Bad timing tempers bull market’s fund successes

BOSTON — If you’re inspired to celebrate the bull market’s turning a year old, keep the party a subdued affair.
Raise a glass to […]

Berkshire’s big day: $24 billion in trading

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway got a rousing introduction to the S&P 500 this month — though it wasn’t quite the most lavish ever.
Investors bought […]

National Grid building goes platinum

National Grid's new corporate center in Waltham has received increasingly important, albeit rare, certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.
The building at Reservoir Woods received […]

Fed Discusses Limited Bond Sales to Withdraw Stimulus

Federal Reserve officials are considering a proposal to schedule limited sales of bonds from the central bank’s $2.2 trillion balance sheet as part of […]

Mardi Gras on ice

For more than an hour I watched half-naked revelers jump into the 34° waters of Leech Lake. Some held hands, and others did backflips; […]

Chairman’s son named to Capital Bank board

William Carter Keller of Sanford has been appointed to a seat on the board of both Raleigh-based Capital Bank (Nasdaq: CBKN) and the bank’s holding […]

Bank failure tally reaches 140

Banks in six U.S. states were closed Friday, bringing the total number of failed banks this year to 140, at a cost of over […]

Singapore Job Firings Slow, Vacancies Rise as Economy Improves

Singapore employers fired fewer workers last quarter than in the previous three months and increased payrolls and job openings as the economy exited its […]

Chinese export slump eases

SHANGHAI, China – China’s exports are making a comeback after a jarring slump threw millions out of work, a sign of improving global demand […]

GM takes over CAMI

General Motors of Canada now owns CAMI Automotive and its major assembly plant in Ingersoll near London.
GM announced Friday that it had bought out the […]