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The index came within just 11 points of hitting the psychologically important 5,000 level last touched during the dot-com bubble.

“Finance is no longer an instrument for getting money into productive businesses, but getting money out of them.”

Nigerian online entrepreneurs are still fighting a stereotype as old as email.

New York authorities promise to get tougher on banks and be kinder to whistleblowers.

The Dow fell Thursday as the number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits last week jumped by the most since December 2013.

“I’m one quarter Coca-Cola,” said Buffett, 84. “If I eat 2700 calories a day, a quarter of that is Coca-Cola."

The Narendra Modi government unveiled a plan to "transform" a 162-year-old organization that has been struggling with its finances.

The loss compared with an attributable loss of 9 billion pounds ($14 billion) the previous year.

Morgan Stanley is the latest bank, after Bank of America, Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase, to shell out a fine for its role in the 2008 crisis.

Citigroup Inc. said additional government authorities have started probes of possible breaches of anti-money laundering laws at its Banamex USA unit.

The blue-chip index finished the session at a new milestone ahead of Thursday's busy batch of economic indicators, including weekly jobless claims.

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said the shrinking of big banks is "exactly what we want to see happen."

The revamp of Argentina's intelligence service faced its final legislative hurdle on Wednesday, with Congress poised to create a new agency after the government said a renegade spy was linked to the death of a star prosecutor.

U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen continued to warn that a hike in interest rates would come later rather than sooner.

Amid sanctions, food prices in Russia are rising.

Lawyers for once-powerful former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver asked a judge to throw out federal corruption charges because a top prosecutor made "prejudicial" public statements.

Hewlett-Packard Co. reported flat or lower quarterly revenue in all its operating units, and forecast full-year earnings well below analysts' expectations due to the strong U.S. dollar.

The Islamic State says the schools -- one for boys, one for girls -- will be for the children of its foreign fighters in Syria.

The "Corinthian 15" are protesting for-profit colleges and the government's role in student loans at such schools.

But a smaller upper-middle class will mean slower growth there for Apple than it has experienced in China.

Janet Yellen announced the central bank would not be increasing interest rates for the “next couple of FOMC meetings.”

Ten of the world's largest banks are facing scrutiny for allegedly rigging the prices of gold, silver, platinum and palladium.

New concessions make Greece worthy of a bailout extension, finance ministers said Tuesday. But the IMF is more cautious.

India on Tuesday said it would accept the recommendations of a panel that advocates increasing share of its states in the federal tax revenues.

The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating 10 major banks over allegations of price-fixing of precious metals.

European bourses are expected to open a shade softer as time ticks away for Greece to deliver a list of reforms.

Crude oil futures fell more than 2 percent on Monday as investors worried about oversupply and a strong dollar.

It will be legal to smoke pot for non-medical purposes in Alaska starting Tuesday.

Apple continues to set new records, closing at a price of $133 a share on Monday.