The head of the remuneration committee at scandal-hit British grocer Tesco PLC , Stuart Chambers, is set to step down, Tesco said on Wednesday. Deanna Oppenheimer, a non-executive director, will succeed …

The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits rose more than expected last week, but the trend remained consistent with sustained strength in the labor market. Initial claims for state …

Ambac Assurance Corp sued Bank of America Corp to recoup hundreds of millions of dollars of losses from insuring roughly $1.68 billion of securities backed at least in part by risky mortgages from the …

Oil prices fell on Wednesday to a 5-1/2-year low and ended with their second-biggest annual decline ever, down by half since June under pressure from a global glut of crude. Just before the close, Brent …

U.S. stocks fell on Wednesday as crude oil prices continued their descent, but the S&P closed out a third straight year of double-digit gains. For the year, the Dow ended up 7.5 percent, notching its sixth …

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