Polls give Mitt Romney a healthy lead over Newt Gingrich as Nevada holds its Republican presidential;caucus.

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.

AAPL +/- Apple Inc.'s CEO Steve Jobs said he prefers holding on to the co.’s cash hoard for potential acquisitions and “bold” investments, rather than paying dividends or buying back stock. “We know if we need to acquire something -- a piece of t...

WMT + Wal-Mart, the nation’s largest retailer, announced on Thurs. that it would cut some 20M metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions from its supply chain by the end of 2015, the equivalent of removing more than 3.8M cars from the road for a ...

HNZ +/- The food maker H. J. Heinz Company said rising sales in Asia’s emerging markets helped its Q3 revenue rise 13%. But the cost of selling frozen-food businesses in the U.S. and Britain cut into its profit, which fell 6%. HNZ benefited as c...

GS - Goldman Sachs' role in masking Greece's real debt burden is to be investigated by the U.S. Federal Reserve and the SEC. Ben Bernanke, chairman of the central bank, confirmed that Goldman Sachs and a number of other unnamed banks are the ...

LYV +/- Live Nation Entertainment Inc. said it expects profits to be flat in 2010, disappointing some analysts who expected the co. formed by the merger of TicketMaster TKTM and LYV to ride a rebound in the global concert and music business. Ana...