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Even if your portfolio is way down, you might be patting yourself on the back: At least you didn't invest with Bernard Madoff.

WASHINGTON - Federal health officials opened a criminal investigation today into the Georgia peanut-processing plant at the center of the national salmonella outbreak.

The economy shrank at its fastest pace in nearly 27 years in the fourth quarter, government data showed on Friday, sinking deeper into a recession that the White House said demanded urgent action.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has ordered Greeley-based New Frontier Bank to stop 'unsound banking practices and violations of laws and regulations.' The FDIC issued the cease-and-desist order in early ...

Consumer confidence rose to a four-month high in January, helped by optimism that President Barack Obama's new administration might bring relief from a year-long recession, a survey showed on Friday.

Merrill Lynch on Friday agreed to pay a US$1-million civil fine to settle with U.S. regulators who accused the company of misleading pension consulting clients and failing to disclose conflicts of interest in ...

Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Pozen Inc., The Boeing Company, HCP, Inc., Lindsay Corporation and Peabody Energy.

WASHINGTON: A day after President Barack Obama bashed bailed-out banks for giving huge bonuses, the White House pledged action against such "irresponsible" behaviour and a Democratic senator proposed capping ...

The Dow Jones industrial averages and Standard and Poor's 500 have completed their worst January on record.

Analysis and Discussion with Thomas McManus of Wachovia Securities: 2009 S&P Target is 1015, Hoping Economy Will Turn Around in 3Q