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Treasuries advanced for a fourth straight week, in the longest stretch of gains since August, as concern the European sovereign-debt crisis was worsening drove demand […]

Americans at the top and bottom of the income scale are benefiting most from the jobs recovery while those in the middle are getting left […]

Stocks are inching back up Thursday, erasing earlier losses.
The Dow Jones industrial average was down 6 points at 13,067 as of 11:30 a.m. The Standard […]

John Burbank, founder of $3.8 billion hedge fund Passport Capital LLC, said he expects a U.S. economic recession this year or in early 2013, according […]

The cascade of U.S. and European sanctions imposed on Iran is crippling its ability to export oil and conduct trade, hitting the Gulf state

The number of people seeking unemployment benefits fell to the lowest point in almost four years last week, the latest signal that the job market […]

Ben S. Bernanke laid the groundwork for a third round of large-scale asset purchases should unemployment remain higher than the Federal Reserve would like while […]

Australian retail sales unexpectedly stalled in November, ending four months of gains and pushing the nation

Stocks and the euro fell Wednesday as worries about Europe hang over financial markets. Energy companies fell hard as the price of crude oil plunged […]

Signs of future growth in the U.S. economy and a drop in borrowing costs for embattled European countries pushed stocks higher in morning trading Friday.
The […]