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Now that Facebook, Zynga and Groupon have fizzled in their first year on the stock market, hype over hot technology trends has faded, and that means still-private Web startups must deal with the downside.

Trust companies have become a key part of what is sometimes called China's shadow banking system. In another example of the risks, an arm of financial conglomerate China Citic Group said it won't make an interest payment...

Stocks dipped on skepticism there will be a substantial budget deal. Stocks were off earlier lows on optimism budget leaders will come up with some sort of a quick fix before time runs out before the year-end deadline.

Robbins & Myers (RBN) maintained its quarterly dividend of 5 cents per share. The dividend is payable on February 8, 2013 to shareholders of record as of January 7, 2013.

In trading on Monday, metals fabrication & products shares were relative leaders, up on the day by about 0.9%. Leading the group were shares of China Gerui Advanced Materials G (CHOP), up about 4.8% and shares of Trex (T...

In trading on Monday, waste management shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 1.1%. Helping drag down the group were shares of Swisher Hygiene (SWSH), down about 3.2% and shares of Clean Harbors (CLH) do...

The court-appointed authorities liquidating various parts of failed brokerage MF Global agreed to settle long-running legal disputes.

The first trading day of the holiday shortened trading week opens today with investors sending stocks lower as talks to avert the fiscal cliff seem to have stalled. Good morning, this is Kristin Bianco with the Week Ahea...

The London Stock Exchange Group cut its offer for a 60% stake in clearinghouse LCH.Clearnet, as the companies inched toward an agreement that has been delayed by new European regulations.

After spending the past two years increasing investments in Europe's high-end real-estate market, Norway's $682 billion oil fund is poised to hit the U.S. property market with deep pockets and an appetite for big-ticket ...

The SEC and other federal agencies are examining allegations that Regions Financial improperly classified loans that went bad during the financial crisis.

AIG stock was the biggest source of follow-on offerings. Overall, proceeds from such share sales was about triple that of IPOs.

In-house legal chiefs at top companies cited a new federal program that lets the SEC pay bounties to whistleblowers for tips, a strict U.S. foreign-bribery law and patent litigation as their main concerns for the new yea...