NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — The U.S. dollar rose on Friday, remaining on pace to end a fourth straight week of gains that has taken the greenback to its highest level since 2010.
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Energy stocks rose Friday despite losses in the broad equities market, as Chesapeake Energy maintained its upward momentum and company insiders from the oil and gas business scooped up downbeaten shares in their own ...
NEW YORK—A Goldman Sachs Group Inc. director told jurors at the insider-trading trial of ex-Goldman board member Rajat Gupta that he believed discussions by the investment bank's board in June 2008 about possibly acquiring an insurance ...
MADRID—Bankia SA is planning to ask for €19 billion in financial support from the Spanish government, people familiar with the situation said Friday, in what would represent the largest bank bailout in the country's history.
"Moonrise Kingdom," the latest feature from offbeat indie director Wes Anderson, tracks the adventures of two precocious tweens—he smokes a pipe; she wears eye shadow. When it opens May 25, it will go head-to-head with "Men in Black 3," a ...
2009 Chevrolet Malibu High school and college graduation is a time for thinking about new destinations—and how a new diploma holder will be getting to them. Unless they land in one of the few U.S. cities fully served by public ...
SINGAPORE—A European Union ban on Iran's oil could have major consequences for European oil companies in Asia, as little-understood provisions in the sanction law could see them facing investigation despite their best efforts to stay legal.
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Canadian equities wavered between small gains and losses Friday, poised to finish the week higher, with gold miners and technology stocks providing support, but financials weighing on the market.
By Laura Clarke and Katie Martin The prospect of Greece leaving the euro is the only thing anyone is talking about in the markets at the moment. It even has its own nickname: Grexit.
A large California pension fund is buying a majority stake in LCOR Inc. from Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., ending a 13-year relationship between the failed investment bank and a real-estate developer that has built millions of square feet ...
Only about a month after agreeing to buy photo-sharing app Instagram for $1 billion, Facebook Inc. has moved ahead with the unveiling of its own app dubbed Camera.
Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. and Direct Edge Holdings LLC will introduce financial penalties in coming weeks on traders who send to the exchanges heavy loads of quotes that don't lead to trades.
Ever tried eating steel? It is pretty tough to swallow. But that won't stop Chinese exporters trying to force-feed it to you. China's steel industry has churned out more than two million metric tons a day so far this month. That is 749 ...
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — Brighter views on employment led consumer sentiment higher in May, according to a gauge released Friday by the University of Michigan and Thomson Reuters.