fitch says it may cut 7 Italian banks
- House calls for payroll-tax talks with Senate
- NYC about to top 50 million tourist visits
- 'Significant structural strengths' in UK: Moody's
- Shell reports oil leak in Gulf of Mexico
- Storm death toll rises; holiday travel snarled
- Apple shares rise 3% in wake of HTC decision
- Injuries lead to ice cream scoop recall
- Fed issues draft Dodd-Frank big bank rules
- Treasury sells 5-year notes; bonds stay down
- Pot pie tops worst supermarket food list
- Gold futures close with a more than $20 gain
- ShopperTrak raises holiday forecast
- Oil futures close over 3% higher
- Home-builder stocks rise on housing data
- Cracker Barrel vote rebuffs activist investor
- Oracle stock drops 7% as streak of strong profit growth is halted
- Dow industrials close up 2.8% at 12,103 in global stock rally
- Oracle forecasts mild earnings, sales gains
- API data show big drop in crude-oil supplies
- Nike profit up on stronger sales
- Oracle reports 2% earnings rise
- Jabil posts higher profit, cites improved margins
- U.S. stocks rally 3%, best day of month
- Hong Kong stocks jump, with resources, banks among leaders; Hang Seng Index up 2%
- Japan stocks rise after U.S. rally, with techs, metals higher; Nikkei Average up 1.4%
- Hong Kong stocks jump, with resource shares strong
- Japanese stocks follow U.S. peers sharply higher
- Japan's trade deficit widens in November
- Australian stocks rise sharply in early trading
- Bank of Japan says economic recovery 'paused'; keeps policy rate unchanged
- Italy's quarterly GDP declines more than forecast
- Deutsche Telekom reinstated underperform at CS
- Europe stocks jump higher, led by banks; SAP off
- Orascom Construction to spin off construction unit
- Old Mutual agrees sale of Finnish, Skandia Life
- Motorola Mobility, Microsoft pleased by ITC ruling
- Oracle shares plunge 13% early Wednesday, pacing tech-sector pullback as Wall St. ret
- Ex-Fannie chief Dan Mudd taking leave of absence as CEO of Fortress Investment Group
- European Central Bank allots 489B euros for euro-area banks in 3-year funding operati
- Fortress slips, but financials buck market drop
- Oracle's losses lead broad tech decline
- U.S. stocks open lower on ECB lending plan
- Energy stocks fall back after rally
- Coming up: November existing-home sales
- Nike's sales growth cheers investors
- Teva outlines 2012 sales and profit estimates
- Fortress CEO Daniel Mudd taking leave of absence
- AOL shareholder Starboard wants meeting with firm
- RIMM rises on reports of suitors and an upgrade
- Expedia down after TripAdvisor spin-off
- Euro slips under $1.31 after ECB
- Shell shuts Nigeria production after oil leak
- Treasurys turn up after ECB lends a lot
- Energy firms building new pipeline for shale plays
- CarMax profit flat versus year ago
- Walgreen profit falls 4.5%, sales rise
- Susquehanna ups sales estimate for Apple iPhone
- Oracle falls 10% in pre-market after earnings miss
- Europe stocks higher, but pare ECB-related gains
- ECB to lend euro-area banks 489 billion euros
- Bank of England panel voted 9-0 to hold rates
- Existing-home sales up 4% in November from October; NAR revises 2007-2010 sales data
- Gold ends lower, down six sessions in eight
- Microsoft to pull out of Consumer Electronics Show
- U.S. 7-yr auction last of the year; Treasurys fall
- Statue of Steve Jobs unveiled in Hungary
- Obama presses Boehner for short-term payroll bill
- BP exiting the solar panel business: report
- Treasury prices edge lower ahead of auction
- Cobalt up after Goldman upgrade, Angola find
- U.S. to settle B. of A. fair-lending case: report
- Payroll-tax cut deal not far off, Rep. Cantor says
- Moody's reaffirms Jefferies at Baa2
- Oil climbs as EIA posts hefty fall in crude supply
- Treasurys, dollar stay up after home data
- Existing-home sales up 4% in November
- Existing-home sales downwardly revised 14%
- Nike up; Walgreen, CarMax, Expedia drop
- Gold edges lower; oil up for a third session
- U.S. stocks edge higher, erasing losses in final hour, though tech weighed on the Nas
- Bank of America settles racial-discrimination claims against Countrywide for $335 mil
- Bed Bath & Beyond profit up 21%
- Yahoo in talks to cut Alibaba stake -- report
- Tibco Software reports 38% earnings rise
- Micron swings to loss for first fiscal quarter
- U.S. stocks close slightly higher; Nasdaq lags
- S&P 500, Dow index turn up late in session
- U.S. in $335 mln settlement with B. of A.
- Ampio tumbles on stock placement
- Oil ends higher to tally three-session gain
- Hong Kong stocks follow Asian peers lower, with resources weak; Hang Seng Index down
- Japan stocks open weaker with banks trading down; Nikkei Average falls 0.5%
- Japan stocks trade down, with banks weighing
- Australian shares fall, with retailers weak
- Hong Kong stocks follow Asian peers lower
- Europe stocks open higher, banks edge up
- HB Fuller to pay $395M for Forbo adhesives lines
- Chicago investment group to buy Sun-Times group
- U.S. consumer sentiment improves more than forecast, December survey shows
- Tech stocks make back some of Wednesday's losses as U.S. equities tally modest early
- First-time unemployment claims show continued improvement, down to 364,000 in latest
- Vulcan suing Martin Marietta over "illegal" bid
- Micron upgraded by Wedbush to outperform
- Natural gas turns lower after supplies report
- RAM Energy up 79% after $550 mln stake, new CEO
- House Republicans insist on year-long payroll bill
- Mead Johnson falls after Wal-Mart pulls baby food
- Dec. UMich consumer sentiment hits 69.9
- Dollar pares loss, Treasurys up after confidence
- U.S. airline sector opens with marginal gains
- FHFA home-price index falls 0.2% in Oct.
- Indicators suggest continued economic growth
- 30-year mortgage rate at record low 3.91%
- Finish Line rises; Bed, Bath & Beyond drops
- Citi leads financials higher as trading slows
- Akamai, Tibco rise as tech stocks advance early
- Oil futures rise to over $99, gold lags
- Energy stocks rise, BP PLC advances
- U.S. stocks open mildly higher with tech leading
- Coming up: November leading indicators
- Bed, Bath & Beyond down on slowing sales gain
- S&P downgrade weighs on Hungary's BUX
- WCA Waste rallies 30% on OK'd merger offer
- Vulcan rejects Maretta's hostile takeover bid
- U.S. stock futures remain higher after claims
- Amazon opening two centers in Va. hiring 1,350
- Williams Partners paying $750 mln for pipe system
- Dollar gains, Treasurys stay up after data
- Thomson Reuters nixes healthcare unit sale plans
- U.S. Q3 GDP growth revised lower
- Weekly U.S. jobless claims fall 4,000 to 364,000
- Scotch whisky group wins injunction in India
- Target recalls kids' cases due to lead paint
- Vivus falls 15% on drug safety study
- Online holiday sales looking brighter than 2010
- Gold falls $3, down a second session
- Obama calls on House to pass payroll-tax cut
- U.S. conditions set on NYSE-Deutsche Boerse merger
- Oil extends gains to fourth day, tops $99
- House GOP ends opposition to payroll-tax cut extension in return for new language: Bo
- House Republicans agree to pass two-month extension of payroll-tax cut: reports