All posts tagged "Wall Street"

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  Global stocks mostly gain in thin trading ahead of New Year

  The last week of trading for the year began Tuesday after Christmas holidays

  • Posted December 27, 2016
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  Supreme Court upholds broad power to curb insider trading

  WASHINGTON — A unanimous Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with the government in a legal clash over the nation’s insider trading laws, a victory for prosecutors seeking to curb corruption on Wall Street. The justices ruled that...

  • Posted December 6, 2016
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  Equipment companies power Dow and S&P 500 to new records

  NEW YORK – The Dow Jones industrial average and Standard & Poor’s 500 indexes again set records Wednesday in a quiet day of pre-holiday trading. Machinery and equipment makers climbed after strong results from Deere, but technology...

  • Posted November 23, 2016
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  Bond market to borrowers: Pay me back in 100 years

  NEW YORK — Italy has suffered through bouts of inflation and a revolving door of failed governments in the past 50 years, so you would think it would have to offer a super-high interest rate to entice...

  • Posted November 7, 2016
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  Stocks fade as nervous investors watch 2016 election

  NEW YORK – Stocks closed broadly lower on Tuesday, as nervous investors continued to monitor the run-up to the 2016 election, which is turning out to be closer than previously expected. Newspaper stocks fell as Gannett and...

  • Posted November 1, 2016
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  Pfizer net plunges 38 pct., misses Street 3xQ forecasts

  Investors began selling off shares after Pfizer's announcement that it won't split into two companies to accelerate growth

  • Posted November 1, 2016
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  Emails show how private and public Clinton statements clash

  WASHINGTON – Behind closed doors, Hillary Clinton adopted a rather more accommodating tone with Wall Street than she has on the campaign trail. In private paid speeches to financial firms and interest groups, the Democratic presidential nominee...

  • Posted October 10, 2016
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  WHY IT MATTERS: Wall Street Regulation

  WASHINGTON – THE ISSUE: The financial crisis that struck in 2008 touched off the worst recession since the 1930s Great Depression, wiping out $11 trillion in U.S. household wealth and leaving about 8 million Americans jobless. More...

  • Posted September 20, 2016
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  Modest but steady gains for US indexes; homebuilders soar

  Market shakes off a few days of sluggish trading

  • Posted August 23, 2016
• Stocks rise on upbeat data, investors await Fed speech

  HONG KONG – European stock markets rose on solid economic data Tuesday while investors in Asia largely stayed on the sidelines ahead of a widely anticipated speech by the Fed chief. KEEPING SCORE: France’s CAC 40 rose 0.7%...

  • Posted August 23, 2016
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