US stocks rise after unemployment report
NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks are rising after news that fewer people joined the unemployment line last week and word that a technology bellwether's profit beat expectations. The Dow Jones industrial…
Are Computers Bringing Down The Stock Market?
Any time something bad happens, we're always looking for a reason why. Some would say that we're always looking for someone or something to blame but our motives may simply be to make sense of a…
Stock…Central Bankers Race to Protect Growth in 72 Hours of Crisis
Aug. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Central bankers are racing to shield their economies from fiscal tightening and lopsided currency swings that threaten a new global recession. In the 72 hours after a Group of…
Fed Said to Follow Basel Capital Rules for Biggest U.S. Banks
Aug. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve officials are drafting rules for the biggest U.S. banks that won’t be more stringent than international capital standards agreed to in Basel, Switzerland,…