Gut-wrenching declines in the stock market, a financial panic that some have compared to the Great Depression and the realization that the U.S. may be headed to its worst recession in over a generation have trumped what should otherwise be good news: The return of $3-a-gallon gas. ...more

October 18, 2008

Wall Street, meet Sesame Street. Bulls, bears and Nobel laureates are talking a lot about letters as they try to predict the shape of the charts that will describe the economy's downturn and recovery. ...more

August 26, 2008

Google's stock price barreled through $700 for the first time Wednesday, propelled by a belief that the Internet search leader will become even more profitable as it plants its products and services in new markets. ...more

November 1, 2007

Enriched by high oil prices, Chevron Corp. will spend up to $15 billion buying back its own stock - a commitment that pleased shareholders and rankled critics clamoring for bigger investments in projects that might help lower energy costs. ...more

September 27, 2007