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By Lu Wang and Leslie Picker, Bloomberg |
February 11, 2013
U.S. stocks fell after a six-week rally left the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index trading at its most expensive valuation since July 2011.
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By Alex Kowalski and Shobhana Chandra, Bloomberg |
February 7, 2013
Claims for U.S. unemployment insurance payments fell last week, returning to levels seen in the second half of 2012.
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By Andrew Rummer and Inyoung Hwang, Bloomberg |
December 28, 2012
U.S. stocks fell for a fifth day, the longest slump since September, as lawmakers prepared for talks to avoid the fiscal cliff of spending cuts and tax increases looming in January
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By Stephen Kirkland and Rita Nazareth, Bloomberg |
December 10, 2012
Stocks rose for a fourth day and metals rallied as economic data in China beat estimates and investors weighed prospects for a U.S. budget deal. Italy’s stocks and bonds slid as the prime minister planned to resign.
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By Inyoung Hwang and Stephen Kirkland |
November 30, 2012
U.S. stocks erased losses in the final 15 minutes as investors bought shares before changes to MSCI indexes. Commodities rose. Treasuries were little changed.
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By Joshua Zumbrun and Caroline Salas Gage, Bloomberg News |
November 20, 2012
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said that an agreement on ways to reduce long-term federal budget deficits could remove an impediment to growth.
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By Whitney Kisling, Inyoung Hwang and Rita Nazareth, Bloomberg |
November 19, 2012
The post-election rout in U.S. stocks has driven the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index down so far that it would have to advance 26 percent to reach the valuation of bull markets since John F. Kennedy was in the White House.
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By Chris Burritt, Bloomberg |
November 19, 2012
Lowe’s Cos. surged the most in more than three years after fiscal third-quarter profit topped analysts’ estimates, helped by the recovering housing market and preparations for superstorm Sandy.
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By Michelle Jamrisko, Bloomberg |
November 19, 2012
Sales of previously owned U.S. homes climbed in October, indicating gains in the real estate market are being sustained by cheap borrowing costs.
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By Michelle Jamrisko and Shobhana Chandra, Bloomberg |
November 15, 2012
More Americans than forecast submitted claims for unemployment insurance last week as superstorm Sandy wreaked havoc on the job market.
