(NEW YORK)Fitch Ratings on Wednesday put title insurer Fidelity National Financial Inc. on its negative rating watch list, citing the unsustainability of the company's shareholder dividends....READ MORE

(DENVER)Fidelity National Financial Inc. said that it has purchased the Colorado operations of Mercury Cos. Inc., a Denver-based firm that owns title companies.READ MORE

(NEW YORK)Piper Jaffray lowered its earnings estimates on two major title insurers, citing the persistent decline of the U.S. housing market. Analyst Robert Napoli said refinancing originati...READ MORE

(NEW YORK)The Standard & Poor's MidCap 400 index rose in midday trading after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke expressed confidence the economy will improve later this year, but sug...READ MORE

(NEW YORK)A Piper Jaffray analyst cut his profit estimates for First American Corp., saying the housing market will probably hamstring the title insurer through next year.READ MORE

(NEW YORK)Wal-Mart Stores Inc. shrugged off weak consumer spending to remain atop the 2008 Fortune 500 list, edging Exxon Mobil Corp. for the second straight year in the magazine's annua...READ MORE

(WASHINGTON)The co-president of insurance provider Fidelity National Financial Inc. sold 80,000 shares of common stock, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing.READ MORE