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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The dollar advanced on Friday, heading to its first weekly gain in three weeks versus higher-yielding currencies in Australia, New Zealand and the U.K., as a week's worth of official commentary and economic data has...

In this article: United States, NEW YORK, Balance sheet, Recession, Tax, Brown Brothers Harriman, RBC Capital Markets, Ben Bernanke, and Federal Reserve

(9:25 AM ET) NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Morgan Stanley on Friday upgraded Hess Corp. /quotes/comstock/13*!hes/quotes/nls/hes (HES 57.87, +0.31, +0.54%) to overweight from equal-weight and lifted its price target to $75 a share from $65 a...

In this article: Volkswagen, Smucker, Revenue, Hess Corp., NEW YORK, Instant coffee, and Starbucks

LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- It's been a tough 10 years for Corporate America, but you wouldn't know it by looking at the nation's biggest health-care firms. Examine all the companies in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index...

In this article: S&P 500, Revenue, Standard & Poor's, Wall Street, Instant coffee, Recession, Medicare, and Brookings Institution

Chip issues hit by downgrades; oil falls below $78 a barrel By Geoffrey Rogow & Donna Kardos Yesalavich, MarketWatch NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks pushed to their lowest point of the session near midday Thursday, led by...

In this article: Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, U.S., Tax, Conference Board, Intel, Plastic surgery, Mortgage Bankers Association, Russell 2000, and Nasdaq Composite

...oil consumer had climbed by 12.6% in September from a year earlier. Polya Lesova is reporter for MarketWatch, based in Frankfurt. Moming Zhou is a MarketWatch reporter based in New York. Volume 0.00 Real time quotes A The action you...

In this article: Natural gas, U.S., Hillary Clinton, NEW YORK, Unemployment, and Conference Board

...-10.37%) came up shy of what some analysts had expected. Kate Gibson is a reporter for MarketWatch, based in New York. Polya Lesova is reporter for MarketWatch, based in Frankfurt. Volume 0.00 Real time quotes A The action you...

In this article: Inflation, U.S., New York Mercantile Exchange, The Fed, NEW YORK, Salesforce.com, Autodesk Inc., and HSBC

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Gold rallied to yet another record high Wednesday, eclipsing $1,150 an ounce, as weakness in the dollar enhanced the investment appeal of the precious metal. Gold for December delivery earlier hit an intraday high...

In this article: NEW YORK, U.S., Copper, Silver, American Petroleum Institute, New York Mercantile Exchange, Salesforce.com, and Autodesk Inc.

...equity issuances, while South Korea rose on brokerage gains. Barbara Kollmeyer is an editor for MarketWatch in Madrid. Kate Gibson is a reporter for MarketWatch, based in New York. WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Congress is trying hard to...

In this article: Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, U.S., NEW YORK, Bank of England, Salesforce.com, Kraft Foods, Hershey Co., and Labor Department

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Nothing to do with the global talks to reduce greenhouse emissions is straightforward. Over the weekend, global leaders including President Obama, abandoned any pretense that next month's long-hyped gathering in...

In this article: Copenhagen, Carbon, Barack Obama, Coal, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., Exelon Corp., Duke Energy, and Warren Buffett

In case you missed them, here are the top 10 videos that appeared on MarketWatch for the week of Nov. 9-13: Chef brews a kettlebell workout Chez Panisse chef Beth Wells shows The Wall Street Journal her workout routine. The 37-year-old...

In this article: TheLadders.com, Chez Panisse, Nintendo, NFL, and The Wall Street Journal