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- Twitter nears deal to raise as much as $100 million; investor group includes T. Rowe Price
- Dow closes down 41 points; crude futures settle at 2-month low
- Research In Motion posts lower profit on a charge; shares fall after hours
- Japan's Nikkei 225 Stock Average, Topix both down 2.6%
- U.S. orders for durable goods drop steeper-than-forecast 2.4% in August
- Growth in U.S. new-home sales flattens in August, up 0.7%
- U.S. stocks struggle for direction; Research In Motion drags on Nasdaq
- U.S. stocks struggle for direction; Research In Motion drags on Nasdaq
- Dow closes lower for third straight session, posts weekly loss of 1.6%
- Atlanta's Georgian Bank is 95th failure of the year; FDIC to take $892 million hit
- Merkel retains power in Germany
- Former Nixon aide, columnist William Safire dead at 79
- Japan's Nikkei, Topix both down 2.1% as yen soars
- Xerox to buy Affiliated Computer Services for $6.4 billion
- U.S. stock benchmarks move up 1% amid M&A optimism
- Dow industrials finish up 124 points, halting three-session losing streak
- Dow industrials finish up124 points, halting three-session losing streak
- BNP Paribas climbs in Paris after announcing $6.3 billion share sale
- Case-Shiller survey shows U.S. home prices up 1.6% in July from June
- Consumer confidence unexpectedly slips in September, Conference Board reports
- Higher U.S. home prices provide backdrop for early gains on Wall Street
- Senate finance committee rejects public option in health-care bill
- Dow industrials finish down 46 points, closing lower for five out of past six sessions
- Two public-option health-care measures in key Senate committee are defeated
- National Weather Service issues tsunami advisory for U.S. West Coast
- Private-sector employers shed 254,000 jobs in September, ADP survey shows
- Chevron taps John Watson for chairman and CEO
- U.S. GDP down 0.7% in government's final revision of second-quarter figures
- U.S. stock indexes decline early Wednesday; commercial lender CIT falls 40%
- Fed's Kohn: Forecast, not current situation, will trigger rate tightening
- Nasdaq in black as U.S. stocks stage intraday recovery
- U.S. stocks finish lower Wednesday; Dow gains 2% for September and 15% for the quarter
- Penske abandons talks to buy GM's Saturn brand
- GM to wind down Saturn as Penske deal collapses
- Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis to retire at end of this year
- Japan's tankan survey: Big manufacturer sentiment rises to -33 from -48
- Cisco to acquire Norway's Tandberg for $3 billion
- U.S. weekly jobless-benefits claims rebound
- U.S. consumer spending soars to eight-year high; 'cash for clunkers' credited
- Dow industrials fall 70 points as U.S. stock indexes open fourth quarter in red
- U.S. benchmark 30-year mortgage rate falls below 5%
- U.S. index of pending home sales rises for seventh straight month
- Ford's September sales in U.S. slip 5.1%
- GM monthly U.S. sales down 45%; Ford's decline is 5%, Chrysler's 42%
- Fed's Lacker: Risk of double-dip recession retreats
- Dow industrials close down more than 200 points in biggest one-day slide since July 2
- U.S. nonfarm-payrolls decline accelerates; 263,000 jobs lost in September
- U.S. factory orders dip in August
- U.S. stocks slump early Friday after disappointing payrolls report
- U.S. stock indexes turn positive, led into the black by Nasdaq
- Chicago eliminated in first ballot for 2016 Olympics site
- Rio de Janeiro selected to host 2016 Summer Olympics
- Trustee sues Madoffs for nearly $200 mln
- U.S. stock indexes finish Friday in red as Dow industrials cap worst week since mid-June
- Michigan's Warren Bank is 96th failure of 2009
- Telenor rallies on Ukraine telecom merger deal, settlement
- U.S. stock indexes cling to single-digit gains early Monday
- U.S.-led consortium in talks to acquire Ford unit Volvo: reports
- ISM gauge of U.S. services sector tops 50% mark -- best reading since May 2008
- Conde Nast to shutter Gourmet, Cookie and two bridal magazines
- Dow industrials up 111 points to intraday high
- Dow industrials close up 112 points, halting four-session losing streak
- Australia hikes cash rate target by 25 basis points to 3.25%
