The number of Americans filing for first-time unemployment benefits was flat last week, marking yet another sign of lackluster hiring in the spring....»
Japan's gross domestic product grew at nearly double the U.S. rate for the first quarter, an unexpectedly strong sign of recovery in the wake of last year's devastating earthquake and tsunami....»
U.S. stock futures hovered around breakeven Thursday morning, as investors mull worries about Greece ahead of the final pricing for Facebook's initial public offering....»
Facebook's long road to an initial public offering is coming to an end. Late Thursday, it will fill in one last piece of the puzzle: Its final IPO price....»
Verizon Wireless is planning this summer to begin forcing smartphone customers with unlimited data plans to switch to tiered plans when they upgrade, the company's chief financial officer told Wall Street analysts on Wednesday....»
Outgoing World Bank President Robert Zoellick said Wednesday he's concerned about the "ripple effects" on the rest of the eurozone if Greece leaves....»
On Tuesday, House Speaker John Boehner all but promised an ugly fight over the debt ceiling this year unless GOP demands for spending cuts are met....»
The director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation said Wednesday that the agency has opened an investigation into JPMorgan Chase, the nation's largest bank....»
Leaders across Europe rushed to reassure nervous investors that they were working to keep Greece in the eurozone -- trying to head-off damage an exit would inflict on other troubled European countries....»
Investors dumped J.C. Penney stock on Wednesday after a dismal earnings report, following the first full quarter with a former Apple executive at the helm....»
The death of Carroll Shelby last week got me thinking about what race car drivers do after they pull into the pit lane for the last time. Some, like Shelby, have made even bigger names for themselves off-track than on....»
The percentage of borrowers who have dropped behind on their mortgage payments fell to a four-year low in the first three months of 2012, a bankers' group said Wednesday....»
Following a positive start, U.S. stocks closed in the red for a fourth straight session Wednesday, as investors weighed strong U.S. economic data against ongoing uncertainty about Greece's political situation....»
