Wall Street

Wal-Mart rally pushes Dow to all-time high

The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit a record high on Tuesday, helped by a surge in Wal-Mart Stores, while Amazon and Facebook lost ground and investors focused on upcoming quarterly reports.

Top exchange capping fees for some exotic U.S. ETF listings

The top listing venue for U.S. exchange-traded funds is capping the fees it charges asset managers for a category of exotic products that can be the hardest to bring to market, according to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission disclosure this week.

Democrats seek to shut 'megabanks' that harm consumers

U.S. House Democrats introduced legislation on Wednesday to direct banking regulators to review operations at the country's largest banks and consider shutting them down if they exhibit repeated wrongdoing to consumers.