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U.S. stocks are heading lower on Tuesday amid renewed worries about the outlook for global growth.

U.S. stocks are rising in early trading, shaking off a three-day slump, as the latest round of company earnings news brought several positive surprises.

Asian stock markets were little changed Friday as lack of progress in bailout negotiations between Greece and its creditors dampened the positive impulse from upbeat U.S. retail and jobs data.

U.S. stocks climbed in early trading Thursday, snapping a three-day losing streak.

Deutsche Bank shares tumbled following a surprise 4Q loss due to a steep drop in debt trading revenues, heavy litigation and restructuring costs.

A federal judge has ruled that former Mamtek CEO Bruce Cole committed fraud to obtain almost $1.3 million from bond funds that were to be used to build an artificial sweetener plant in Moberly.

Strength at Standard & Poor's helped drive McGraw Hill to a third-quarter beat and prompted management to raise its outlook.

The ratings firm cited tougher regulation, fragile global markets and Europe's weak economy.

A person familiar with the matter says Bank of America has agreed to pay between $16 billion and $17 billion to settle an investigation into its sale of mortgage-backed securities before the financial crisis.

U.S. government bond yields rose Wednesday as Federal Reserve officials offered the latest signal of an interest-rate increase next month.

It’s getting real cheap to borrow ... so why aren’t folks borrowing?

It’s getting real cheap to borrow ... so why aren’t folks borrowing?

Bond funds are bleeding value as the market adjusts to the end of quantitative easing and interest rates lurch back up to something like historical norms.

Massive IOU: Verizon Communications launched a $49 billion bond offering to help finance its $130 billion buyout of Verizon Wireless. 

Japanese stocks rose after poor quarterly economic data raised hopes of fresh economic stimulus while other Asian indexes were steadier as the yuan stabilized after last week's shock devaluation.

Attorneys say an investment firm has settled a federal lawsuit accusing it of bilking investors out of $39 million in a failed effort to build an artificial sweetener plant in Missouri.

The European Central Bank plans to start buying a type of bonds known as asset-backed securities.

Citigroup Inc. says it's been told by the Securities and Exchange Commission that the agency has completed its investigation of the bank's conduct regarding mortgage bonds and won't bring further enforcement action.

Experts applaud credit ratings competition, noting the Big Three firms dominated the ratings business for years, gobbling up about 90% of the market.

The talks could lead to a settlement worth about $6 billion with institutional investors like BlackRock and Pimco.