  | | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Retail sales rose in November and jobless claims fell sharply last week, hopeful signs for an economy that appears to have slowed sharply in the fourth quarter. | | | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - When Sharon Doyle thinks about college savings for her two kids, the numbers are almost too big to comprehend. | | | |  | | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve, announcing a new round of monetary stimulus, took the unprecedented step on Wednesday of indicating interest rates would remain near zero until unemployment falls to at least 6.5 percent. | | | | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal judge upheld a new regulation governing the mutual funds industry on Wednesday, ruling against two industry trade groups that had sought to block a registration rule by the Commodities Futures Trade Commission. | | | | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - An arbitration panel this week took the unusual step of rebuking Merrill Lynch's oversight of a top broker's use of marketing materials and disclosure documents, and awarded a client $1.6 million in damages, attorneys' fees and other costs. | | | | | | BOSTON (Reuters) - Some investors in hedge funds will have to wait to have part of their investments returned in cash. | | | |  | | | | CHICAGO (Reuters) - IBM ads urge us all to follow its lead and help "build a smarter planet." Let's hope other companies don't follow Big Blue's latest move: an overhaul of its 401(k) plan that shifts its matching contribution to a once-a-year affair. | | | | | | (Reuters) - Financial advisers and the clients they counsel often share a key attribute: an aversion to confronting their own mortality. | | | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - These are strange times to be moving your money around. Everyone is in "wait and see" mode while President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner talk, and investors have more questions than answers about the economy, interest rates, Europe, consumer behavior, corporate earnings and everything else that might rock their investment boats in the months to come. | | | |  | | | | CHICAGO (Reuters) - Fighting the cliche of the dot-com start-up that runs out of a basement, David Ward is living the dream. The 32-year-old web designer moved his one-man operation from Albany, New York, to the Cayman Islands last year. | | | | |  |  | | | The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. Register Today | | |  | |  | | | A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today | | | | | | » MORE NEWSLETTERS | |
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