Republican frontrunner easily defeats Newt Gingrich in the Nevada Republican caucus, building his lead in his bid for the party’s nomination to challenge President Barack Obama in November.

U.S. President Barack Obama calls on Syria’s president to step down accusing the regime of murdered hundreds of its own citizens on Friday.

Demonstrators turn out in below-freezing temperatures to protest the prime minister’s bid for another presidential term.

Cisco, Coca-Cola, Disney and Visa are among bellwethers set to report results amid expectations for market gains to continue; resolution of Europe’s debt crisis is expected to drag on.

Rubber Futures + Rubber futures in Tokyo rallied as much as 2.3% as crude oil advanced. The July-delivery contract reached 301.4 yen per kilogram before trading at 301.1 yen at 9:03 a.m. local time on the Tokyo Commodity Exchange.

RSG + According to Buffett's most recent filings with the SEC, he just added millions of shares to his holdings in waste behemoth Republic Services Group, a co. that Bill Gates is now the largest shareholder of. Is RSG the new Microsoft?

Heard on the Street +/- Discusses while Activision Blizzard ATVI gets about 30% of revenue and a higher portion of profit from recurring subscription fees on online multiplayer games, Electronic Arts ERTS is more reliant on traditional packaged games, a market ...

BP, RDS - BP Plc and Royal Dutch Shell Plc may falter in their campaigns to save billions in oil and gas project costs as a resurgence in drilling and demand for engineers threaten to revive inflation in the industry. Crude prices doubled in the p...

Education Layoffs - Many teachers and educators across the U.S. are at risk of losing their jobs in the next few months, the nation's education secretary told a meeting of the National Governors Association on Sunday. "I am very, very concerned about l...