MARKETS / FINANCE

A Chicago algorithmic trading firm reignited the fight over high-frequency trading with a lawsuit against a rival.

With expansion plans beyond Asia, Xiaomi, which has developed a cult following in its home continent, now fights stagnation and stiffer competition.

Chris Christie appointees committed $300 million to a subsidiary of a foreign firm whose executive donated to his campaign and the RNC.

Economists will be looking for clues from the meeting as to when the central bank plans to hike rates.

The CCS blocked a takeover for the first time because the deal would result in a "substantial lessening of competition."

China's cooling housing sector has been an increasing drag on the world's second-biggest economy.

According to a report, acquisition of American firms by overseas buyers is on the rise since the U.S. came down on tax inversions.

The Fed, at its meeting ending Wednesday, is expected to signal an increase in its ultra-low interest rates by as soon as June.

The improved mood has also been underpinned by expectations that Japanese public investors will keep increasing stock investment.

The Ambient Water Corp. is one of a few tech firms building highly efficient greenhouses for the blossoming legal-marijuana industry.

The U.S. Federal Reserve’s policy meeting and its intentions on interest rates will dominate economic news this week.

Economists look ahead to the Fed's two-day policy meeting next week, where they'll seek clues about any interest-rate hikes.

The blue-chip index and the S&P 500 are on track to erase all gains for the year.

Economists were looking ahead to a key consumer sentiment report released Friday morning.

Only about one-quarter of the cash flowing into global investment banks derives from activity in the real economy.

Markets should not see it as an "aspiration" to return to the "under-priced" liquidity seen before the 2007-09 financial crisis, the bank said.

Britain's biggest drugmaker will remain a 6.2 percent shareholder in Aspen.

Analysts believe the institution could challenge the Western-dominated World Bank and Asian Development Bank in the region.

The blue-chip index closed sharply higher Thursday as concerns over a looming hike in interest rates subsided.

Four factors are pushing the euro toward parity against the U.S. dollar in 2015.

Economists also sorted through a batch of data that painted a mixed picture on the overall health of the U.S. economy.

U.S. consumers unexpectedly spent less at retailers last month despite a steep drop in gasoline prices across America.

The Bank of Korea's monetary policy committee cut its base rate by 25 basis points to a record low of 1.75 percent.

The Federal Reserve raised objections to two foreign-based banks in annual exams; Bank of America gets a re-do.

The Dow closed modestly lower Wednesday as investors failed to shake off fears over a pending rate hike from the Federal Reserve.

The lead director of a major financial firm gave campaign cash to New Jersey's GOP governor and served as his finance chairman.

Employees in New York City's financial industry pulled in nearly $30 billion in bonuses last year, the third straight year of growth.

Recent attempts at damage control can't conceal the fraternity's problematic history.

The Dow rose slightly Wednesday after plunging more than 300 points a day earlier.