Home prices accelerate by most in seven years
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Home prices accelerated by the most in nearly seven years in March as the spring buying season gave the sector traction, while surging consumer confidence pointed...
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Companies hire less, manufacturing growth slows in April
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Companies hired the fewest employees in seven months in April while manufacturing growth slowed to a crawl, suggesting the economy has run into a soft patch...
Strong start to 2013 not going to last for U.S. economy: Reuters poll
NEW YORK (Reuters) - After a strong start to the year, the world's largest economy is set to slow as some of the effects of government spending cuts take hold,...
Wall Street likely to shrug off Obama as investors wait for budget deal
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. stock market is unlikely to take much direction from Tuesday's State of the Union, although President Barack Obama was less combative in his tone...
Wall Street ends flat as rally slows, earnings eyed
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks ended little changed on Friday as investors took a step back from buying ahead of next week's busy corporate earnings calendar. Overall earnings are expected...
ADP sets its sights on a “true” look at U.S. private jobs market
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mark Zandi has more riding on this week's U.S. labor data than most other economists. The chief economist of Moody's Analytics is helping to overhaul the...
ADP sets its sights on a “true” look at U.S. private jobs market
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mark Zandi has more riding on this week's U.S. labor data than most other economists. The chief economist of Moody's Analytics is helping to overhaul the...
Wall Street ends higher in short session, led by techs
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks rose for a fifth day during a holiday-shortened, thinly traded session on Friday as investors picked up recently beaten-down shares of large technology companies. Market...
Wall Street ends higher in short session, led by techs
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks rose for a fifth day during a holiday-shortened, thinly traded session on Friday as investors picked up recently beaten-down shares of large technology companies. Market...
Bernanke sees good 2013 if “fiscal cliff” avoided
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Tuesday that 2013 could be a "very good year" for the U.S. economy if politicians can strike a quick...