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Stocks fell on Tuesday, with the S&P 500 retreating from four-year highs after the U.S. Federal Reserve said it was less inclined to provide more economic stimulus.

As Morgan Stanley finishes integrating its brokerage joint venture with Citigroup Inc and considers spending $10 billion to buy the whole business years ahead of plan, investors are anxiously awaiting signs that the long-promised profit machine will finally start to purr. Since agreeing to buy Citi's Smith Barney in 2009, Morgan Stanley executives have told shareholders t...

JPMorgan Chase & Co is shedding mortgage debt from a stable value fund, under pressure from insurers in a case raising questions about suitable investments for funds normally regarded as a super-safe haven for retirement savings.

The U.S. economy likely notched up a fourth month of solid job growth in March, which would lower the need for the Federal Reserve to offer additional monetary stimulus to spur faster economic growth.

The U.S. economy likely notched up a fourth month of solid job growth in March, which would lower the need for the Federal Reserve to offer additional monetary stimulus to spur faster economic growth.

Auto sales rose about 13 percent in March as consumers energized by an improving job market replaced aging vehicles and took advantage of cheap financing.

Amazon.com Inc is trying to grab some of the billions of advertising dollars spent each year by consumer packaged goods companies including Kimberly-Clark Corp, as the world's largest Internet retailer seeks new sources of revenue growth.

Apple Inc shares set a record high on Tuesday after Piper Jaffray supported Topeka Capital Market's assertion that the stock should breach $1,000 in a year or two, propelled by emerging markets growth and new products that could include a revolutionary TV set.

As Morgan Stanley finishes integrating its brokerage joint venture with Citigroup Inc and considers spending $10 billion to buy the whole business years ahead of plan, investors are anxiously awaiting signs that the long-promised profit machine will finally start to purr. Since agreeing to buy Citi's Smith Barney in 2009, Morgan Stanley executives have told shareholders t...

A recruiter for Foxconn, the largest manufacturing partner of Apple products, told reporters from TV Tokyo's World Business Satellite that Apple's sixth-generation iPhone, presumably called the iPhone 5, will be released in June. He added that Foxconn is hiring about 18,000 workers to kick production of the new smartphone into high gear before summer.

Molson Coors Brewing Co's plan to buy East European brewer StarBev for 2.65 billion euros ($3.5 billion) will give it more exposure in developing markets, but the brewer may have been better off trying to improve its business in developed markets, analysts said.

Auto sales rose more than 15 percent in March, preliminary data showed, as rising consumer confidence and cheap financing quickened the pace of a sluggish recovery more than two years in the making.

Stocks extended losses on Tuesday after minutes from the most recent meeting of the Federal Reserve's policy-setting committee showed the Fed appeared less keen to launch additional stimulus measures.

One of London's most prominent bankers was fined 450,000 pounds ($720,000) for passing on inside information in a case that will embarrass his employer J.P. Morgan Cazenove and which marks a push by British regulators to target high-profile figures.

Stocks edged lower on Tuesday after a strong start to the second quarter and ahead of the release of minutes from the most recent meeting of the Federal Reserve's policy-setting committee.

On Monday, the Bhutanese government led a session in the UN called Wellbeing and Happiness: Defining a New Economic Paradigm, that highlighted the world's happiest countries and discussed how to put happiness on the global agenda.

Auto sales continued a robust pace in March, boosted by consumers with more confidence in a recovering U.S. economy who want to buy fuel-efficient cars and trucks in the face of rising gasoline prices.

Stocks were little changed on Tuesday as the market showed signs of fatigue after major indexes hit multiyear highs.

Google Offers and Banana Republic are the first businesses to join Starbucks Corp in raising money for a U.S. job creation fund started by the world's biggest coffee chain late last year.

New orders for factory goods rebounded in February and firms increased orders for capital goods, suggesting manufacturing held on to some momentum early in the year despite signs of slower growth.

A secret sex tape featuring Charlize Theron hit the web over the weekend, showing the Oscar-winning actress in an x-rated video made on her cell phone. But it's not what you think.

Stock index futures fell on Tuesday after the S&P 500 climbed to a 4-year high in the previous session as investors awaited factory orders data and minutes of the latest Federal Reserve meeting.

Chrysler Group LLC reported a 34 percent increase in March auto sales, the first major automaker to report sales for a month expected to show signs of a robust recovery for the U.S. auto industry.

Chrysler Group LLC reported a 34 percent increase in March auto sales, the first major automaker to report sales for a month expected to show signs of a robust recovery for the U.S. auto industry.

Spain's debt levels will jump to their highest since at least 1990 this year as the economy sinks into recession and borrowing costs rise.

Test flight of PAL-V ONE (Personal Air and Land Vehicle), the flying car, was successfully concluded over the past two weeks, the Dutch company PAL-V said in a statement on Monday.

Banking and keeping track of finances, shopping and searching for jobs are the main tasks of Internet users around the globe, according to a new international survey.

Wall Street looked set to open slightly lower on Tuesday, with futures for the S&P 500 down 0.07 percent, Dow Jones futures down 0.07 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures down 0.01 percent at 4:21 a.m. E.D.T. (0821 GMT)

Raymond Kwok, the billionaire co-chairman of Hong Kong property company Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd , said he and his brother Thomas did nothing wrong, in their first public appearance since being arrested last week on suspicion of corruption.