The internal watchdog at the Securities and Exchange Commission has concluded that the accusations of investigative misconduct against the enforcement division by Dallas Mavericks basketball team owner Mark Cuban have no merit, according to a person familiar with the matter.
EU finance ministers broke no new ground in dealing with the euro zone debt crisis in discussions over the weekend, instead absorbing some ideas and rejecting others and taking stock of progress on agreed steps.
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New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg cautioned Friday that social unrest in the United States could ensue if action is not taken by policy makers to create jobs and lower the U.S.'s high 9.1 percent unemployment rate.
EU finance ministers agreed on Saturday that European banks must be strengthened in the follow-up to July stress tests as a report said a systemic crisis in sovereign debt now threatened a new credit crunch.
EU officials sought to dispel fears about a bank lending freeze on Saturday, despite a stark warning from senior aides that a systemic crisis in sovereign debt now threatened a new credit crunch.
A moved Jean-Claude Trichet neared the end of 24 years of policymaking on Saturday after attending his last informal meeting of European finance ministers as head of the European Central Bank.
UBS is still committed to its investment bank, under fire after one of its London traders was charged over a $2 billion loss, the bank's Chairman Kaspar Villiger told a Swiss newspaper.
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc said in a statement that it reached a tentative agreement with its largest foreign affiliate Lehman Brothers International Europe , related to claims between the two.
The energy-thirsty United States is on the hunt for a game-changing energy source or energy usage technology -- and batteries and fuel cells are strong candidates. But their mass use could be 20 years away. Meanwhile, a conventional source may bridge that gap, or provide even more upside: natural gas.
Global equities rose for a fourth straight day on Friday, but the euro slid as hope Europe was finally getting a grip on the region's debt crisis was offset by lingering fears Greece is still at risk of default.
The troubles at Yahoo Inc are proving to be a headache for AOL, that other deeply challenged Internet company trying to turn around its fortunes.
Moody's Investors Service on Friday said it would finish reviewing Italy's Aa2 sovereign currency credit rating for possible downgrade within the next month, adding Italy faces a challenging economic and financial environment.
The troubles at Yahoo Inc are proving to be a headache for AOL, that other deeply challenged Internet company trying to turn around its fortunes.
Stocks rose for a fifth day in a row on Friday and the S&P 500 scored its best week since early July on signs euro zone leaders were acting together to limit any damage from its sovereign debt crisis.
Countrywide Financial's lawsuit losses could compel parent Bank of America Corp to put up the unit on the bankruptcy block, Bloomberg reported citing four people with knowledge of the firm's strategy.
Two of Twitter's earliest investors have left the company's board of directors, the latest change to the fast-growing social media company's leadership.
Four bank tellers at an HSBC bank branch in Brooklyn, New York will get a new trial on their claim that they were subject to a racially hostile work environment, thanks to a law passed in 2005 that lowered the threshold for establishing workplace hostility.
Consumer sentiment in the United States rose in early September, but Americans remained very gloomy about the future with their expectations for the economy falling to the lowest level since 1980.
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Star bond investor Jeffrey Gundlach was awarded $66.7 million by a jury over his messy divorce from money management firm Trust Company of the West, in one of the ugliest battles ever to grip the multitrillion-dollar bond-fund world.
Under which scenario could former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin make it harder for the Republican Party to win the U.S. presidency in 2012?
People looking for a temporary retail job this holiday season will have better luck at dollar stores and discounters than at department stores and middle market apparel chains, as the anemic U.S. economy keeps other retailers cautious.
Gold rallied 1 percent on Friday in volatile trade, as the safe-haven bid for precious metals returned when a survey showed U.S. consumers gloomy about the economic outlook.
A drive by Peru's leftist president to raise mining royalties should not derail multibillion-dollar investments, industry executives said, but they added that the final law must reflect the spirit of negotiations with companies.
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Inexpensive software and technology used mainly by intelligence agencies and law enforcement have helped limit fraud linked with $840 billion in federal recovery funds, a senior U.S. official said.
Former President Jimmy Carter appeared on MSNBC Thursday night and endorsed candidate Mitt Romney for the Republican Party's presidential nomination. Could the endorsement doom Romney's nomination chances?
Gold miner Mwana Africa's Zimbabwe mine output has risen to a monthly average of 4,500 ounces, outstripping its targeted annual production rate, company executives said on Friday.
President Barack Obama Friday signed into law a the first major overhaul of U.S. patent law since 1952 -- one that officials say will speed the application and approval process for inventors -- a short-cut that could lead to more inventions coming to market sooner, creating more jobs.
