Experts puzzle over $2 billion bid for Clippers
Steve Ballmer's $2 billion offer for the Los Angeles Clippers — nearly four times the record sale for an NBA team — has experts puzzling over how the former Microsoft...
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Survey: Millions have more credit card debt than savings
Barely half the U.S. population has more in emergency savings than in credit card debt, a sign of Americans' lingering financial troubles despite a convalescing economy, according to a new...
Record number of educated women are ‘marrying down’
A record number of American women are "marrying down," tying the knot with a husband who is less educated than they are, according to a new study. Nearly 21% of...
Tuesday is the most productive day of the workweek
It's Tuesday, so you're probably going to very productive at work today. Nearly 4 in 10 human-resource managers say employees' most productive day of the week is Tuesday, far more...
Nasdaq index briefly tops 4,000 for first time in 13 years
First came the Dow. Then the S&P; 500. And now the Nasdaq is reaching a milestone. The technology-laden Nasdaq composite index briefly jumped above 4,000 on Monday, the first time...
Tribune Co. bankruptcy case on hold until May
Tribune Co.'s long-running sojourn in bankruptcy shows no sign of ending soon. A federal judge said in a ruling Thursday that he won't hold a confirmation hearing on plans to...
Global markets buckle on fears of new financial meltdown
The strain of deteriorating economic conditions and the failure of governments to contain the damage are raising fears that a new financial market meltdown may be unavoidable. The grim mood...
Stock market swings rattle individual investors
The stock market's sudden downturn over the last month has left shellshocked investors asking a disturbingly familiar question: What should I do now? Coming less than three years after stinging...
The bull market turns 2, but can it make it to 3?
Hold the champagne. For the second anniversary of the bull market in stocks, a barrel of crude might be a better gift. As Wall Street marks two straight years of...
Dow slides again, but focus on prior day’s debacle
As stock markets skidded further Friday, regulators scrambled to explain the cause of Thursday's nearly 1,000-point midday dive in the Dow Jones industrial average. The Dow endured another roller-coaster ride...