Fear of a revived debt crisis in Europe faded from the stock market Wednesday, freeing the Dow Jones industrial average to touch an all-time high.

A proposed buyout of computer maker Dell Inc. appeared less likely Thursday after activist investor Carl Icahn said Dell should remain a public company and reward shareholders with a big, one-time ...

Companies are rushing to blame problems on higher Social Security taxes that took effect in January. But experts and analysts say that's only part of the story.

The U.S. government is expected to file civil charges against Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, alleging that it improperly gave high ratings to mortgage debt that later plunged in value and ...

Since President Obama and a divided Congress were returned to power Nov. 6, the Dow had fallen six out of eight days and slid a total of 650 points.

The Dow Jones industrial average plummeted as much as 369 points, or 2.8 percent, in the first two hours of trading. It recovered steadily in the afternoon, but slid into the close and ended down ...

Vikram Pandit, who steered Citigroup through the 2008 financial crisis and the choppy years that followed, abruptly left the bank Tuesday, stepping down as CEO and as a director.

Discover Bank will pay millions in fees to settle accusations by regulators that it pressured credit card customers to buy costly add-on services like payment protection and credit monitoring.

Capital One Bank was ordered to repay millions of credit card customers allegedly tricked into buying costly add-on services.

JPMorgan's black eye nears $6 billion as bank says traders might have tried to conceal losses.

Fearing a financial rupture in Europe, investors around the world fled from risk Wednesday.

JPMorgan Chase, the largest bank in the United States, said Thursday that it lost $2 billion in the past six weeks in a trading portfolio designed to hedge against risks.

Fear of European debt is once again playing havoc with Wall Street.

Experts say the Nasdaq's gains reflect long-term currents that could lift tech stocks through 2012 and beyond.

WASHINGTON - In in the latest sign that the economy is surging at year's end, unemployment claims have dropped to the lowest level since April 2008, long before anyone realized that the nation was ...

Citigroup has agreed to pay $285 million to settle civil fraud charges.

U.S. banks are failing at the fastest rate in two decades. No, the financial crisis hasn't returned. Wall Street doesn't need another bailout.  

WASHINGTON  - Republicans are stepping up their criticism of the SEC following reports staffers surfed porn sites on government computers.

WASHINGTON --- Democrats and Republicans alike pummeled Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Wednesday over his role in the $180 billion bailout of insurance giant AIG Inc., venting public anger ...

WASHINGTON - Monday brought some closure to Bernard Madoff's victims, who were swindled out of $65 billion in the largest recorded financial fraud - a scheme that was exposed in part because the ...