Business
U.S. factory orders fall sharply, order books shrinking
WASHINGTON - New orders for U.S. factory goods fell for a fifth straight month in December, but a smaller-than-previously reported drop in business spending plans supported views of a rebound in the months ahead.
Recent Business News
S&P reaches $1.5 billion deal with U.S., states over crisis-era ratings
- Credit rating firm Standard & Poor's will pay $1.5 billion to resolve a collection of lawsuits over its ratings on mortgage securities that soured in the run-up to the 2008 financial crisis, concluding one of the U.S. government's most ambitious cases tied to the housing collapse. | Video
Exclusive: Amid U.S. probes, Caesars poaches top money laundering expert
- Caesars Entertainment Corp , under investigation by the U.S. Treasury and a federal grand jury over alleged failures to comply with anti-money laundering law, has hired away Wal-Mart Stores Inc's top expert.
Credit Suisse exits U.S. retail market making business
NEW YORK - Credit Suisse Group is getting out of the U.S. equity retail market making business by the end of the first quarter after failing to gain enough scale to make a go of it, the bank confirmed on Tuesday.
How the Actavis deal upended Allergan No. 2's CEO ambitions
NEW YORK - For two decades, Allergan Inc president Doug Ingram labored to transform the Botox-maker from a sleepy eye care upstart to a global aesthetics giant. He was just a few months away from getting the top job when a merger deal with Actavis Plc in November thwarted his ambitions.
Trucks, SUVs drive U.S. vehicle sales in January
DETROIT - January U.S. car sales by the three Detroit-based automakers topped analysts' expectations, as low gasoline prices and easy credit terms helped fuel sales of utility vehicles and big pickups. | Video
Markets
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266.22 |
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| S&P 500 | 2,044.43 |
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23.58 |
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| NASDAQ | 4,712.83 |
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36.14 |
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| TR US Index | 184.73 |
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2.03 |
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| Energy |
+3.25%
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| Basic Materials |
+1.58%
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| Industrials |
+1.03%
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| Cyclical Goods & Services |
+1.21%
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| Non-Cyclical Goods & Services |
+0.14%
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| Financials |
+1.53%
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| Healthcare |
+0.03%
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| Technology |
+0.62%
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| Telecoms |
+1.42%
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| Utilities |
+0.17%
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