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President Barack Obama said Friday that regulatory authorities were probing one of the wildest trading days in Wall Street history that left investors, government officials and traders scratching around for a cause.

There were more winners than losers on Wall Street on the first trading day after the landmark health care bill was passed by ...

The stock market continued its advance of the past month after the Fed said it would keep interest rates low to revive the economy.

A strong stock market and a steady stream of premiums from its vast insurance holdings helped Berkshire Hathaway Inc. bounce back last year from a rough 2008 but the company underperformed the broader market, results released early Saturday showed.

GMAC plans to return to the stock markets with an IPO in the next two years, in a move aimed at gradually exiting from government help and eventually repaying its rescue aid.

Materials and energy stocks were among those pulling the U.S. stock market to a weak opening. Home Depot gained on Lowe's earnings report.

As markets boom, Fed officials and central bank researchers are looking for ways to keep housing and credit bubbles from happening in the first place.

Wall Street shares were slightly lower as investors tried to assess the fallout from Dubai’s debt crisis as well as retail sales from the kickoff of the Christmas shopping season.

World stock markets fell sharply Thursday as investors fretted over the debt problems at Dubai World, a government investment company, and the continued fall in the dollar.