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It was a down day on Wall Street as all the major indices were lower as investors keep a close eye on the the fiscal cliff negotiations.

The Labor Department announced that the seasonally adjusted producer price index dropped by 0.8 percent last month, the second straight decline. The drop was more than expected due to falling energy prices, and was the s...

Twas the night before Christmas, and all down the Street Not a trader was stirring, not even a cheat. The portfolios were locked up with the greatest of care, In hopes that St. Ben soon would be there.

Research in Motion (RIMM) had its numbers increased by Jefferies (JEF) as smartphone volumes have been maturing. A hold rating was issued with a $13 price target.

Natural-gas futures closed lower for a sixth straight day after a U.S. inventory report showed surprisingly lofty inventories.

Charles River (CRL) was upgraded by JP Morgan (JPM) to overweight, as the current stock price provides investors with an attractive entry point.

The world's biggest bond fund, Pimco's Total Return Fund, plans to increase its holdings of five-year Treasury notes now that the Fed will be including them in its asset-purchase program and has made fresh commitments to...

Senate Republicans blocked a bill to extend an unlimited guarantee on nearly $1.5 trillion in bank deposits, effectively ending a crisis-era program that was popular with smaller banks.

Pier 1 Imports Incorporated (PIR) announced its quarterly dividend of 5 cents per share, an increase of about 25% over its prior dividend in October of 4 cents. The dividend is payable on January 30 to shareholders of re...

The drugmaker revealed disappointing clinical test results.

With the last FOMC meeting of the year out of the way, focus shifts back to the countdown to the fiscal cliff. MoneyShow's Tom Aspray shares what the charts say about the short-term outlook for the markets as we head int...

True Religion Apparel Incorporated (TRLG) maintained its quarterly dividend of 20 cents per share. The dividend is payable on December 27, 2012 to shareholders of record at the close of business on December 21, 2012. Thi...

Tesoro (TSO) was upgraded by Credit Suisse (CS) to outperform from neutral with a price target of $60, as the BP Carson deal should add to earnings and valuation lacks that of its peers.

MetLife executives predicted earnings are likely to fall next year amid a "challenging" ultralow interest-rate environment.

Deutsche Bank's fourth-quarter results will take a substantial hit from restructuring and de-risking efforts announced earlier this year, Germany's largest bank by market value said.

Shares of Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and Hewlett-Packard were among the ones affected. The exchange operator said it was looking into potentially erroneous trading activity.

Caterpillar Incorporated (CAT) maintained its quarterly dividend of 52 cents per share. The dividend is payable December 31, 2012, to stockholders of record at the close of business, December 24, 2012.

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A group of commercial lenders and insurers have agreed to become shareholders of Spain's so-called bad bank.

Thanks to two major X factors -- the fiscal cliff and new bank capitalization standards -- 2013 could be the most eventful period for the banking industry since the crisis years of 2008 and 2009.

Oracle (ORCL) reports its second quarter earnings on Tuesday, December 18, 2012.

Solar-panel-installation firm SolarCity rose 16% post-IPO after pushing back its debut by a day and cutting its share-price target.