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Volatility has subsided after the stock market’s surprise postelection rally, but investors shouldn’t be complacent, analysts said.

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Federal prosecutors are gearing up to charge Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. executive Gary Tanner and former Philidor Rx Services LLC Chief Executive Andrew Davenport with engaging in a multi-million-dollar fraud and kickback scheme, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. The move comes after a probe of the Canada-based drug company and its ties to Philidor, a mail-order pharmacy that boosted sales of its drugs, the paper said. U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York... Читать дальше...

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. confirmed Thursday that criminal charges had been filed against Gary Tanner, who had been a Valeant executive until Sept. 2015, and Andrew Davenport, former chief executive at Philidor Rx Services LLC. Federal prosecutors say that Tanner and Davenport allegedly engaged in multi-million-dollar fraud and a kickback scheme. Valeant said that charges have not been filed "at this time" against it, its former chief executive or chief financial officers or current executives. Читать дальше...

There’s a vision for melting the ice on Mars and creating an atmosphere thick enough to stop the heat from dissipating into space.

Wal-Mart reported a nearly 21% increase in global e-commerce sales, indicating that recent digital moves are yielding results.

Wal-Mart reported a nearly 21% increase in global e-commerce sales, indicating that recent digital moves are yielding results.

Valeant and Philidor execs to face federal charges: WSJ

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. has agreed to pay a total of $264 million to settle charges related to its hiring practices in Asia, the Securities and Exchange Commission said Thursday. The bank will pay more than $130 million to the SEC, $72 million to the Justice Department and $61.9 million to the Federal Reserve to settle the charges, said the SEC. J.P. Morgan was alleged to have hired people in China and other countries in the region who were relatives and friends of government officials or... Читать дальше...

Sharp declines by Cisco and Wal-Mart tether Dow industrials in red

Natural-gas futures extended their earlier losses Thursday after the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported that supplies of the commodity rose 30 billion cubic feet for the week ended Nov. 11. That matched the increase expected by analysts polled by S&P Global Platts. Total stocks now stand at 4.047 trillion cubic feet, up 51 billion cubic feet from a year ago and 216 billion cubic feet above the five-year average, the government said. December natural gas fell 5.6 cents, or 2%... Читать дальше...

Janet Yellen affirms intention to serve out full term as Fed chief

U.S. mortgage rates have surged since Election Day shock

U.S. housing starts leap by more than a quarter

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper has resigned: reports

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper has submitted his resignation, reports said Thursday. Clapper's resignation comes just over a week after Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton in the presidential election.

‘Post-truth’ tops ‘Brexiteer’ ‘alt-right’ as Oxford Dictionaries word of 2016

Shares of Microsoft Corp. tacked on 1% in morning trade, after Goldman Sachs turned bullish on the technology giant, citing accelerating growth in the companies cloud business. Analyst Heather Bellini raised her rating to buy, after being at neutral since Dec. 18. She raised her stock price target to $68, which is 13% above current levels, from $60. Bellini said Microsoft's Azure is the number two market share vendor in the cloud space, and has at least doubled in size year-over-year in eight of the last 10 quarters. Читать дальше...

LIVE BLOG WITH VIDEO: Fed's Yellen testifies before Joint Economic Committee

Stocks opened little changed Thursday, struggling for direction in early trade ahead of congressional testimony by Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen. Ahead of an appearance before the Joint Economic Committee, Yellen said an interest-rate hike could come "relatively soon," doing little to dispel exepctations the central bank could deliver a rate increase as soon as next month. The S&P 500 fell less than 0.1% to 2,176.85 while Dow industrials fell 9 points to 18,858. The Nasdaq Composite... Читать дальше...

Shares of Wells Fargo & Co. fell 0.6% in premarket trade, after the banker reported October new account openings that fell sharply from a year ago in the wake of the sales-practices scandal. Consumer account openings fell 44% from a year ago, and 27% from September, while new credit card applications tumbled 50% year-over-year and 35% from last month. The bank said the declines were "primarily" due to a full-month impact of the sales practices settlement (Sept. 8) and reduced marketing activities. Читать дальше...

Gold futures tipped higher in Thursday trading as a dollar index stepped back from a 13-year high and Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen backed up market expectations for an interest-rate hike next month.

It’s looking more and more like the post-election pop higher was a tad extravagant. Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has joined the chorus that’s cautioning the rally has become overdone, and the longtime Trump supporter provides our call of the day.

Construction on new houses surged nearly 26% in October to the highest level in nine years, helped by a spike in multifamily units.

Shares of shipping companies soar again Thursday, as a rally that started with short covering and manic day-trading has turned into a stampede of bulls.