- Boeing to take $1 bln third-quarter charge linked to 747 deliveries
- Dow industrials rise as much as 120 points early Tuesday; Nasdaq up 1.5%
- Dow industrials finish up triple digits; gold closes at new record of $1,039 an ounce
- Gold futures hit new all-time high of $1047.40 an ounce in electronic trade
- U.S. stocks mixed in opening hour of trading; Dow industrials off 15 points
- Gold finishes at new record of $1,043.30 an ounce
- Dell, AT&T to launch phone with Google's Android software: WSJ
- Alcoa posts lower profit for third quarter, says key markets are stabilizing
- Dow industrials end down 6 points; Nasdaq, S&P extend win streaks to three sessions
- European shares jump in early trade after strong results from Alcoa
- Bank of England holds interest rates at 0.5%
- ECB holds key interest rate at 1%
- First-time and continuing jobless claims both lower in latest week, U.S. data show
- First-time and continuing jobless claims both lower in latest week, U.S. data show
- U.S. stocks rise early Thursday, aided by Alcoa earnings surprise and jobless-claims data
- Benchmark 30-year mortgage rate moves farther below 5%
- Dow finishes up 61 points; gold ends at $1,055 an ounce after notching intraday record
- Shanghai Composite index rises 2.4% in early post-holiday trade
- U.S. President Barack Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize
- U.S. trade deficit narrows to $30.7 billion in August as imports fall
- U.S. trade deficit narrows to $30.7 billion in August as imports fall
- Elinor Ostrom and Oliver E. Williamson win 2009 Nobel Prize in Economics
- Google targets lifted by Goldman and Morgan
- Goldman targets lifted by Goldman and Morgan
- U.S. stocks advance early Monday, with energy sector fueling rise; Dow up 40
- CBOE says systems operational after outage
- Crude-oil futures close above $73 a barrel
- Dow finishes up 20 points; S&P 500 gains for sixth straight session
- Johnson & Johnson lifts 2009 outlook after 1% profit rise
- Cisco to buy mobile-infrastructure supplier Starent for $2.9 bln
- CIT's shares fall 20% following announcement CEO Jeffrey Peek is to leave
- Enron's Skilling to have appeal heard by Supreme Court
- Republican Sen. Snowe says she'll vote for health-care bill
- Senate Finance Committee passes health-care bill by 14-9 vote
- S&P 500's six-day win streak ends; gold closes at $1,064 after hitting new intraday high
- Intel posts drop in profit and sales; outlook for fourth quarter exceeds estimates
- Bloomberg to acquire BusinessWeek magazine
- Bank of Japan unanimously votes to leave overnight call rate unchanged at 0.1% as expected
- Chemicals giant BASF says third-quarter results top estimates
- Chemicals giant BASF says third-quarter results top estimates
- J.P. Morgan Chase crushes estimates with $3.6 billion profit
- Abbott Laboratories raises 2009 earnings view
- U.S. stocks open higher; Dow industrials jump triple digits to 2009 intraday high
- U.S. retail sales fall 1.5% in September but rise 0.5% excluding auto sales
- Dow industrials hit 10,000 mark for first time since October 2008
- Fed meeting minutes reflect disputes among monetary-policy makers
- UAL, U.S. Airways fined by FAA for safety violations
- Crude-oil futures close above $75 for first time in a year
- Dow rises 144 points to close above 10,000 for first time since Oct. 3, 2008
- Lazard CEO Bruce Wasserstein is dead: reports
- Mobile-phone giant Nokia reports third-quarter loss as sales drop 20%
- Goldman Sachs earns $3.19 billion in third quarter, sees improving conditions
- Manufacturing activity in the U.S. rises to highest level in five years
- U.S. initial jobless claims fall by 10,000 to 514,000
- Citigroup reports third-quarter loss of 27 cents a share on revenue of $20.4 billion
- U.S. CPI inches up 0.2%; residential rents fall for first time on record
- Schwab posts 34% lower third-quarter net income, cites falling interest rates
- Manufacturing activity in the U.S. at highest level in 5 years; consumer prices up 0.2%
- Benchmark 30-year mortgage rate below 5% for third straight week
- U.S. stocks open lower, pressured by Citi and Goldman reports, jobless data
- Dow, S&P turn positive for first time Thursday
- Stocks finish higher after late-day turnaround; Dow closes up more than 40 points
