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U.S. stocks rose ahead of next week's busy earnings schedule, but still finished lower for the week. On Tuesday, Yahoo! and Intel kick off earnings in the tech sector with eBay following on Wednesday. Investors will also see results from Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase in the...

U.S. stocks rose on a light volume trading session following a three day weekend. Regardless, the S&P 500 index hit a new intraday all time high of 1,912.28. Tuesday's trading session saw the release of mostly positive economic data including durable goods and the S&P/Case-Shiller...

U.S. stocks were little moved with the news-flow light, as would be expected prior to a long-weekend. In fact, Thursday's trading session proved to be the second lowest volume day of 2014. The S&P 500 closed above 1,900 and came within striking distance of matching its intraday all time...

The Netflix smash-hit political drama House Of Cards portrays a coercive relationship between a billionaire entrepreneur and the President of the United States. It has been rumored that this character, Raymond Tusk, is based on Berkshire Hathaway’s Warren Buffett. This is an understandable...

U.S. stocks rose after Federal Reserve boss Janet Yellen appeared in the hot-seat today speaking to the Committee on Financial Services and U.S. House of Representatives. Yellen said that it is too soon to determine the extent of which cold weather played a role in a recent batch of poor economic...

As detailed previously on Benzinga, recent reports from BP (NYSE: BP), Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM), and the International Energy Agency have all predicted an increase in the demand for coal. For some, that could be difficult to see with how securities in the industry have been performing: over the...

U.S. stocks rose on Thursday as investors and traders focused on the positives. Data showed that the economy expanded in the fourth quarter as consumer spending gained traction. "Today the market is focused on the good news, or the developed world," Bill Stone, chief investment strategist at...

Tuesday, Chicago Fed boss Charles Evans said that 2013 growth will likely fall short of expectations. In what is clearly a growing sign of Twitter's (NYSE: TWTR) ability to deliver news, the Chicago Fed live-tweeted Evan's speech which was given to Illinois bankers. Most notable was: @...

Labor Day marks the unofficial end of summer. Week-long vacations are done, weekend trips to the lake are winding down, and for sports fanatics, here comes football season. But there’s a lot of science behind Labor Day. Consumers spend in very predictable ways making this weekend a key revenue...

Sally Jewell is a retail executive and outdoor enthusiast. She has worked in commercial banking and as an engineer for Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM). She also served on the board of directors of Avista Corp. (NYSE: AVA), a Spokane-based power utility, from 1997 through 2003. And, Jewell is...

Italy's Eni SpA has entered into talks with Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) to buy the American oil giant's Austrian subsidiary, acoording to Italian newspaper Il Messaggero. An unidentified source claimed that the two sides had been discussing terms of a deal for months and that the two sides could...