NEW YORK — A federal judge is allowing a portion of a proposed class-action securities fraud lawsuit against Citigroup Inc., several executives and a board member to go forward. In a ruling filed Tuesday, Judge Sidney H. Stein said enough ...

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NEW YORK — Gay civil rights groups trying to build momentum for a possible Supreme Court showdown filed two lawsuits Tuesday that seek to strike down portions of a 1996 law that denies married gay couples federal benefits. The lawsuits ...

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NEW YORK — Stocks fell in afternoon trading Tuesday, a day after the Dow Jones industrial average snapped a six-session gaining streak with a modest decline. Gold prices reached new highs as the dollar jumped 0.5 percent. A weaker dollar ...

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NEW YORK — Hoping to drum up support for independent merchants, American Express’ CEO said Monday that his company will promote “Small Business Saturday” on the weekend after Thanksgiving. “This is the start of a movement,” said Kenneth Chenault, who ...

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NEW YORK — Stocks are pulling back as traders retreat from a rally that brought indexes to their highest level since the peak of the financial crisis in September 2008. Gold crossed $1,400 an ounce to another record on Monday ...

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NEW YORK — A jury deliberated only a few hours before concluding Thursday that Citigroup did not fool a British private equity firm into buying music company EMI in 2007 at an inflated price, ending a three-week trial that had ...

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NEW YORK — New York City’s bedbugs have climbed out of bed and marched into landmarks like the Empire State Building, Bloomingdale’s and Lincoln Center, causing fresh anxiety among tourists who are canceling Big Apple vacations planned for the height ...

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NEW YORK — Citigroup Inc., one of the largest banks in the world, reported its third straight quarter of profit Monday in another sign that the American consumer is healing. The New York bank, which is still 12 percent owned ...

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NEW YORK — In his essay “Taming the Bicycle,” Mark Twain cautiously recommended bicycling: “You will not regret it, if you live.” That has always gone doubly for biking in New York. But the city has undergone a two-wheeled makeover. ...

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