A fund owned by China’s foreign-exchange regulator has been taking stakes in some of the country’s biggest banks, raising speculation that it may be a new member of the so-called “national team” of investors the Chinese government unleashes t…

Reservations for Tesla Motors Inc.’s Model 3 electric car have now topped 276,000 since the company began taking deposits on March 31.

A Chihuahua led California Highway Patrol officers on a brief but spirited chase Sunday morning on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge

Iran’s oil minister on Sunday rejected a Saudi demand to stop throttling up its petroleum production, potentially threatening a global deal to limit crude output and raise prices.

Donald Trump claims to be worth $10 billion, but it doesn’t seem to be invested in fine art.

Alaska Air Group Inc. is expected to announce Monday that it won the auction for Virgin America Inc., besting rival JetBlue Airways Corp. in a frenzied bidding process that culminated in a cash price of about $2.5 billion, according to people familia…

Villanova University demolished the University of Oklahoma in a Saturday matchup of second-seeded teams to claim the first of two spots in the NCAA men's basketball tournament final on Monday. The Big East Conference school from the Philadelphia area…

SunEdison Inc. stock, which has been plunging amid an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission, was cut in half in late trading Friday after a report that the company is preparing to declare bankruptcy. The Wall Street Journal reporte…

U.S. stocks closed higher Friday as investors bet that a spate of economic data, including the March jobs report, wouldn't speed up the pace of interest-rate increases. The S&P 500 gained 13.05 points, or 0.6%, to 2,072.79 -- bolstered by health-care…

Oil futures settled at a more than two week low on Friday, pressured by growing doubts that major crude producers will agree on a plan to freeze output. May WTI crude settled at $36.79 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, down $1.55, or 4%.…

Gold futures settled sharply lower Friday as traders weighed the likelihood that upbeat U.S. economic data may give the Federal Reserve reason to raise interest rates. Gold for June delivery settled at $1,223.50 an ounce, down $12.10, or 1%. The set…

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Friday's session closes with the NASDAQ Composite Index 44.69 This is the 4th straight day of increase for the index. The total shares traded for the NASDAQ was over 1.76 billion. Advancers stocks led declining by 1.33 to 1

JNJ +0.86% PFE +1.65% MRK +0.90% ABT +1.50% AMGN +2.85% Health care stocks were higher, with the NYSE Health Care Index rising just 0.8% while shares of health care companies in the S&P 500 were up nearly 1.8% as

Top Health Care Stocks JNJ +0.85% PFE +1.40% MRK +0.79% ABT +1.25% Health care stocks were higher today, with the NYSE Health Care Index rising just 0.2% while shares of health care companies in the S&P 500 were up

3M has been witnessing slowing growth in China, as a result of a weakening economy. However, it did contribute to 10% of the company's revenue of 2015, and the company has been able to expand margins in the region

Ford's unit sales in Europe have been rising faster than industry wide sales. However, those gains have been obscured by its falling sales in Russia. The U.S. auto maker has continued to make gains in the first two months

Investing.com Investing.com U.S. stock markets pointed to strong gains at the open on Monday, with the Dow futures briefly jumping more than 200 points as a rebound in oil prices boosted market sentiment. The blue chip Dow futures climbed

Investing.com Investing.com The Investing.com weekly sentiment index published on Monday revealed that speculators scaled back their bullish bets on the U.S. dollar in the week ending February 19. According to the report, 34.8% of investors held long…

Investing.com Investing.com European stocks opened sharply higher on Monday, tracking their Asian counterparts as a rebound in oil prices boosted market sentiment and as investors awaited the release of euro zone manufacturing and service sector data…

Investing.com Investing.com Economic activity in the euro zone fell to the lowest level in more than a year in February and deflationary pressures intensified, adding to concerns over the health of the region's economy, preliminary data showed on Mon…

Investing.com Investing.com French private sector activity grew at the slowest pace in more than a year in February, underlining concerns over the economic outlook of the euro zone's second largest economy, preliminary data showed on Monday. Markit s…

The primary purpose of IRAs is to provide for the retirement needs of the original owner. However, IRAs have also become a useful tool in estate planning, and many IRA owners look for ways to

Source BIGSTOCK . Deciding when to start taking Social Security retirement benefits is a difficult choice that everyone has to make based on their specific circumstances. However, there are some cases

A Domino's restaurant in China. The company added 768 international stores last year. Image Source Flickr user Mr Thinktank Domino's Pizza has been on a roll. Shares of the pizza maker

Calling Starbucks a coffee chain would be a bit like describing Michael Jordan as simply "a former basketball player." Like the athlete who now stands as a global brand, the one time chain of

Image source Apple. This past month, Apple 's new iPhone SE and updated 9.7 inch iPad Pro were the toast of the tech world, even as they also served as possible