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Federal Reserve policymakers are torn between hiking rates in June, September, or even waiting until 2016.

Alcoa will kick off earnings season Wednesday, in what's expected to be a tepid reporting period at best because of these two major factors.

Former SEC lawyer Edward Siedle has combed through $1 trillion in pension fund investments. Now he's offering his services on Kickstarter.

As the April 15 filing deadline approaches, watch out for identity theft and other schemes.

The oil giant's pending acquisition plan would give it a market value twice the size of BP's and larger than Chevron's.

Market professionals will analyze the minutes for further clues as to whether the Fed's first rate hike is more likely to occur at its June or September meeting.

Departures follow the government's austerity drive which has cut the wages of top employees by half.

Deep-pocketed investors are reportedly circling the social network.

Market professionals await the start of first-quarter earnings season, with aluminum producer Alcoa reporting quarterly results Wednesday.

“I feel we need to direct our resources first and foremost to the legal residents of Texas," state Sen. Donna Campbell said.

Exiting director of the SEC's examinations office was at turns critical and laudatory of private equity.

As budget cuts strain IRS programs, poor and elderly filers lose. Tax cheats win.

U.S. job openings rose to a 14-year high in February, easing concerns of a slowdown in the labor market following Friday's weak jobs report.

Olivier Janssens, the non-profit's newest board member, accused the company of hiding its financial troubles from its members.

The RBI has cut rates twice this year, by a total 50 basis points, in a bid to bolster economic growth.

In extended-hours trading Monday, shares of media company Viacom Inc. dipped after it announced it will take a $785 million pretax charge as part of a reorganization.

Tesla shares rallied after the electric car maker said it will report its quarterly sales numbers weeks ahead of each earnings report.

The energy sector led the blue-chip index and the S&P 500 higher Monday, driven by gains after crude oil prices rallied more than 6 percent.

U.S. initial public offerings by venture-backed companies fell to a two-year low in the first quarter of 2015, according to data from the National Venture Capital Association and Thomson Reuters.

After briefly tumbling more than 100 points Monday, the Dow rebounded as investors await the Federal Reserve's minutes on Wednesday.

Virtu Financial hopes to raise $361 million in a public offering that would value the company at $2.6 billion.

Input prices rose at the fastest pace in nearly a year, a business survey showed on Monday.

There are a multitude of ways to prepare your taxes and still file by the April 15 deadline.

U.S. employers added 126,000 jobs in March, marking a sharp slowdown in hiring.

The unemployment rate is forecast to hold steady at a more than 6-1/2 year low of 5.5 percent.

Economists are turning their attention to Friday's highly anticipated March jobs report.

The implications of the noose incident at the university, where about 10 percent of undergraduates are black, are symptomatic of a bigger problem, leaders say.

The deal would remove Western sanctions against Tehran, igniting concern it could affect a global oil market already facing oversupply.

As California enters the fourth year of its historic drought, prices for a range of fruits, vegetables and nuts are likely to rise.