For the week, the major indexes were mixed, with the Dow Jones industrials showing a modest gain, the Standard & Poor's 500 slipping and the Nasdaq showing no change, finishing exactly where it began ... The dollar was down against other major ...

"The two economic numbers that came out today were still rather on the negative side, and they point to further weakness in economic activity," said Peter Cardillo, chief market economist at New York- based brokerage house Avalon Partners Inc ... ...

I didn't read the story in the paper today, but by what you told us (overall market down 30%, million dollar homes down by 11%), it seems that the moral of the story is, despite the downturn, the pain of the housing bubble isn't hurting the ...

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PAARL, South Africa - Chris Evert and Greg Norman are engaged, less than a year after divorces from longtime spouses ... Evert and former husband Andy Mill, a World Cup and Olympic skier from Colorado, divorced last ...

By MADLEN READ By Madlen Read The Associated Press NEW YORK Wall Street reversed earlier losses and rallied Tuesday after IBM approved a $15 billion stock buyback, suggesting to investors that there still are some companies out ...

  But to Bush, this stimulus is yet another chance to score a point for his complete faith in tax cuts for the rich and a gift to business ...   The present economy lost because this stimulus package now contains homeopathic amounts of ...

Investors track consumer confidence figures because consumer spending represents about two-thirds of economic activity in the United States ... The dollar fell against other major currencies, while gold prices ...

" It marks the simultaneous expiration of contracts for stock index futures, stock index options, stock options and single stock futures and often leads to heavy trading near the start and end of the session ... The dollar was mixed against other major ...

"We're going to go through a period where the markets are going to focus on the macro-data, and any adverse piece of news about the credit markets," he said ... The dollar strengthened against most major ...

By TIM PARADIS By Tim Paradis The Associated Press NEW YORK Wall Street finished an erratic week narrowly mixed Friday after a government report of a steep decline in new-home sales stirred concerns that weakness in housing will ...

html I can't believe liberal minded individuals would ever vote for something they had not read, or worse, that a person of that persuasion would simply vote in favor of something because they think they will like the book, or because they know ...

And I disagree, there are a plethora of points to hate Bush for, but yes, sending the troops into battle while simultaneously mocking their sacrifice by cutting VA medical benefits and fixing the intel to fit the policy has gotta ramk at the top ... ...

The rise in January retail sales alleviated some of the market's worries that consumers were retrenching because of rising fuel prices, a faltering real estate sector and a choppy stock market ... business inventories grew a little more than ...

The Dow Jones industrial average had been down nearly 130 points but by the close showed a 225-point reversal ... The dollar was mixed against other major currencies, while gold prices ...

On Thursday, the nation's retailers turned in their worst January in almost four decades as high gas and food prices, a slumping housing market, tighter credit and a tougher job market pushed consumers to the edge ... Even at department ...