If you are among the estimated 1.3 million retirees too young to qualify for Medicare but fortunate enough to have employer-sponsored health care coverage, count your blessings. The next two years could bring a bit of a windfall.

A MarketWatch report late Thursday misstated the timing of AIG share losses, which occurred in after-hours trading.

Shares of AIG suffer mild losses in after-hours trading, as reports say the firm is planning to list its AIA unit on the Hong Kong stock exchange, with the offering said to include a record number of bookrunners.

"The Death of the Cult of Equity" is one of the hoarier old clichés to emerge from the financial crisis, writes David Cottle.

In this week's Realty Q&A, a retiree says his only debt is his $94,000 mortgage, and he wonders whether he should tap his 401(k) to pay off that bill. Lew Sichelman offers some advice.

Employment is our biggest economic, social and political problem. Yet no one has proposed a solution that’s workable, one that’s economically effective and politically viable, writes Rex Nutting.

A roundup of the latest corporate earnings reports and what companies are saying about future quarters.

South Korea’s Samsung Electronics and Japan’s Toshiba each unveil tablet computers designed to rival Apple’s popular iPad.

China-based funds lose a total of $64.6 billion in the first half of this year, although they also collect more in management fees, reports Caixin Online.

This summer has burned investors, and no amount of SPF -- stock protection factor -- has been able to soothe their sores.