1:21pm

Stock market hares sprint to record highs

traders on the NYSE ©Reuters

Financials lead way as bullishness grows

10:05pm

US equities boosted by jobless data

Financial stocks lead gains on Wall Street

5:42pm

US share buybacks at record amount

Companies bought back $118bn worth of stock in February

From COMPANIES 12:41am

Navistar surges after new chief named

Clarke to lead truckmaker after bad bet on diesel technology

A woman carries GAP shopping bags inside a GAP store ©Getty From COMPANIES 7:21pm

Gap shares halted after early data release

Incident put a spotlight on monthly retail sales

Editorial from COMMENT Mar 6, 2013

Stock markets defy economic woes

Central banks’ side-effects outperform the intended ones

Mar 6, 2013

Staples ends party for office suppliers

Staples shares hit after disappointing earnings

From FTFM FUND MANAGEMENT Mar 6, 2013

Investors seek shelter of loan funds

Inflows rise compared to high-yield bonds

Markets Insight Mar 6, 2013

Dow should be consigned to history

The index is unrepresentative and should be ignored

Trading Post Mar 6, 2013

Things ain’t what they used to be

Federal Reserve’s balance sheet has risen to $3.1tn

Mar 5, 2013

Dow milestone may lure retail investors

Index of 30 blue-chip stocks boosted by IBM and Chevron

Mar 5, 2013

Wall St rally sends indices to new highs

Dow closes at record high level

From FT TRADING ROOM Mar 5, 2013

FBI joins SEC in computer trading probe

Collaboration reflects growth of algorithm-based trading

Mar 4, 2013

US equities rebound in late session

Aircraft makers fall on fears of Pentagon spending cuts

From COMPANIES Mar 4, 2013

Investors click out of Apple into Google

iPhone maker drops below $400bn value

From COMPANIES Mar 3, 2013

Buffett sees opportunity in uncertainty

Berkshire chief takes others to task for not investing

From LEX Mar 3, 2013

MBIA: high legal stakes

Settlement with BofA, if it ever happened, would unlock a lot of upside for the monoline bond insurer

From LEX Mar 3, 2013

CommonWealth Reit: shaking up the status quo

Activists can give investors a say on management performance

Mar 1, 2013

US stocks rebound after manufacturing data

Wall Street indices record weekly gain

Feb 28, 2013

Wall Street gives up modest gains

Retail stocks fall after batch of disappointing earnings

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