Stocks climbed on Tuesday, the last day of trading before the election results came to a close, as investors looked forward to a resolution to the drawn-out race for the White House.
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Wall Street Falls as Fiscal Worries Weigh
Stocks fell on Thursday as worries about lawmakers finding a timely solution to the "fiscal cliff" outweighed stronger-than-expected economic data.
Trade Deficit Narrows, Economy Resists Global Chill
The trade deficit unexpectedly narrowed in September as exports rose sharply, suggesting global demand for U.S. goods was holding up despite a debt crisis in Europe.
Carlyle Says U.S. Best Place to Invest
Private equity firm Carlyle Group LP on Thursday said the United States remained the world's best place to invest, citing low interest rates and the recovering housing market, as it reported a return to profitability in the third quarter.
Apollo's Black Sees Private Equity Tax Break in Jeopardy
Apollo Global Management Chief Executive Leon Black said on Wednesday that a U.S. tax break that benefits private equity and venture capital executives could fall victim to deficit reduction efforts after President Barack Obama's re-election.
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Stronger-than-expected hiring by U.S. employers in October and a small increase in the jobless rate will have a neutral or insignificant impact on U.S. presidential elections next week, according to most economists surveyed in a Reuters poll on Friday.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc named insurance executive Mark Edward Tucker as an independent director on Monday, expanding its board to a dozen directors, most of whom are independent.
World shares and commodities fell on Monday as a recent run of downbeat corporate reports cast a shadow over the economic growth outlook and markets awaited the impact of a huge U.S. hurricane.
Shares on major markets ended little changed on Friday as weak corporate earnings offset better U.S. economic data, though investors remained concerned about slowing global growth.
A decline in the number of available properties, especially in California, prompted a new innovation at the real estate marketplace website Zillow.com. Late Wednesday night the six-year-old Zillow launched a free feature that allows potential home buyers to view homes that are owned by banks or are in the foreclosure process but are not officially listed for sale.
The country's second largest bank, Bank of America, has been accused of mortgage fraud in a civil suit filed by the U.S. government in a Manhattan court Wednesday, claiming it sold thousands of home loans that were deliberately processed at such a high speed adequate checks could not be performed, through its Countrywide Financial unit.
Zynga Inc has laid off 5 percent of its full-time workforce, shut its Boston office and scaled back in Austin, launching a sweeping overhaul that may also see the social game creator close its Japanese and British offices, Reuters reported Tuesday.
Yesterday's unveiling of Apple's new iPad Mini in California received a tepid response from a number of analysts who say the gadget's surprising price tag, $349 for a WI-FI-only version, will make it less of a threat than expected to similarly sized tablets, Reuters reported.
Warren Buffett, the country's second-richest man and one of the world's most successful investors, told CNBC in an interview Wednesday, that he sees the U.S. economy "inching ahead" despite slowing economies in Europe and Asia.
