Circuit breakers could halt trading on stock market

NEW YORK — This morning, stock market futures trading hit limits as investors bet that the market would take a plunge. Dow Jones industrials […]

Wachovia’s future still in play

The future of Wachovia Corp., and its 4,800 St. Louis employees, is in limbo and could be tangled in a prolonged legal fight.
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Crisis spreads as bailout focus on House

Shockwaves from the global credit crisis spread on Thursday rattling industries around the world and raising the stakes for Congress to finish up a […]

Oil rises near $100 a barrel

NEW YORK – Oil prices rose past US$100 a barrel today, gaining for a third day as a U.S. government plan to absorb billions […]

Toronto, Hamilton race to the bottom

Hamilton and Toronto are poised to have the two "slowest growing" metropolitan economies this year because the higher Canadian dollar and falling American demand are […]

Fed: Economy struggles, prices remain high

The nation struggled with slow economic growth and still-high prices that are weighing on consumers and businesses alike as the race for the White […]

It may be too soon to exit oil-dollar bet

The long oil/short dollar bet may be off the table for now as energy prices ease and the U.S. currency rises, but inflation and […]

UBS universal bank model breaks, rivals defiant

UBS’s (UBSN.VX: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) blunt admission that its universal banking model blurs risk, adds complexity and can eat up capital will […]

Wachovia, other U.S. banks post dismal results

Wachovia Corp (WB.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) and Washington Mutual Inc (WM.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) led several large U.S. banks in […]

JPMorgan profit falls but beats forecasts

JPMorgan Chase & Co said on Thursday that second-quarter profit fell more than 50 percent, hurt by $1.1 billion in write-downs at its investment […]