Markets are calm _ too calm. Why pros are spooked

After wild price swings that left investors bewildered and not a cent richer last year, stocks are rising again, and calm has settled over the […]

Best Buy 3rd-quarter profit falls, shares skid

Electronics retailer Best Buy said Tuesday that its third-quarter net income fell 29 percent as it cut prices in popular categories such as tablets and […]

UK government selling Northern Rock

The British government has agreed to sell mortgage lender Northern Rock, the nation’s first victim of the credit crisis, to Virgin Money.
The Treasury said Thursday […]

GOP hopefuls oppose potential deficit deal

Republican presidential hopefuls are assaulting a proposal by GOP lawmakers on a bipartisan deficit-reduction panel that calls for increased tax revenues even as the special […]

401(k) matches restored by 75 percent of companies

Most of the companies that either suspended or reduced their 401(k) matches during the economic downturn have reinstated them, business consultant Towers Watson said in […]

Clean technology stocks offer a path to a green future

Taking advantage of greatly reduced stock prices is a tricky business. One strategy is to find an investment area so certain to grow that it […]

The undies index: Economic forecasting remains more art than science

In an age that devised such wonders as credit default swaps on tranches of subprime-backed collateralized debt obligations, one might fairly ask if humanity has […]

Cyprus ministers resign ahead of Cabinet reshuffle

Cyprus’ Cabinet resigned on Thursday in preparation for a reshuffle aimed at addressing an economic and energy crisis caused by a blast that knocked out […]

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Poisonous debt ceiling talks drag on in the U.S.

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