- Google posts higher profit; CEO says worst of recession is past
- General Electric profit drops 44% as firm sees signs GE Capital is stabilizing
- Bank of America reports $2.24 billion loss after adding to credit-loss reserves
- U.S. industrial output posts sharpest quarterly rise in four years
- U.S. consumer-sentiment gauge pulls back in October
- Dow industrials down as much as 107 points early Friday
- Summers: Banks have duty to accept new regulations
- Galleon founder charged with insider trading
- Founder of hedge-fund firm Galleon charged with insider trading
- Founder of hedge-fund firm Galleon charged with insider trading
- Dow industrials' Friday losses whittle index's weekly gain to 1.3%
- U.S. stocks stake out modest early gains as Dow regains 10,000
- U.S. home builders' sentiment index slips in October
- Stocks finish at new highs for 2009; Dow jumps nearly 100 points to reclaim 10,000 level
- Apple posts higher profit of $1.67 billion; more than 3 million Macs are sold in quarter
- Morgan Stanley sells investment management arm to Invesco for $1.5 billion in stock, cash
- DuPont delivers strong third-quarter results, tops forecasts
- Pfizer net climbs 26% while sales slip 3%
- Lower energy costs responsible for 0.6% drop in Sept. producer prices
- Caterpillar's upbeat outlook gives Dow Industrials' futures a lift
- As Apple and Caterpillar shares shine, broader U.S. market starts out mildly lower
- Dow industrials finish off session lows, closing down 51 points
- Yahoo posts higher profit; CEO says its 'major businesses have stabilized'
- London's Gatwick Airport sold for 1.5 billion pounds
- Deutsche Bank sees third-quarter net profit of 1.4 billion euros
- Boeing slashes 2009 profit forecast to reflect problems in 787 and 747 programs
- Galleon to wind down hedge-fund operations: report
- Euro rises to 14-month high of $1.50 vs. U.S. dollar
- U.S. stocks post gains in opening half-hour of trading
- Fed: Wage and price pressure subdued; commercial realty is weakest sector
- Crude finishes at one-year high above $81 a barrel
- Shares of eBay fall 8% after hours following report of lower earnings
- U.S. stocks surrender day's gains to end in the red; Dow drops more than 90 points
- U.S. to order pay cuts for executives at bailed-out firms: report
- Chinese third-quarter gross domestic product rises 8.9% on year
- Credit Suisse swings to 2.4 billion franc third-quarter profit
- U.K. retail sales in September flat on month
- Travelers ups dividend, buyback program
- Dow Chemicals tops forecasts, sees 'stabilizing' economy
- U.S. initial jobless claims rise after two consecutive weekly dips
- McDonald's cites 'strong global results' as quarterly profit per share rises 10%
- U.S. stock indexes modestly lower after seesaw half-hour of trades
- U.S. index of leading indicators rises 1% in September
- P&G reportedly in talks to buy Sara Lee household-products unit
- House panel backs creation of Consumer Financial Protection Agency
- Stocks rebound; blue-chip earnings pave route higher
- Fed seeks police powers over banks on executive-pay standards
- Dow industrials up 130 points entering final hour of trading
- Amazon posts 69% spike in net income; sales also exceed estimates
- Dow finishes up more than 130 points; Nasdaq also in black after late-day turnaround
- 'Pay czar' Feinberg: Goal is to recapture taxpayer funds
- Amazon shares rise 15% late to highest level since Dec. 1999 on bullish forecast
- British gross domestic product posts a surprise 0.4% drop in third quarter
- Microsoft shares rise nearly 9% in pre-market trades following earnings report
- Nasdaq stands out in mixed open Friday; Amazon leaps 19%, Microsoft 9%
- U.S. existing-home sales rise 9.4% to briskest annual rate in more than two years
- U.S. stocks saddled with weekly losses after Friday decline; Dow falls 0.2% for the week
- Florida's Partners Bank closed by regulators in 100th bank failure of the year
- Icahn resigns from Yahoo board, says no longer needed
- American United Bank is closed in 20th Georgia bank failure in 2009
- Obama declares swine flu a U.S. national emergency
- Capmark Financial files for bankruptcy: reports
- Verizon CEO upbeat on growth prospects as wireless, FiOS boost quarterly results
