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Stocks end higher after light trading day

9 Sep 2010 at 2:05pm
Stocks posted tepid gains, down slightly from their earlier rally Thursday as investors weighed b...

Big bank bloodbath fears. They're ba-ack!

8 Sep 2010 at 12:51pm
Have you looked at how big bank stocks have done in the past few months? If so, you can be forgiv...

Stocks end higher after Obama speech

8 Sep 2010 at 2:25pm
Stocks ended Wednesday higher as investors shifted their focus from worries about European banks ...

Follow the smart money -- and the crowd

8 Sep 2010 at 8:14am
Hedge fund manager Bill Ackman banked a $1 billion profit in 2008 on MBIA after waging a multiyea...

Is Mark Hurd really worth $6 billion to Oracle?

7 Sep 2010 at 12:40pm
If it weren't insulting enough that Oracle CEO Larry Ellison publicly blasted Hewlett-Packard for...

Welfare bill 'to be cut by extra £4bn'

9 Sep 2010 at 1:58pm
The government is planning to reduce the annual welfare bill by a further £4bn, Chancellor George...

US pastor cancels Koran burning

9 Sep 2010 at 3:25pm
US pastor Terry Jones cancels his Koran burning event, saying those behind an Islamic centre near...

Soldiers 'kept Afghan body parts'

9 Sep 2010 at 1:33pm
A group of US soldiers murdered a number of Afghan civilians and took body parts as trophies, doc...

MPs back new phone hacking probe

9 Sep 2010 at 12:44pm
MPs back calls for a fresh parliamentary investigation into phone hacking claims after criticism ...

Defence firm BAE cuts 1,000 jobs

9 Sep 2010 at 7:29am
BAE Systems announces it is to axe almost 1,000 jobs across the UK, with 740 to go from five site...