Stocks mostly fell Friday as investors hesitated to extend the market's recent rally despite an improved outlook from Intel Corp.
Household income in the U.S. is essentially stagnant, raising doubts about whether consumers already hurt by job losses can sustain an economic recovery.
The popular MarketScope Advisor platform from Standard & Poor's has a new addition this week, a bond research portal.
U.S. consumer spending edged up in July with help from the popular Cash for Clunkers program, but household incomes, the fuel for future spending increases, were flat.
Evidence is mounting that the longest recession since World War II is losing its grip on the U.S. economy.
It's time to look in the closet for that crumpled Dow 10,000 cap.
A Goldman Sachs analyst today upgraded his sector rating for midsized brokerages, saying an expected resurgence of corporate mergers and acquisitions as well as initial public offerings should lift the firms.
The government says the economy shrank at an annual rate of 1 percent in the spring, a better-than-expected showing and more evidence that the recession is drawing to a close.
The number of newly laid-off workers filing claims for jobless benefits dropped last week, and the number of people remaining on the rolls also fell, evidence that layoffs have eased.
New U.S. home sales surged 9.6 percent in July, rising for the fourth straight month and beating expectations as the housing market marches steadily back from its historic downturn.