- Dow industrials up 80 points as U.S. stocks advance early Monday
- Dow industrials down nearly 100 points after sharp reversal in U.S. stocks
- Dow industrials finish down triple digits; financials pace the fall
- Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index dives 2.3% in opening minute of post-holiday trade
- Honda posts better-than-expected profit, lifts fiscal-year earnings outlook
- U.S. home prices for August off 11.3% from year ago, up 1.2% from July: Case-Shiller
- U.S. consumers' confidence takes a turn lower, Conference Board data show
- Dow industrials set early pace as U.S. stocks stabilize following back-to-back sell-offs
- Dow industrials finish with modest gains; Nasdaq closes down 1%
- ArcelorMittal third-quarter net profit falls 76%
- SAP, ArcelorMittal each trade 6% lower in opening Europe trade
- Ford says Geely-led consortium is preferred Volvo bidder
- U.S. monthly durable-goods orders register 1% rise
- Dow industrials post 20-point gain to stand out in mixed open Wednesday
- Norwegian central bank becomes first in Europe to hike rates
- U.S. new-home sales decline for first time in six months
- Crude-oil futures drop 2% to trade below $78 a barrel
- Dow industrials close down more than 100 points; S&P 500 erases gains for October
- Procter & Gamble quarterly net profit falls 1% to $3.31 billion
- U.S. economy expands 3.5% -- quickest pace in two years
- U.S. claims for jobless benefits inch lower
- Exxon Mobil posts big drops in quarterly net and revenue on lower prices, margins
- Geithner testimony: Systemic bill offers better options
- Dow industrials up as much as 100 in opening hour; Nasdaq enjoys 1.1% bounce
- U.S. mortgage rates hold line in latest week: Freddie Mac
- House Democrats unveil long-awaited health bill
- Dow industrials surge 200 points in last hour of trading
- Dow finishes up 200 points in biggest one-day point jump since July 15
- BOJ keeps rate at 0.1% as expected; extends special lending steps through March
- Chevron suffers 51% decline in third-quarter profit
- U.S. consumer spending retreats post-'cash for clunkers'
- U.S. stocks retreat early Friday; Dow industrials decline 55 points
- Chicago purchasing-managers index strengthens more than forecast in October
- Dow industrials off 200 points as stock slide accelerates
- U.S. market-volatility gauge leaps 19% Friday
- CIT Group lines up $1 bln in funding from Carl Icahn
- Crude oil falls nearly 4% Friday but gains 9% in October
- Dow suffers worst day since April, wipes out gains for October
- San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom quits governor's race
- 9 more U.S. banks closed by regulators
- Challenger may boycott Afghanistan presidential vote: reports
- CIT board says lender will file for bankruptcy
- CIT files for bankruptcy: report
- Ford expects 'solid' 2011 profit after earning nearly $1 billion in the third quarter
- Hector Ruiz stepping down from GlobalFoundries in wake of Galleon insider controvery
- U.S. purchasing managers index increase for October much stronger than forecast
- U.S. stocks make early gains, as Ford's profit surprise sets positive tone
- Caltrans: San Francisco-Bay Bridge has re-opened
- Black & Decker shares rise on deal to merge with Stanley Works
- Dow industrials finish up 76 points after recovering from triple-digit slide
- Australia's central bank raises policy rate 25 basis points to 3.5%, as expected
- UBS posts third-quarter loss of 564 million Swiss francs
- Lloyds Banking Group to exit U.K. gov't protection, Royal Bank of Scotland to reduce net
- Nokia Siemens Networks may cut nearly 6,000 jobs
- Berkshire Hathaway buying out rest of Burlington Northern Santa Fe at price of $100/share
- U.S. stocks cede Monday gains as worries over financials eclipse M&A
- U.S. factory orders increase for fifth month in six, rising stronger-than-forecast 0.9%
- Dow industrials finish in the red; Nasdaq, S&P 500 close with gains
- GM's October sales rise 4.7%, Ford's rise 2.6%; Chrysler's sales fall 30%
- GM board votes to keep Opel, plans to restructure European operations: reports
- Time Warner reiterates AOL spin plan as net drops 38%
- Private-sector employment for October down 203,000 jobs, ADP data show
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