Government And Institutions

U.S. stocks opened higher Monday, pushing stocks to record levels, as investors assessed corporate earnings.

Bernanke,T. Boone Pickens, Larry Summers & Chuck Hagel top SALT's power players. 

U.S. stock futures were lower after the economy skidded to a near halt in the first three months of the year after being battered by harsh weather, plunging exports and sharp cutbacks in oil and gas drilling.

Backers of President Barack Obama's trade agenda hope a Senate committee's endorsement will help overcome partisan divides in the House.

A Senate panel is poised to advance one of President Barack Obama's top trade initiatives despite strong opposition from labor unions and other left-leaning groups.

Finance officials from the world's major economies are searching for the right mix of policies to bolster a still-weak global recovery while confronting a big drop in oil prices and other new threats.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. reported an 11 percent rise in first-quarter profit on Tuesday, helped by strong results in the bank's currency, commodities and fixed income business.

The Obama administration says Germany, China, Japan and South Korea are four countries running large trade surpluses that need to do more to combat weak global growth.

Fed officials disagreed widely last month on when they might begin lifting interest rates from record lows.

Asian stocks rose Wednesday as Japan's central bank maintained its expansively easy monetary policy and Royal Dutch Shell announced a $69.7 billion takeover of BG Group.

U.S. stocks crept higher on Tuesday, putting the market on track for its third gain in a row, as traders turned their attention to a batch of corporate deals and the upcoming earnings season.

Asian stocks rose Tuesday after Wall Street gained on a jump in crude prices and expectations the Federal Reserve will put off an interest rate hike until late in the year.

The bull market slowed to a trot but didn't stop this winter.

Ben Bernanke no longer leads the Federal Reserve, but he's hardly letting up in his defense of the ultra-low-rate policies he engineered — and his successor, Janet Yellen, has continued.

Asian markets were mostly higher Monday as investors digested Fed chief Janet Yellen's comments signaling U.S. interest rates were expected to rise sometime this year but when they did they would do so gradually.

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen says continued improvement in the U.S. economy means an increase in the Fed's key interest rate could come later this year.

All times are Eastern WEDNESDAY, April 1 WASHINGTON — Institute for Supply Management releases its manufacturing index for March, 10 a.m.; Commerce Department releases construction spending for February, 10 a.m.

The Labor Department reports on February consumer prices Tuesday at 8:30 a.m. Eastern.

Asian stock markets rose Monday following Wall Street's gains amid expectations global central banks will hold off raising interest rates.

The Commerce Department reports on the U.S. current account trade deficit for the October-December quarter.