World stocks slip as Bernanke offers no new aid

European and U.S. stocks fell on Friday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke indicated the central bank would take no new steps to boost the […]

Biden, Chinese VP call for improved relations

Stressing the importance of personal ties, Vice President Joseph Biden sat down Thursday with his Chinese counterpart and the country’s leader-in-waiting for talks that will […]

Asian stock markets open higher after Dow’s jump

Asian-Pacific stock markets have opened higher following Wall Street’s big jump.
Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 was up 30.52 points, or 0.3 percent, to 9,012.46 after a […]

P&G’s 4Q net income jumps 15 percent

Procter & Gamble Co.’s fourth-quarter revenue and net income jumped by double digits on strong sales in emerging markets such as China and India. But […]

Obama: Rare chance to stabilize fragile economy

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Many still lack fiscal cushion for a rainy day, survey finds

Even after the jolt of the Great Recession, a new study finds that most Americans are not financially prepared for an emergency.
A Bankrate.com survey found […]

Reisman reinvents Indigo for the digital age


Markets sink on US growth worries

Stocks took another battering Thursday on mounting concerns over the state of the U.S. economy, political uncertainty in Japan and a warning that Greece has […]

Judge rejects challenge to sale of Smurfit-Stone

Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. investors lost a bid to block a $3.5 billion buyout of the packaging maker by Rock-Tenn Co. after a judge found Smurfit-Stone […]

Stocks wobble as earnings rally slows

The earnings rally that lifted the stock market for the past two weeks is pausing after a batch of weaker than expected results.
Pfizer fell nearly […]