Markets
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Oil stays below $50 as recovery hopes wane
Apr 22, 2009 11:00 pm - COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Oil prices wavered below $50 Thursday with a number of major U.S. companies reporting larger-than-expected profits, but there was still plenty of evide...
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Falling bank stocks unravel stock rally
Apr 21, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Nagging worries about banks have again weighed on the stock market. Stocks are ending mixed following lackluster quarterly reports from Morgan Stanley and cr...
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Oil hovers under $48 ahead of U.S. inventory report
Apr 21, 2009 11:00 pm - VIENNA --Oil prices slipped below $48 a barrel Wednesday on expectations that the latest snapshot of U.S. crude inventories will offer new evidence of weak demand. Bench...
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Oil prices up as stock market rises
Apr 20, 2009 11:00 pm - COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Oil prices gained ground Tuesday as the stock market rose on the strength of bank stocks, even as weak corporate profits and a global oil glut signaled...
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Banks pull stock market higher after sell-off
Apr 20, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner convinced Wall Street to give banks another chance Tuesday. Geithner's assertion that "the vast majority" of banks have e...
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Stocks slide on renewed bank worries
Apr 19, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Investors are back to worrying about banks. Long-present unease about soured loans bubbled over on Monday after Bank of America Corp. said it set aside $13.4...
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Oil below $47 as stocks tumble
Apr 19, 2009 11:00 pm - SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- Oil prices plunged with the equity markets Monday as investors nervous about a week chock-full of corporate earnings reports sought safer havens in ...
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European stocks higher after Citigroup earnings
Apr 16, 2009 11:00 pm - LONDON -- European stock markets rose Friday, with Wall Street expected to open higher, following better than expected earnings from U.S. banking giant Citigroup Inc. an...
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Stocks end higher, keep 6-week rally alive
Apr 16, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - Wall Street found enough in the latest earnings reports to keep its six-week rally alive. Stocks ended another winning week with a modest advance Friday as ea...
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Investors see safety in oil, prices above $50
Apr 16, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Benchmark crude for May delivery on Friday added 35 cents to settle at $50.33 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. With the May contract ending next...