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Thanks to its efforts to weaken the franc, the Swiss central bank has amassed $750 billion in stocks, bonds and cash.

Global stock markets meandered in mixed trading on Wednesday following a record high finish for the Dow industrial average.

Global stock markets meandered in mixed trading on Wednesday following a record high finish for the Dow industrial average.

Thanks to its efforts to weaken the franc, the Swiss central bank has amassed $750 billion in stocks, bonds and cash.

U.S. stocks are rising Tuesday, with banks posting some of the biggest gains.

U.S. stocks are rising Tuesday, with banks posting some of the biggest gains.

The Dow had its sights on the 22,000 milestone on Tuesday, as stocks continued their record run amid strong corporate earnings.

The Dow had its sights on the 22,000 milestone on Tuesday, as stocks continued their record run amid strong corporate earnings.

Coin experts say they have found the first silver piece minted by the United States

Venezuela is in such dire financial straits that the country’s currency, the bolivar, is now less valuable on the black market than fictional “gold” in Blizzard’s “World of Warcraft” computer game, according to a report by Fortune magazine Tuesday.

Old inns along the Revolutionary War trails boast of George Washington sleeping there.

Old inns along the Revolutionary War trails boast of George Washington sleeping there.

The Dow maintained its momentum and climbed toward a new record high on Monday.

The S&P 500 slipped on Friday on negative reactions to earnings reports from high-profile names such as Amazon, Exxon and Starbucks and a drop in shares of tobacco companies.

Asian shares slid Friday as investors assessed corporate earnings reports, with a sell-off in Wall Street tech stocks pressuring sentiment.

Big gains for Facebook, Verizon Communications and other companies reporting healthier-than-expected results nudged U.S. stock indexes a bit further into record territory on Thursday.

Big gains for Facebook, Verizon Communications and other companies reporting healthier-than-expected results nudged U.S. stock indexes a bit further into record territory on Thursday.

A swoon in technology and transportation shares led the S&P 500 slightly lower on Thursday on a day full of corporate earnings reports, but the Dow industrials set a record closing high, helped by a jump in Verizon.

WASHINGTON, July 26 (Reuters) - A Russian national suspected of being the mastermind behind a crypto-currency exchange has been indicted by a grand jury in California on money laundering charges, the U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday.

WASHINGTON, July 26 (Reuters) - A Russian national suspected of being the mastermind behind a crypto-currency exchange has been indicted by a grand jury in California on money laundering charges, the U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday.