Strategists calm after 'wake-up call'
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The timing may have surprised them but many investors had expected a hiccup in the eight-month rally that has taken US and European stock markets to highs not seen since the dotcom bubble.
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Europe was briefly united in silence yesterday. Tens of millions of people interrupted their busy daily lives, from the Arctic Circle to the Mediterannean, to reflect for three minutes on the tens of thousands ...
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The plan leaves any controversial decisions over war spending for a later discussion.
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Stocks ended almost unchanged on Monday as investors paused for breath after last week&#39;s post-election rally and braced for interest-rate hikes that threatened to slow growth and raise companies&#39; costs.
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Down with conventional wisdom, Rule Breakers say.
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The latest New York Times/CBS News Poll, taken after the first debate, shows that John Kerry reassured many Americans of his ability to handle an international crisis.
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Skeptical senators from both parties swept aside the Bush administration's optimistic defense of its strategy in Afghanistan Thursday, suggesting weariness over the campaign against the Taliban.
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Rather than discuss the revival of their World Cup qualifying campaign after a win in Poland yesterday, England&#39;s soccer players stayed silent.
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NEW YORK - Stocks inched higher in quiet trading Wednesday as a pair of government reports offered conflicting signals about the economy and oil prices declined.    Despite the modest rise in share prices, investors have been in no hurry to commit new money to stocks...
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Beneath the ominous calm that has settled since the recent uprising is anger, uncertainty and hopelessness.
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World leaders expressed confidence Sunday they would emerge from an economic summit overshadowed by violence in the Middle East with a consensus position calling for peace &amp;#151; despite differing views on who shares the blame.
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I've been getting early wake-up calls lately. Waking up before the sun has cleared the line of trees east of my house may be the result of age, but I prefer to think of it as a creative surge, or a greater degree of alertness.
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BRUSSELS - European Union leaders got a wake up call this week as a high-level report warned the bloc must run just to stand still in global competitiveness rankings.
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You're responsible for protecting your nation from a nuclear-missile strike. The alarm bells go off and your monitor says you're under attack. You should counterattack, and quickly. But, well, you have this feeling that something isn't right. What do you do?
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Asia's financial markets got off to a calm start to the week on Monday with investors waiting to hear from top central banks what to make of the turmoil that has kept markets on edge for weeks.
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The Americans have run out of explanations, but not excuses.
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Relying on people to show up at a specific data center by a certain time to execute a recovery plan in the middle of a crisis reveals a certain lack of foresight. Consider an alternative -- keeping the lights on.