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Investors sold shares in response to falling markets in Europe and Asia and waited for clues about interest rates from the Federal Reserve.

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NEW YORK (The Deal) -- Fresh off their apparent success in pressing Harrisburg, Pa.-based Metro Bancorp Inc. to be acquired by Pittsburgh, Pa.-based FNB Corp. for $474 million, the target's activist investors, PL Capi...

Cheating spouses beware: Hackers claim to have released data stolen last month during a breach at Ashley Madison, a dating site for people looking for affairs.A roughly 10-gigabyte file that purported to contain several ...

SEATTLE (AP) -- A powerful explosion tore through a Washington motel, critically injuring a gas company worker and knocking back firefighters just minutes after the manager evacuated the building because she could smell ...

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Yahoo! 2015 earnings estimates were lowered to $0.18 from $0.37 per share at Cantor Fitzgerald, with 2016 earnings estimates cut to $0.31 from $0.43 per share. The firm maintained its "buy" rating...

Microsoft has reportedly been in talks about acquiring a fast-growing cloud computing startup called Mesosphere, and according to The Information's Amir Efrati's sources, the infrastructure startup has valued itself at...

BELLEFONTAINE, Ohio (AP) -- A mother accused of killing her three sons was dominated and isolated by her husband, a man nearly twice her age who had been her own mother's live-in boyfriend before they married, authoritie...

Changes since the financial crisis should have investors repricing risk for banks--and raising valuations.

As other major industries one by one fall victim to hackers, the U.S. electrical-power generation and distribution system seems remarkably insulated from cyber threats.  A March 24 story in USA Today reported that out o...

The retailer beat Wall Street estimates, helped by brisk sales in apparel and home goods as well as cost-cutting.

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Disk Drive makers with operations in Thailand will see an earnings boost if baht continues to slide.

The Fed hinted at its last meeting that its first rate hike in nearly a decade was nearing.          

After big up years in 2014 and 2013, stocks have stalled and are stuck in a trading range.          

Its stock price is up more than 1,500%

Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in July for the 31st consecutive month, and the overall economy grew for the 74th consecutive month, say the nation’s supply executives in the latest Manufacturing...

Elisa Stephens and her family built an $800 million fortune converting student loans into questionably valuable art degrees and pouring the profits into San Francisco real estate. Now, after two decades of blistering gro...

A swift drop in China shares Wednesday eased slightly, with two-day losses just shy of 10%, a signal that the market is testing when and whether Beijing will step in to steady shares.

AmEx adds a cash-back feature to its Serve prepaid debit cards as it seeks new customers