President Obama's standard gripe is that the economy has performed so poorly during his term because of the financial crisis he inherited from George W. Bush. But this week it is Mr. Obama who has bequeathed to his successors a landmark in ...
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — U.S. stocks languished between modest gains and losses Friday, with Wall Street largely fixated on Spain, where regional banks are struggling with finances and yields that reflect the government’s borrowing costs ...
After H.J. Heinz pared its forecasts on Thursday, Wall Street analysts lost their taste for the ketchup-maker. Though sales in emerging markets are growing at a nice clip, lagging U.S. operations remain a big challenge for Heinz (ticker: ...
In this week's photos from around New York, tall ships sail into New York for Fleet Week, an exhibit of women artists opens on the Upper East Side, several apartments in a Fifth Avenue mansion hit the market and more.
"Game of Thrones" co-star Kit Harington stopped by The Wall Street Journal to share his insider take on the show as it builds to the conclusion of its second season. Harington, who plays Jon Snow on the HBO series, says "no expense was ...
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Chairman and Chief Executive James Dimon has been invited to appear before a key Senate panel on June 7 to explain what led to his company's $2 billion-plus trading loss.
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch)—Don’t hit the ‘share’ button on any items on your Facebook page this week. Morgan Stanley or your broker may end up dropping a real share of the social media giant in your portfolio. And nobody wants that.
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 ...
By Jacob Bunge and Brett Philbin The market-making arms of UBS and Citigroup suffered combined losses of about $50 million on trades made during last Friday's glitch-plagued listing of Facebook on the Nasdaq Stock Market, according to ...
MADRID (MarketWatch) — Spanish government bonds tumbled Friday, sending yields higher, rattled by reports that one of Spain’s autonomous regions has asked for assistance from the government because it can’t get debt financing from the ...
For most Americans, Memorial Day is all about the kick-off to summer: Opening up the weekend house, cranking up the grill and maybe watching the Indianapolis 500. And for a lot of folks in the markets, this Memorial Day will be a day to try ...
The 20 top-paid CEOs have more than their multimillion-dollar pay packages in common: They're all men. A roundup of the highest-paid bosses from 2011 in an earlier Wall Street Journal article is a reminder that women are still a rarity in ...
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 ...
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Hewlett-Packard Co.’s shares rose Thursday as Wall Street reacted positively to the tech giant’s upbeat results and plan to make drastic cuts in its work force to reduce costs.
J.P. Morgan Chase shot itself in the foot with a $2 billion trading loss. But bank chief James Dimon's misery will be felt across Wall Street.
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