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Personal incomes and spending come in flat for June, worse than the slight gains anticipated.

U.S. markets experienced a steep selloff Friday as disappointing earnings reports from major corporate icons and depressing consumer sentiment report pushed the Dow down 250 points.

The stock market staged its biggest rally since May on Wednesday, driving the Dow Jones industrial average above 10000, as investors rushed to buy blue-chip shares near their lowest levels this year. The hope was that coming quarterly ...

So much for the $10 Web story. Dow Jones & Co. indicated to a federal judge Friday that it wanted roughly $10,000 per infringed article from financial information service Briefing.com to settle a suit accusing the Web-based company of swiping verbatim content minutes after publication.

Better-than-expected orders for U.S.-made manufactured goods lead equities higher in morning trading.

The Dow Jones industrials plunged below 10,000 Tuesday after traders dumped stocks on worries about the global economy and tensions between North and South Korea.

Futures trades by Waddell & Reed, a mutual fund based in Kansas, have been linked to the May 6 “flash crash” of the Dow.

Lionsgate may have the making of an agreement with Carl Icahn that includes giving the corporate raider coveted boardroom representation, Dow Jones reported Friday.

Stocks are plunging as investors give in to fears that Greece's debt problems will spread and halt the global economic recovery.

The Dow Jones industrial average jumped back above 10,000 on hope that the European Union will help Greece manage its growing debt burden.