Stocks score highest close since 2007
Stocks rose on Friday and posted strong weekly gains, with the S&P 500 closing at its highest level since 2007, after Congress passed crucial...
Stocks end modestly lower
Stocks ended down on Thursday after minutes from the Fed's latest policy meeting showed that officials felt bond buying would last at most until...
Wall Street rallies after 11th-hour budget deal
Stocks blasted higher on Wednesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average scoring its biggest first-session-of-the-year-point gain ever, as The Street welcomed an 11th-hour deal...
Stocks up on budget-deal framework
Stocks on Monday rallied towards yearly gains as Wall Street embraced emerging details of a budget deal that reportedly will have tax cuts extended...
Stocks fall for a fifth session on cliff concerns
Stocks ended sharply lower Friday as negotiations to avert steep spending cuts and tax hikes in the New Year showed little progress. President Barack...
Stocks close mildly lower amid budget-deal hopes
Stocks ended lower for a fourth session Thursday as Wall Street fumed over the still-unresolved fiscal cliff. However, the indexes erased the bulk of...
Wall Street herd nervous about cliff proximity
Brinksmanship is becoming standard operating procedure in Washington, and Wall Street doesn’t like it. That fact sent stocks down, and broadcast issues unfortunately followed...
Stocks slide with no budget pact in sight
Stocks fell on Monday in an abbreviated session, extending losses into a second day on worries that President Barack Obama and congressional leaders will...
Stock indexes end lower on cliff fears
Stocks fell Friday, denting weekly gains, after a Republican proposal to avert the fiscal cliff did not find support, reducing hopes for a budget...
Stocks close higher on budget-deal hopes
Stocks rose on Thursday as Republican House Speaker John Boehner expressed optimism about reaching a budget deal with President Barack Obama. The Dow Jones...
Stocks retreat as cliff tensions rise
Stocks on Wednesday fell sharply after a two-session rally as negotiations to avoid deep spending cuts and tax hikes seemed to hit an especially...
Arbitron soars as Washington brakes ahead of the cliff
Wall Street gave thumbs up and then some to the sale of Arbitron to Nielsen, sending its stock rocketing upward. Meanwhile, America is still...
Blue-chip stocks gain for first session in four
Equities climbed Monday, with blue-chip stocks scoring their first gain in four sessions, buoyed by signs of government progress toward averting the fiscal cliff...
Stocks slip on Apple woes, cliff worries
One bad Apple may not spoil the whole bunch, but it certainly didn't do anything good for the stock market on Friday 12/14. That,...
Stocks end lower on fiscal cliff jitters
Stocks ended lower on Thursday as Democrats and Republicans bickered in public over their difficulties in reaching a compromise to avoid the fiscal cliff...