Dow in triple-digit advance on encouraging reports

The Dow rallied Thursday, leading the broader market higher, as investors welcomed a bigger-than-expected drop in jobless claims and a rise in the euro.  Read More →

BP gets stricter with claims

BP is becoming increasingly stringent with its demands for documentation from victims filing claims for lost wages and income in the Gulf region.  Read More →

The mobile phone maker dead-zone

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Lawmakers criticize yuan after Treasury report

A Treasury report on foreign exchange rates has Congress members in a tizzy about China’s cheap currency.  Read More →

The world’s biggest companies

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Behind the mood swings in stocks – The Buzz

The thermometer is set to hit the triple digits for much of the East Coast this week. Will the S&P 500 do the same? The S&P has not closed below 1,000 since September of last year, but got close... Read more

Dow breaks 7-session losing streak

The Dow ended higher Tuesday, finishing a volatile session with gains and breaking its seven-session losing streak as investors scooped up certain shares hit in the recent bloodletting. ... Read more

IBM’s sex and trading scandal

At 7:30 in the morning on Oct. 16, 2009, Robert Moffat had already been at his desk at IBM’s headquarters in Armonk, N.Y., for an hour and a half. As he had almost every day in his 31-year career... Read more

Treasury run-up won’t last forever

Financial markets can make you look really foolish, even if you thought your analysis was right, and still do. Today’s humbling example: the best investment by far for the first half of this year... Read more

Chinese bank may be world’s biggest IPO

One of China’s biggest banks is on track to become the largest IPO in history.  Read More →

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