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0525 GMT - Middle East investors are likely to be cautious on Wednesday, with little local news to distract them from the U.S. Federal Reserve's policy meeting later in the day. That means international markets could shape regional trading and Japanese stocks are up due to a positive overnight lead from Wall Street and …

By Susan Kelly CHICAGO (Reuters) - Shares of U.S. hospital operators have been on a tear this year, on average posting triple the gains of the broader stock market, as investors tallied up the benefits of President Barack Obama's healthcare reform. While some on Wall Street have held back amid signs of trouble as U.S. states …

By Ian Chua SYDNEY (Reuters) - Japanese stocks rose on Wednesday, thanks to a positive lead from Wall Street plus a softer yen, outperforming the rest of Asia which anxiously seeks clarity on the Federal Reserve's next policy step. Major currencies were mostly subdued ahead of the end of the Fed meeting. A policy statement …

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. foiled a plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange because of the sweeping surveillance programs at the heart of a debate over national security and personal privacy, officials said Tuesday at a rare open hearing on intelligence led by lawmakers sympathetic to the spying.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average rose to a one-week high on Wednesday, helped by a second-straight day of gains on Wall Street as investors bet that the Federal Reserve would temper worries about an imminent roll back of its stimulus programme. The Nikkei rose 2.0 percent to 13,265.53, while the Topix gained …

By Eileen O'Grady and Anna Driver (Reuters) - Duke Energy Corp has turned to an insider, Chief Financial Officer Lynn Good, to take over as chief executive when Jim Rogers steps down as part of a regulatory settlement linked to its $18 billion takeover of Progress Energy. Good, 54, a veteran of the U.S. utility industry …

NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market is closing higher as investors anticipate that the Federal Reserve will keep programs to support the U.S. economy in place.

At least two groups of American hedge funds have bought large chunks of Tim Hortons shares recently, a sign the activist investors want to push the company to make major changes to its business, or possibly give up some control over the company.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government's surveillance of telephone and Internet communications foiled plots including one to bomb the New York Stock Exchange, Sean Joyce, the deputy FBI director, said on Tuesday. While monitoring a known extremist in Yemen, intelligence agents "were able to detect a nascent plot to …

By John Tilak TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's resources-heavy stock market, which has struggled to gain traction in 2013, is expected to kick into gear in the second half of the year as the global economy rebounds, a Reuters poll found. The median forecast in a poll of 40 market strategists, taken in the past week, shows the …

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are opening higher on Wall Street after the pace of home construction picked up in May, the latest encouraging sign from the housing market.

On Monday, oil prices spiked to nine-month highs on concerns of growing tensions in the Middle East. In early trading benchmark oil for July delivery spiked to $98.74, its highest this year, on the New ...

On Monday, oil prices spiked to nine-month highs on concerns of growing tensions in the Middle East. In early trading benchmark oil for July delivery spiked to $98.74, its highest this year, on the New ...

By Atul Prakash LONDON (Reuters) - Record prices at art auctions in recent weeks and oversubscribed holidays by private jet are among signals that a stock market slump is approaching, if followers of behavioural finance are to be believed. They insist social mood governs human action, including investment on stock markets, …

By Atul Prakash LONDON (Reuters) - Record prices at art auctions in recent weeks and oversubscribed holidays by private jet are among signals that a stock market slump is approaching, if followers of behavioral finance are to be believed. They insist social mood governs human action, including investment on stock markets, …

NAIROBI (Reuters) - The Kenyan shilling traded little changed on Tuesday but looked vulnerable to pressure from foreign investors selling local stocks and demand for dollars from importers. By 0723 GMT, commercial banks quoted the shilling at 85.75/85 per dollar per dollar, barely changed from Monday's close of 85.65/85. …

By Chikako Mogi TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares eased on Tuesday as investors waited for Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to clarify the U.S. central bank's plans for its stimulus programme - with the mere suggestion of fine-tuning it enough to unnerve market sentiment. European stocks are seen easing, with financial …

NEW YORK (AP) — Investors on Wall Street are playing a guessing game with the Federal Reserve.

* US equities market rises on Fed stimulus hopes * US gold volume thin, set to hit lowest since April * Volume low in CME's new 1,000-oz silver futures contract * Coming up: U.S. CPI, housing starts Tuesday (Adds hyperlink, market details, updates prices) By Frank Tang and Veronica Brown NEW YORK/LONDON, June 17 (Reuters) …

By Herbert Lash NEW YORK (Reuters) - Global equity markets rose and the dollar strengthened against the yen on Monday on expectations the Federal Reserve will reinforce its commitment this week to supporting the U.S. economic recovery. Stocks on Wall Street and major European indices gained about 1 percent as investors …

By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) is set to win unconditional EU approval for its $8.2 billion bid for NYSE Euronext, sources said on Monday, in a deal that would strengthen its presence in the lucrative derivatives trading business. The acquisition would give ICE control of London-based …

By Herbert Lash NEW YORK (Reuters) - Global equity markets rose and the dollar strengthened against the yen on Monday on expectations the Federal Reserve will reinforce its commitment this week to supporting the U.S. economic recovery. Stocks on Wall Street and major European indices gained 1 percent or more as investors …

DreamWorks Animation and Netflix are teaming up on 300 hours of original programming for the streaming network, much to the delight of Wall Street.