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The Dow industrials nearly escaped a fourth-straight daily loss, recouping most of a 151-point intraday slide on reports the House of Representatives will reconvene early to try to avert the fiscal cliff.

Stocks fell into negative territory today with investors reacting to a mixed bag of economic reports.

In this series, we look through the most recent Dividend Channel ''DividendRank'' report, and then we cherry pick only those companies that have experienced insider buying within the past six months. The officers and dir...

Natural-gas futures fell again as investors continued to take a wait-and-see approach to winter forecasts during a season that has so far seen little cold weather.

Japan's new leaders have been unusually explicit about their hopes for the yen's foreign-exchange level. Their success could lead to imitation and complicate relations with other countries.

MGM Resorts (MGM) had its estimates raised by Craig-Hallum as the company's debt refinance should add to the bottom line. A hold rating was issued with a price target of $12.

Among stocks trading ex-dividend on Friday, Dell (DELL) shareholders will be eligible for a quarterly dividend of $0.08 per share, representing a yield of 3.11 percent based on the current stock price.

Aegerion Pharmaceuticals (AEGR) had its price target increased by Jefferies (JEF) to $29 with a buy rating, as the approval of Juxtapid should add to earnings.

In trading on Thursday, music & electronics stores shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 0.9%. Helping drag down the group were shares of Radioshack (RSH), down about 3.1% and shares of Best Buy (BBY) o...

The U.S. federal government will soon run short of money once the country reaches its borrowing limit on Dec. 31. Within weeks, there will be an unprecedented shortage in the nation's coffers, Treasury Secretary Timothy ...

Financial headlines have a tendency to fixate on one shiny object after another.  In the summer of 2013 the topic du jour was the debt ceiling. Then it became the looming threat of widespread European defaults.  No...

Steinway Musical Instruments (LVB) announced on Wednesday that it was no longer putting itself up for sale. The company has struggled to keep margins competitive despite stagnant sales. The company has been implementing ...

Nicole Lyons shifts gears from drag racing to NASCAR as the only African-American woman driver. George Howell reports.

Brazil, Russia, India and China are the John, Paul, George and Ringo of the emerging markets—a neatly packaged group of disparate individuals that sometimes inspires hysteria.

Asian stock markets were up on Thursday as shares in Tokyo and Hong Kong climbed to fresh 2012 highs. The Nikkei gained 1.4%.

A surge in personal loans, credit-card debt and overdrafts has allowed many working-class South Africans to bridge their earnings and the lifestyles they aspire to have. But now many of the country's banks are dialing ba...

The yen slid to its lowest level against the dollar since September 2010 on Wednesday as Japanese officials signaled they would advance efforts to weaken their currency.

Two of Japan's top brokers say they are counting on growth in their M&A advisory businesses abroad to boost earnings amid a boom in overseas purchases by domestic companies.

Federal prosecutors accused a former research analyst arrested in Hong Kong over the weekend of giving confidential tips about a $1.2 billion acquisition by IBM and making about $8,000 ahead of the deal.

It was a light day of trading on Wall Street as a disappointing retail report kept stocks under pressure. There are more signs of optimism for the housing market as the S&P Case Shiller home price index climbed 0.7 perce...