Companies post profits but investors still worry

Investors who doubted U.S. companies could make big money in a weak economy have been proved wrong again.
Before companies started reporting earnings two weeks ago, […]

Occupy Wall Street reaches 1-month birthday

Occupy Wall Street is one-month-old after a weekend of rallies and arrests around the world protesting corporate greed and excess.
Monday marks the one-month mark for […]

US gov’t runs $1.3 trillion budget deficit in 2011

The government ran a $1.3 trillion for the budget year that ended last month, the third straight year it has operated more than $1 trillion […]

S&P downgrades Spain’s debt rating on weak economy

Standard & Poor’s has downgraded its long-term debt rating on Spain, citing the country’s weak growth prospects and risks facing its banks.
The rating agency said […]

Eurozone industrial output in surprise August jump

Industrial production in the 17 euro countries unexpectedly rose during August, official figures showed Wednesday, easing concerns that the crisis-torn eurozone was heading back into […]

Wild market ride is driving people out of stocks

Just how turbulent is the stock market? More than half a trillion dollars in paper gains were made and lost within just two weeks in […]

German parliament passes expanded euro fund

German lawmakers have cleared the way for an expansion of the size and powers of the eurozone bailout fund, in a major step toward tackling […]

7 oil workers found alive in Gulf of Mexico

Mexico’s state oil company says seven of 10 oil workers missing in the Gulf of Mexico since Thursday have been found alive.
Petroleos Mexican’s says the […]

Stocks rise after drop in unemployment claims

Stocks are rising in early trading after fewer people applied for unemployment benefits last week and retailers reported strong sales in August.
First-time claims for unemployment […]

Are we a match, ask home seekers

Kate and Arthur Ruff spent some 60 hours combing census data, scouring school scores and searching the Internet from Massachusetts, keen to make sure their […]