
Stocks barely budge; market ends week with loss
Major stock indexes closed out their first weekly loss in a month in quiet trading Friday. The Standard & Poor's 500 index dropped 0.91 of a point to ...

Procter & Gamble brings back A.G. Lafley as CEO
Household products giant Procter & Gamble Co. is hoping its former CEO can work his magic once again. The Cincinnati company said late Thursday that ...

Futures fall, US economic growth misses view
Stock futures slipped Friday with the nation's economic growth during the first quarter coming in a bit weaker than economists had expected.

Stocks little changed after mixed earnings
The stock market finished pretty much where it started Wednesday as a mixed bag of earnings from big-name American companies left investors uninspired

P&G 4th-quarter outlook expectations, shares fall
Procter & Gamble's turnaround is still a work in progress. The world's largest consumer product maker said Wednesday that its third-quarter net income ...
Asia stocks up on US company earns, home sales
An increase in new U.S. home sales and strong corporate earnings across a range of industries lifted investment sentiment in Asia, where most stock ...

Stocks gain on earnings; fake tweet shakes stocks
Companies that do the best when the economy is improving led the market higher Tuesday after several of them reported strong quarterly earnings.
Hirsute in a huff over Gillette ads in Brazil
Hate that hair? In Brazil, beware. A self-regulatory council for Brazil's advertising industry is looking into complaints against razor maker Gillette ...

Brazil's booming beauty market draws investors
Looking good has always been serious business in Brazil. Now it's big business, too. A flush new middle class and a population strong on working ...
Pringles pop boosts Kellogg's sales in 4Q
A boost from Pringles and strong international results helped Kellogg's fourth-quarter earnings surpass expectations. Kellogg's, known for breakfast ...
Correction: Earns-Procter & Gamble story
In a story Jan. 25 about Procter & Gamble's second-quarter net income, The Associated Press misspelled the name of a Morningstar analyst. It is Erin ...
Asia stocks up slightly on strong US earnings
Asian stock markets posted slight gains Monday after strong U.S. earnings pushed Wall Street indexes to multi-year highs, though Japan's Nikkei dipped ...

S&P closes above 1,500 for 1st time since 2007
Passing another milestone on the nation's long journey back from the Great Recession, the Standard and Poor's 500 index closed above 1,500 for the ...

S&P 500 in longest winning streak since 2004
The Standard & Poor's 500 index closed above 1,500 on Friday for the first time since the start of the Great Recession in 2007, lifted by strong ...
Stocks rise ahead of home sales report
Stocks are opening higher on Wall Street ahead of what is expected to be more upbeat data on housing from the government. The Dow Jones industrial ...

Futures rise ahead of housing data, strong earns
Futures are rising on what is expected to be more upbeat data on housing from the government as well as strong earnings from U.S. companies. Dow Jones ...
Toilet paper donated on behalf of Ohio $1M winner
Charmin is providing some toilet paper relief on behalf of one of Ohio's newest million-dollar lottery winners. Regina Jackson has vivid memories of ...
Unilever to phase out 'microplastics' by 2015
Unilever, the maker of Vaseline, Axe deodorants and Dove soaps, among other cosmetic and hygiene products, says it will phase out the use of ...

Booze, smokes on agenda for quirky gov't group
Deep in a secure laboratory just outside Washington sits the federal government's heaviest smoker. It is a half-ton hulk of a machine, all brushed ...