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Duties/responsibilities: Capital Financial Planning has recently welcomed the following financial advisors: Patrick Crowe, Daniel O'Keefe, and Brenton Smith.

Investors trying to explain the resilience of American equities during a global selloff may want to consider the pace that companies are repurchasing shares.

West Texas Intermediate crude fell, capping its biggest weekly drop in more than a month, after rising U.S. durable goods orders bolstered concern that the Federal Reserve will scale back stimulus efforts.

Dish Network Corp has added Canada's Scotiabank to the four banks it had already lined up to finance its $25.5 billion bid for Sprint Nextel Corp, according to two people familiar with the matter.

Michael Foster's clients include stars such as Chris Evans and Ali G creator Sacha Baron Cohen.

Most folks wouldn't think of the folks at T. Rowe Price Group Inc. as agitators, but Wall Street may not agree.

Thomas Faust Jr. says institutional investors are seeking lower-cost rules-based investment strategies and services, such as those offered by Parametric and Clifton.

Some people have spoken of a different Great Rotation not from bonds to equities, but from defensive to cyclical sectors within the equity market.

A Canada-U.S. trade war is apparently looming as Ottawa threatens "retaliatory measures" against the United States in a continuing dispute over meat labelling.

After dozens of meetings with executives and regulators, 100,000 hours of employee training and an immeasurable amount of public grief, Goldman Sachs Group Inc ( At Goldman's annual meeting on Thursday, Blankfein unveiled details of a three-year review and overhaul of the bank's practices in dealing with clients, following high-profile missteps ... (more)

Saks Inc. rallied for a third day Wednesday on reports that it may be window shopping for a new owner, with most analysts generally upbeat about a potential deal.

Two executives at Legg Mason Capital Management have left the company, the Baltimore Business Journal reports.

Hewlett-Packard Co raised its 2013 earnings outlook after quarterly results beat low expectations, as CEO Meg Whitman's turnaround plan helped offset shrinking personal computer sales with enterprise computing services.

A group of investment firms including Citadel Securities LLC sued the Chicago Board Options Exchange Inc and four other exchanges on Wednesday for improper charges on millions of options trades over a seven-year period.

Home resales rose in April to the highest level in nearly 3-1/2 years and prices surged, offering the economy a buffer from the stiff headwinds posed by belt-tightening by Washington.

Participation rates and deferral rates among participants in 403 plans rose last year vs.

U.S. stocks rose, after the Standard & Poor's 500 Index slipped from a record high yesterday, as Home Depot rallied on earnings and investors weighed the possibility the central bank will scale back stimulus plans.

Dow component Hewlett-Packard Co. and Target Corp. are among the high-profile companies reporting quarterly results on Wednesday.