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The stock market drifted lower Monday as investors looked ahead to a busy week for corporate earnings.

U.S. stocks were little changed in early trading Thursday as investors assessed company earnings.

U.S. stocks moved higher in early trading Thursday, rebounding after a two-day slide.

Asian stock markets bounded higher Thursday after weak data from major economies boosted hopes for stimulus and a slow pace for U.S. interest rate hikes.

Federal regulators have charged two major U.S. food companies, Kraft and Mondelez, with manipulating prices for wheat and wheat futures in a scheme that reaped more than $5.4 million in profit.

GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruz could soon be buying his family's health care coverage through the Affordable Health Care Act he has vowed to dismantle.

Sen. Ted Cruz said Tuesday he is signing up his family for health care coverage through the Affordable Care Act, a law the Republican presidential candidate has vowed to repeal should he win the White House.

Asian stock markets drifted Monday as investors hunkered down ahead of a Federal Reserve meeting this week that may set the stage for the first U.S. interest rate hike since the global financial crisis.

Switzerland's largest bank, UBS, has agreed to pay $135 million to settle claims that it helped rig currency-exchange rates in a scheme involving some of the world's biggest banks.

The stock market sank early Wednesday, drifting further from record highs.

The U.S. stock market fell in early Friday trading as investors looked for a breakthrough in the difficult negotiations between Greece and its European creditors over its debt repayment plan.

Global stocks appeared set for quiet and lower trading Friday after most markets in Asia were closed for the Lunar New Year holidays, except for Tokyo, where shares continued to rise on optimism about the Japanese economy.

U.S. stocks were slightly lower in midday trading Tuesday as investors continued to watch Greece's debt talks and hoped a deal would eventually be reached to keep the country from falling out of the eurozone.

U.S. stocks were slightly lower in early trading Wednesday.

Global stock markets faltered Thursday as the European standoff over Greece's international bailout intensified, tempering optimism from China's latest move to boost its economy.

U.S. stocks rose broadly Thursday, helped by a rebound in the price of oil and a rise in health care stocks following Pfizer's $16 billion deal to buy drugmaker Hospira.

Health care stocks were leading early gains in U.S. trading, while the energy sector also rose as the price of oil recovered from a stumble.

Australian stocks jumped to a near-seven-year high after an interest rate cut Tuesday and Chinese stocks rebounded from a losing streak, leading most other global markets higher as jitters about Greece's new government subsided.

Asian stock markets rose Wednesday after a jump in oil prices helped push U.S. shares sharply higher and Japanese economic data showed improvement.

Asian stock markets were mostly lower Monday after Chinese manufacturing weakened and oil went on roller-coaster ride.