Commodities

Canadian pipeline company Enbridge agreed to buy Spectra Energy amid a prolonged downturn in commodities.

Wall Street pared gains in early afternoon trading on Friday as investors feared the weaker-than-expected August employment report will not be enough to dissuade the Federal Reserve from raising interest rates as soon as this month.

Wall Street pared gains in early afternoon trading on Friday as investors feared the weaker-than-expected August employment report will not be enough to dissuade the Federal Reserve from raising interest rates as soon as this month.

Oil prices rose Friday as the dollar weakened following an August jobs report that showed more muted hiring growth than many anticipated.

Oil prices rose Friday as the dollar weakened following an August jobs report that showed more muted hiring growth than many anticipated.

U.S. stocks were flat on Thursday, with gains in the tech sector offseting sluggish factory activity data and lower oil prices, as investors exercised caution ahead of a key payrolls report on Friday.

U.S. stocks were flat on Thursday, with gains in the tech sector offseting sluggish factory activity data and lower oil prices, as investors exercised caution ahead of a key payrolls report on Friday.

Wall Street was down on Wednesday, with the benchmark S&P 500 index marking its biggest decline in four weeks, as a sharp drop in oil prices weighed on energy stocks.

Wall Street was down on Wednesday, with the benchmark S&P 500 index marking its biggest decline in four weeks, as a sharp drop in oil prices weighed on energy stocks.

Oil prices continued to fall Wednesday after weekly inventory data showed that U.S. stockpiles of crude oil increased more than anticipated to a record high.

Oil prices continued to fall Wednesday after weekly inventory data showed that U.S. stockpiles of crude oil increased more than anticipated to a record high.

Apple dragged down U.S. stocks after EU antitrust regulators ordered the company to pay about $14.5 billion in back taxes to the Irish government, but a gain in financial stocks limited the impact.

Apple dragged down U.S. stocks after EU antitrust regulators ordered the company to pay about $14.5 billion in back taxes to the Irish government, but a gain in financial stocks limited the impact.

Oil prices fell Tuesday on a report that Iran plans to increase its production by year-end and a strengthening dollar.

Oil prices fell Tuesday on a report that Iran plans to increase its production by year-end and a strengthening dollar.

Once a staple of American households and the commodities market, frozen concentrated orange juice now appears to be vanishing from breakfast tables across the country as well as market portfolios. Ingalls & Snyder Investment Management Senior V.P. Roger Corrado weighed in on the factors that caused it to fall out of favor with consumers and investors.

U.S. stock markets and the dollar climbed on Monday while European share markets fell, following comments by top Federal Reserve officials that bolstered expectations for an interest rate hike by the U.S. central bank this year.

U.S. stock markets and the dollar climbed on Monday while European share markets fell, following comments by top Federal Reserve officials that bolstered expectations for an interest rate hike by the U.S. central bank this year.

Wall Street reversed course to trade lower on Friday afternoon after hawkish comments from Federal Reserve Vice Chair Stanley Fischer raised the specter of a rate hike as soon as next month.

Wall Street reversed course to trade lower on Friday afternoon after hawkish comments from Federal Reserve Vice Chair Stanley Fischer raised the specter of a rate hike as soon as next month.