AP - Stocks finished a volatile session lower Tuesday, with a conflicting report on wholesale inflation and questions about the Federal Reserve's interest rate policy creating uncertainty for investors.

Reuters - A perfect storm of high energy prices, government subsidies and renewed interest from Wall Street is boosting investment in wind, solar and other alternative energy projects, said fund managers and other experts on Monday at a conference on renewable energy.

Matthew Borghese - AHN Staff Writer New York, New York (AHN) - U.S. software giant, Oracle, reveals it had a much better quarter than Wall Street predicted, with profit up 42 percent. Oracle reports third quarter profit is up to $765 million, at the end of February, marking the largest rise...

AP - Wall Street's four-day rally stalled Monday, with the major indexes mixed as investors weighed whether the Federal Reserve's string of interest rate hikes might actually be coming to an end.

AP - Wall Street extended its rally into a fifth day Monday, rising modestly as investors speculated that the Federal Reserve's string of interest rate hikes might actually be coming to an end.

Reuters - Michaels Stores Inc. , the largest arts-and-crafts retailer in the United States, is expected to announce strategic alternatives that could lead to sale of the company, the Wall Street Journal said on Monday.

Reuters - St. Paul Travelers Cos. on Sunday denied reports that it's been in merger discussions with Zurich Financial Services Group , according to a report in the online version of the Wall Street Journal.

Reuters - Wall Street will examine U.S. inflation data this week for any signal that an end to Federal Reserve interest-rate increases is in sight, and if it likes what it sees, stocks could climb to five-year highs.

Reuters - General Motors Corp. disclosure of accounting errors and an additional $2 billion loss for 2005 on Friday deepened Wall Street doubts about the company's management and renewed questions about the automaker's long-term survival.

AP - Stocks posted a modest advance Friday as a rebound in manufacturing activity and lower oil prices helped Wall Street look past disappointing earnings news from General Motors Corp. and American International Group Inc.

Reuters - Wall Street is poised for a mixed start to trade as investors take stock of the string of gains this week and look to glean indications on the health of the U.S. economy from the University of Michigan survey.

Reuters - Viacom Inc.'s Paramount Pictures is close to completing a $900 million deal to sell its DreamWorks film library to financier George Soros's investment fund, the Wall Street Journal said on Friday, citing sources familiar with the situation.

Reuters - St. Paul Travelers Cos. is discussing the possibility of a merger with Zurich Financial Services of Switzerland in what could be one of the largest acquisitions by a U.S. company in Europe, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.

AP - Bear Stearns Cos. on Thursday became the third brokerage in as many days to post record first-quarter earnings and revenues, but the good news was overshadowed by old problems — illegal market timing practices that bilked mutual fund investors out of millions.

Julie Farby - AHN Staff Writer Atlanta, GA (AHN)—Sending its shares up more than 10 percent, the No. 1 book retailer, Barnes & Noble Inc. reported better-than-expected fourth period profit and forecast earnings for the current quarter above Wall Street estimates. Bookseller Barnes...

AP - Bullish data on inflation and the housing market sent stocks mostly higher Thursday, with the Dow Jones industrials and Standard & Poor's 500 index posting nearly five-year highs for the third straight session. A jump in oil prices moderated the gains, however, and the Nasdaq composite index finished lower.

AP - Bear Stearns Cos. on Thursday became the third brokerage in as many days to posted record first-quarter earnings and revenues, but the good news was overshadowed by old problems — illegal market timing practices that bilked mutual fund investors out of millions.

AP - Bear Stearns Cos. said Thursday it was fined $250 million by the New York Stock Exchange and the Securities and Exchange Commission for fraudulent market timing and late trading of mutual funds.

Reuters - U.S. consumer prices rose a modest 0.1 percent last month, both overall and excluding food and energy, the government said on Thursday in a report showing even less inflation pressure than Wall Street expected.

Reuters - DaimlerChrysler's (DCXGn.DE) Chrysler Group is expected to announce a cut in health-care benefits for its salaried employees, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.