Business - Investing

NEW YORK - NorthStar Healthcare Investors Inc., which owns and runs assisted living facilities, on Monday filed for a $200 million initial public offering. Full Story »

At first glance, banks seem to be recovering nicely from the financial crisis. But investors cheered by optimistic earnings reports could soon face a painful surprise. Full Story »

RIYADH (AFP) - Saudi stocks closed down one percent on Saturday as investors shrugged off neighbouring Dubai's debt crisis in the first trading day on the Riyadh market in nearly two weeks. Full Story »

Economy: Job losses eased dramatically in November, signaling a recovery under way. Now can someone please let the White House and Congress know -- before they kill it off with their bad ideas? Full Story »

Mining equipment maker Joy Global (NasdaqGS:JOYG - News) marked an intraday high on Oct. 23 and then began to fade. Full Story »

Just as no man is an island, as a poet once said, no stock is a totally independent force. Full Story »

NEW YORK - Moody's Investors Service on Friday downgraded the ratings of Marshall & Ilsley Corp. and its subsidiaries and also changed its outlook to negative. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. employers cut far fewer jobs than expected last month in the best showing for the labor market since the recession began, lifting the beleaguered U.S. dollar as investors bet a sustainable recovery was building. Full Story »

NEW YORK - Moody's Investors Service has lifted its outlook on AutoNation Inc., the nation's largest automotive retailer, encouraged by its improving credit profile. Full Story »

CARACAS (AFP) - Venezuela's government has closed three more banks for inspection, the country's finance minister said Friday, amid a rash of nationalizations that has spooked investors. Full Story »

WASHINGTON - Two years of steep job cuts all but ended last month, unexpectedly pulling down the unemployment rate and raising hopes for a lasting economic recovery. Full Story »

LONDON (AFP) - Oil prices rallied Friday following news of shrinking unemployment in the United States, the world's biggest energy-consuming nation. Full Story »

MINNEAPOLIS - With Minnesota businessman Tom Petters' planning to appeal his convictions in a Ponzi scheme that cost investors more than $3.5 billion, the fight over his future and how to compensate victims of the fraud will likely drag on for years. Full Story »

NEW YORK - The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey's 2010 preliminary budget calls for 150 job cuts and investing $3.1 billion on capital projects including the World Trade Center. Full Story »

NEW YORK - Shares of Aeropostale fell 11 percent on Thursday, after the company offered an outlook that disappointed investors and reported a key November sales comparison that fell short of expectations. Full Story »

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Exactly eight years after Enron Corp filed for bankruptcy protection, a federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by investors against banks they accused of helping the energy company commit fraud. Full Story »

CHICAGO - A California businessman has been accused of using bogus financial data to defraud investors who put $60 million into a health care transaction software company he founded. Full Story »

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc is meeting with major investors in an effort to head off a possible investor backlash over its record bonuses, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. Full Story »