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Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images LONDON -- Oil and gas company Shell has agreed to buy British rival BG Group for 47 billion pounds ($69.7 billion), in a deal that may signal a new wave of mega-mer...

Shutterstock Do you know where the gasoline you use every day comes from? Most people probably think most of the country's gasoline comes from Saudi Arabia or maybe Iraq. Maybe you know about the shale plays...

Richard Drew/AP NEW YORK -- U.S. stocks ended mixed Tuesday, with the Dow rising marginally to a second straight record high, as Wall Street digested housing data that some saw as hopeful for an economy str...

Richard Drew/AP NEW YORK -- Wall Street ended lower Monday and wrapped up its worst month since 2012 after a senior Federal Reserve official heightened fears among investors of a potential U.S. interest hik...

Alamy BOSTON -- After shelling out about $1,000 a month to heat his 190-year-old Massachusetts bed and breakfast during a harsh winter last year, Brian Weinrich is hoping for some relief this season. By all...

Andrew Burton/Getty Images NEW YORK -- U.S. stocks fell Monday as fears increased that the strong dollar and lower oil prices will hurt U.S. first-quarter earnings. Nine of the 10 S&P 500 sectors fell,...

Mark Lennihan/AP NEW YORK -- U.S. stocks finished sharply higher Monday, with the Dow Jones industrial average re-emerging in positive territory for the year, after eurozone leaders reached a tentative deal...

Tony Gutierrez/APA worker inspects an SUV at the General Motors plant in Arington, Texas. WASHINGTON -- U.S. economic growth braked sharply in the third quarter as businesses cut back on restocking warehous...

Richard Drew/AP NEW YORK -- The S&P 500 hit a more than six-month low, closing in negative territory Thursday for the year, on concern a deceleration in China's economy would translate into slower globa...

Richard Drew/AP NEW YORK -- U.S. stocks rebounded in afternoon trading Wednesday to end little changed as energy shares and Apple rebounded, offsetting continued concerns about a slowdown in China. Investo...

Seth Wenig/AP NEW YORK -- A mix of positive earnings and corporate news boosted stocks Tuesday. Signs that Greece might be willing to broker a deal with its creditors also gave the market a lift. Coca-Cola...

Andrew Burton/Getty Images NEW YORK -- U.S. stocks fell for a fourth straight session Thursday but indexes ended well off session lows with support from economic data and earnings, including Accenture's. S...

Richard Drew/AP NEW YORK -- Stocks plunged again Tuesday, continuing a rocky ride for Wall Street, after an economic report out of China rekindled fears that the world's second-largest economy is slowing mo...

Spencer Platt/Getty Images NEW YORK -- Wall Street ended on a sour note Friday as a drop in energy stocks eclipsed wage data that supported expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve might hold off on an in...