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U.S. stocks are rising as mixed economic signals confound traders already dizzy from a week of record-setting gains and losses.

As the trend toward index funds for defined contribution (DC) grows, BlackRock Inc. announced Monday that it has expanded its menu of index mutual funds for defined contribution (DC) plans with the June launch of 10 new index funds.

Treasury prices are falling after the government reported a drop in unemployment claims.

Perhaps people living in the Bay State area should move south if they want a little health care cost relief. Massachusetts and Vermont led the nation in 2010 with average, individual market health insurance premiums topping $400 per person per month, according to new analysis from the Kaiser Family Foundation.

Striking Verizon landline workers have harassed and even fired a BB gun at those still on the job, blocked trucks from getting to Verizon facilities and kept work from being completed, the telecommunications company said Wednesday as it pursued legal action in five states to limit picketing and stop what...

So much for the Fed-inspired rally. Investors' attention has turned back to the weak economy and that's bad news for stocks.

Stocks are rising at the closing of trading after the Federal Reserve said it has discussed policy moves it can make to spur the economy. The Fed also said growth has been slower than expected.

The Federal Trade Commission warns a New York Assembly bill that regulates health plan use of mail order pharmacies would would likely raise prescription prices and reduce access to affordable drugs.