The riskier end of the U.S. stock market is back in favor. That includes small stocks, stocks badly hurt by the financial crisis and those most dependent on global economic growth.
Asian stock markets were mostly higher Monday, but gains were modest as investors searched for fresh catalysts, with export stocks helping push the Nikkei up 0.3%.
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The battle over U.S. sugar quotas is flaring once more as the gap between domestic and much-lower global prices reaches its widest level in at least a decade.
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U.S. manufacturing has staged an impressive rebound, but the improvement hasn't been evenly spread, with sectors heavily exposed to the ailing housing market still hurting.
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The currency has stayed stubbornly strong this year, confounding expectations and hurting attempts to revive the world's second-largest economy. Even Japan's prime minister has tried to talk down the currency, so far unsuccessfully.
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Dubai's stock market surged by nearly 4% as optimism grows that the government's debt-saddled conglomerate Dubai World is close to presenting a viable plan to creditors over $22 billion in unpaid bills.
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Some investors think a pick up in U.S. economic activity will convince the Fed to hint at plans to raise the fed funds rate later this year by on Tuesday dropping a commitment to low interest rates for an "extended period".
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Investors await a key statement from the Federal Reserve next week.
This week, the Dow Industrials rose 58.49 points, or 0.55% to 10624.69, the Nasdaq Composite gained 41.31 points, or 1.78% to 2367.66 and the S&P 500 added 11.29 points, or 0.99% to 1149.99.
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Proposed new rules for valuing financial assets such as loans could mean big changes to bank balance sheets.
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Shares in Pier 1 have outraced nearly every stock in the market over the past year. Higher same-store sales and margins suggest that a strategic overhaul has borne fruit and that the retailer's recovery is far from over.
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Federal tax credits for home buyers are some of the best deals around—but you'll have to jump through some hoops to get one before the deadline.
Asian stock markets were mostly higher Monday, but gains were modest as investors searched for fresh catalysts, with export stocks helping push the Nikkei up 0.3%.
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Some investors think a pick up in U.S. economic activity will convince the Fed to hint at plans to raise the fed funds rate later this year by on Tuesday dropping a commitment to low interest rates for an "extended period".
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The battle over U.S. sugar quotas is flaring once more as the gap between domestic and much-lower global prices reaches its widest level in at least a decade.
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Premier Wen Jiabao had sharp words for Washington, ceding little ground on China's currency policy and suggesting that U.S. efforts to boost its exports by weakening the dollar amounted to "a kind of trade protectionism."
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Active portfolio managers have outperformed many exchange-traded funds, thanks to surging small-cap stocks.
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Asian stock markets were mostly higher Monday, but gains were modest as investors searched for fresh catalysts, with export stocks helping push the Nikkei up 0.3%.
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Bank of America plans to seek approval from China to expand its operations in the fast-growing country and is discussing the need to incorporate locally. The Charlotte. N.C. bank lags many rivals there.
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They appear quite content with current oil prices, but measuring energy demand and addressing a decline in output-quota compliance rank as two stiff challenges that OPEC members will confront this week.
Promised pensions benefits for public-sector employees represent a massive overhang that threatens the financial future of many cities and states.
A word from Google's CEO and a question about the future of Apple.


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