Investors recovered their poise by midday Thursday after an early sell-off sent stocks sharply lower.

Real-estate experts are starting to wonder about housing, as prices rise by double-digits in some markets. “I’m definitely concerned about the potential for an emerging housing bubble,” says Stan Humphries with Zillow.

America has a long tradition of embracing thrift. It’s been drilled into generation after generation as a sign of high moral standing. But could excessive and ongoing government-backed thriftiness be pushing the economy into a sinkhole?

Jitters in Japan and fear over the Fed have stoked a reversal in gold that follows a seven month, 25% slump.

U.S. prosecutors are seeking testimony from three senior executives of the $15 billion hedge fund SAC Capital Advisors.

An 87-year-old grandmother took on billionaire Donald Trump. And on Thursday — she lost. Jurors sided with the real estate mogul-turned-TV showman in a weeklong civil trial focused on Jacqueline Goldberg's ...

Activist investor Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management Inc have initiated talks with banks and asset managers to line up commitments for as much as $7 billion in bridge loans to back their leveraged ...

Did Tim Cook's testimony reignite the bullish case to buy Apple? This is the topic of a key debate.

Sales of new homes rose in April to the second highest level since the summer of 2008 while the median price for a new home hit a record high.

51.2 expected after 52.1 last month.

The president says the policies on drones have changed; renewed desire to close Gitmo.

Activist Medea Benjamin has mastered the art of interruption.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — George Zimmerman's defense attorneys on Thursday released information from 17-year-old Trayvon Martin's cellphone that include the teen texting with a friend about smoking marijuana and photos that show him blowing smoke and extending his middle finger to the camera.

By Angela Moon NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks edged down on Thursday but rebounded sharply from their session lows as a rally in Hewlett-Packard's shares offset worries about weak Chinese manufacturing data and the prospects of the Federal Reserve reducing its monetary stimulus. Trading was choppy as many traders were adjusting their positions ahead of the long holiday weekend. Markets will be closed on Monday for Memorial Day. Hewlett-Packard shares jumped more than 16 percent to a fresh 52-week high a day after the world's largest PC maker raised its outlook. ...

The man became famous for putting down his Big Mac to help free three women.

Kidnappers had demanded a $3 million ransom from his family in Ecuador, police say.

Counterterrorism officials detain two on suspicion of conspiracy to murder.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Authorities on Thursday recovered the body of a boy missing since a rockslide killed a classmate and left two others injured a day earlier at a St. Paul park.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors are seeking testimony from three senior executives of the $15 billion hedge fund SAC Capital Advisors, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. The U.S. Attorney's office for the Southern District of New York issued subpoenas to SAC's president, chief compliance officer and head of trading, according to the Journal's report. Others at SAC, including the firm's founder Steven A. Cohen, were asked last week to testify before a grand as part of the U.S. government's insider trading probe of the hedge fund, Reuters has previously reported. ...

People should prepare now for a doozy of a year, forecasters say.