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Urban Outfitters falls after its fiscal first-quarter sales come up short of expectations, while TiVo posts a slight gain as its quarterly loss was smaller than forecast.

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Chesapeake Energy Corp. has chosen Robert Douglas Lawler, a top executive at rival oil-and-gas company Anadarko , as chief executive, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. ...

Shares of Apple fell by 3.4% on Wednesday, as reports trickled in that the likes of David Tepper had either sold off their entire positions, or made significant cuts. But for the first quarter of 2013, ...

After Apple's stock stumbled hard at the end of last year, here are the investors that stepped in to buy the stock during the first quarter, according to recent regulatory filings that list stock holdings ...

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Cisco Systems Inc. shares soared early Thursday, propelling the tech sector to early gains, after the technology giant beat Wall Street's earnings estimates. Cisco was up ...

Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and the policing of the new red-light district.

Cisco results are likely to set much of the tone for tech stocks in the next 24 hours.

Tesla will issue debt and shares to raise a net $830 million to pre-pay a Department of Energy loan, according to a company press release.

Appaloosa Management LP, managed by influential hedge-fund manager David Tepper, has significantly scaled back exposure to Apple Inc.  as the stock continued to lose value in the first quarter.

Despite the Fourth Amendment’s protections against unlawful searches, federal agencies do not necessarily need a warrant to read emails older than six months.

Navigating a sea of potential sickness, danger and debt.

It has been an undeniably ugly week for short sellers, but don’t pin too much credit for the broad equity rally on a squeeze.

Chanel No. 5. The perfume that’s considered the world’s most iconic by many a fragrance fan. But if you’re still shopping for Mother’s Day, why settle for just any bottle of the “now and forever” scent ...

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Current rules about handling troubled too-big-to-fail financial institutions are insufficient, with too much discretion in the hands of regulators and more standardization needed ...

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- In a speech to the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, Richmond Fed President Jeffrey Lacker said ending "too big to fail" perceptions will be tough but the ...

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Shares of Dex Media Inc. soared 27% to $17.45 on Wednesday after hedge-fund manager Kyle Bass made positive comments about the company at the Ira Sohn investment conference in ...

Resource firms help lift the U.K.’s benchmark stock index, offsetting weakness in the banking sector after a lackluster earnings report from Standard Chartered.

Last year, the average American driver wasted 38 hours sitting in traffic. While the occasional traffic jam inconveniences most drivers, some unlucky people live in the nation’s most congested cities. ...

If you see nothing but bulls, either the last bear on Wall Street has gone extinct or he and his friends are waiting just outside the door to launch the next attack.

With restrictions on s’mores and cellphones, will campers have any fun?

The Dow Jones Industrial Average has passed the 15,000 mark. But is that really reason to celebrate? Putting all the market-milestone hoopla in perspective.

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Google Inc. shares have risen above $850 for the first time in the stock's history. Google was last trading up 1% at $854.83, after setting an intraday high of $858.62. The ...

As the Dow reaches a new record, some pros advise taking profits.

Airline carriers lure travelers away from travel sites with new perks.

Cash balance plans are the fastest-growing part of the defined-benefit pension universe and could become as numerous as 401(k) plans within the next few years. The number of such plans rose from 1,300 ...

As pensions and job security erode, young people need financial education more than ever — but most aren’t getting it.

I will always recommend buying some gold coins and bullion and storing them somewhere safe that you can actually physically get to.

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Facebook Inc. on Wednesday reported a first-quarter profit of $219 million, or 9 cents a share, compared with a profit of 205 million, or 9 cents a share, for the year-earlier ...

LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- In the wake of the catastrophic collapse of a Bangladesh building housing garment factories, Western retailers and governments are looking at ways to prevent future disasters, ...

4 things to buy before Congress passes the sales-tax law

Sometimes you don’t have to bother amending tax returns-- the IRS will essentially do it for you. But there are times you really should go out of your way to correct mistakes.

There are more than 54,000 dietary supplements on the market, sold under 1,000 different brands. How can consumers find a safe product? We peel back the label to see what nutrition-in-a-bottle is really ...

It is clear that the underlying trend for U.S. growth remains exceedingly fragile, and we have barely begun to feel the impacts of sequestration’s automatic spending cuts, writes economist Adam Hersh.