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Fresh off its profitable recent IPO, specialty organic grocer Sprouts Farmers Market is getting attention from two major banks.

Five years after the TARP program started, Washington has collected about half of what it's owed and yet has nearly broken even.

Without question, the financial crisis exacted a large personal and national cost.

The index’s shake-up is the biggest in almost a decade, as three big companies are displaced by three better-performing businesses.

Stocks may open higher as efforts for a diplomatic solution to the Syrian crisis intensified while China released more positive economic data.

Alan Valdes, vice president of trading at DME Securities, discusses the Fed chairman's legacy and when the FOMC will taper QE.

That's only half of the market capitalization of Yum! Brands, Inc., but it could still be too ambitious for Myanmar.

Strong Chinese exports, signaling rising demand in the U.S., calm investors as they brace for a Congress vote on Syria this week.

China’s inflationary pressures appear comparatively moderate, as its PPI falls -1.6 percent in August versus -2.3 percent In July.

Expansion of Japan’s real GDP in the second quarter was upwardly revised to 0.9 percent from 0.6 percent.

China’s unadjusted merchandise trade surplus advanced to $28.60 billion in August from $17.82 billion in July.

San Diego has joined more than 24 U.S. municipalities in banning the retail sale of dogs: Progress for pup welfare or animal rights gone rabid?

Jonathan Corpina, senior managing partner with Meridian, discusses the labor force participation rate's inverse effect on unemployment.

The Chinese have some innovative ways to make money, and no, we aren't talking about selling kidneys.

How closely gold prices and inflation are linked depends on what time period is being considered.

Rising global oil prices may keep oil-trade deficits and subsidy costs elevated for ASEAN economies.

Investors await crucial jobs data that could influence the Fed's call on its bond-buying program while Syria hangs in the balance.

With just three years before the Rio Olympics, the Olympic Committee will decide on Saturday who will get the 2020 games.

The U.S. Mint coin sales data will likely be a strong catalyst for silver prices, said an analyst, who is bullish on both silver and gold.

The August ADP private-sector job creation report may foretell a weak August nonfarm payroll report from the Labor Department.

A host of economic data and progress on the international debate about a strike against Syria could affect markets.

Thousands of banks have failed globally since 2000, but there also are hundreds that have survived. Here are the 10 oldest.

Rajan, who took over as India's central bank governor, on Wednesday, aims to free India’s capital markets and its banking sector.

A court ordered Google's Motorola Mobility to pay $14 million in damages to Microsoft after a legal battle over patent licensing.

The Bank of Japan said the economy is witnessing a moderate recovery and reiterated its commitment to a 2 percent inflation target.

Even though it's Rosh Hashanah, some Twitter users were confused why "Happy New Year" was trending on Twitter.

Even a typhoon didn't keep gamblers from hitting Macau's casinos in August, to the tune of $3.84 billion in gross gambling revenue.

Jason A. Weisberg of Seaport Securities discusses market expectations ahead of the Group of 20 leaders gathering in Russia on Thursday.

The identity of the murder victim who was stabbed at Spring High School is unknown. A 16-year-old boy was one of the two people wounded.