NEW YORK — Renewed worries about the health of the job market are driving stocks lower after the government reported an unexpected jump in unemployment claims. The Labor Department said that first-time claims for unemployment benefits rose last week to ...

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Stocks slid Thursday after claims for unemployment benefits rose unexpectedly for the first time in three weeks. The Labor Department said Thursday that 412,000 people applied for unemployment benefits last week. Economists expected claims to fall. Applications for benefits peaked ...

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NEW YORK — A battle for control of the New York Stock Exchange moved into dueling appeals to shareholders Monday, a day after a rival bidder complained that its $11.3 billion bid was rejected without discussion. NYSE Euronext Inc. said ...

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NEW YORK — Stocks plunged Tuesday, and bond prices rose, as the nuclear crisis in Japan intensified following a deadly earthquake and tsunami. The Dow Jones industrial average fell more than 200 points. The market dropped sharply at the start ...

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CHICAGO — As a historic bull market reaches its second birthday, everyday investors are piling back into stocks, finally ready for more risk and hoping the rally has further to go. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index has almost doubled ...

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When Jay Ricker, owner of the BP gas station off Interstate 70 in Plainfield, Ind., set the price of unleaded gasoline at $3.44 per gallon on Monday of last week, it was 4 cents higher than the Friday before. That ...

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Marriott International Inc. is splitting into two publicly traded companies. The Bethesda-based company said as it reported on its earnings Monday that it will spin off its timeshare development and management company later this year. The remaining business will concentrate ...

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NEW YORK — Goldman Sachs Group Inc. has prohibited U.S. investors from participating in a private offering expected to raise up to $1.5 billion for social networking site Facebook, citing widespread media coverage that could run afoul of securities guidelines. ...

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BETHESDA — American Capital Agency Corp. said it had priced its public offering of 23.4 million shares at $28 per share, and expects it to generate net proceeds of approximately $625 million after expenses. The offered price announced late Thursday ...

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NEW YORK — A reported investment by Goldman Sachs and a Russian investor of $500 million in Facebook is a further sign that the social networking behemoth is becoming a powerful force even outside of tech circles, even as the ...

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