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Stocks added modest gains as bullish comments from Citigroup's CEO boosted the financial sector. Trading in Citigroup represented more than one-fifth of the market's overall volume.
Asian shares were mixed Friday on sluggish trade across many markets, while gains in exporters supported the Tokyo market.
A federal judge released a scathing report on Lehman's collapse that raps executives, auditor Ernst & Young and banks for lapses that sparked bankruptcy.
Obama plans to nominate Janet Yellen as vice chairman of the Federal Reserve Board.
After a 2009 marked by heavy discounting and inventory liquidation, some retailers are starting to get their swagger—and pricing power—back.
Economists say stimulus helped but cite U.S. central bank's key role in jump-starting growth.
The U.S. energy giant known for its heady profits is forecasting its energy output will begin to expand, but the new production comes at the risk of lower profit margins.
HSBC said a former employee stole data on about 24,000 accounts in its Swiss private bank that wound up in the hands of French authorities.
Farallon Capital is shrinking and reorganizing as the giant hedge-fund firm emerges from the rockiest period in its 24-year history.
Back & Decker has landed in trouble with the NYSE over how its board determined the independence of a director who owns a real estate development with the tool maker's CEO.
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Bankrupt financial giant Lehman Bros.’ former top officers, its auditor and several rival brokers could face legal claims, a court-appointed examiner says.
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With many classes of Chinese equities suffering from fears of likely policy tightening by Beijing, some analysts say consumer stocks could prove to be attractive alternatives.
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With all this talk of Greece going to Hades it's time to brush up on Greek mythology, writes Al Lewis.
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Historically, on average there have been two particularly auspicious times to buy stock each year. Right now is one of those times, writes Kevin Marder.
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Jon Friedman thinks Time magazine made a bad call this week.
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The most important thing that you can do to save the planet right here, right now, is to save water, writes Thomas Kostigen.
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You can learn a lot about the market’s prevailing mood by analyzing the rationales and justifications that advisers give when they’re wrong.
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The Bank of Japan's discussions on additional monetary easing at its board meeting this week will likely focus on a proposal to double the scale of a lending facility introduced in December, the Nikkei reports.
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Toyota’s U.S. sales are on track this month to benefit from the company’s incentives program implemented after its recall woes, an industry-tracking group says.
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Canada's main stock market index finishes higher after swinging between gains and losses for most of Thursday's session.
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