NEW YORK - Stocks fell in quiet trading Tuesday as enthusiasm over the Federal Reserve’s latest efforts to inject frozen credit markets with a dose of much-needed confidence gave way to concerns about the balance sheets of some financial companies ...

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LONDON - World stock markets were mixed on Tuesday as banking stocks on both sides of the Atlantic took another pounding despite the U.S. Federal Reserve’s announcement that it is to buy massive amounts of short-term debt in an attempt to unblock ...

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NEW YORK - Bank of America Corp.'s third-quarter profit fell 68 percent and the bank says it's selling stock and halving its dividend to boost capital. Like most other major financial institutions, Bank of America has been hit by significant losses ...

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In the end, congressional approval of the government's $700 billion financial rescue plan Friday did little to lift the financial markets from their growing dejection over the ...

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Stocks finished a back-and-forth session mixed Thursday as investors grappled with weaker-than-expected economic data and weighed the chances of the Federal Reserve lowering ...

Wall Street closed a volatile week with another sell-off Friday after enthusiasm over the passage of the government’s $700 billion financial rescue plan gave way to economic ...

Fed chief Ben Bernanke warned Congress that the nation is in for a period of sluggish growth and sent a fresh signal that interest rates will again be lowered to steady the ailing ...

Wall Street waffled in response to more confusing economic news Thursday, leaving stocks trading in a narrow range.

Consumers paid more to fill up their gas tanks, buy groceries and go to the hospital in January as prices on a range of items climbed.

For the first time in almost five years, the nation’s services sector — including restaurants, travel, banking, construction and retail — contracted in January, stoking ...