Some oppose smart meters in Md.

Home renovations are a lot of work — and require due diligence

About a year ago, Matt Venditto hired a builder to construct a house in Westminster. It wasn't long before buyer's remorse set in.

Hot weather could offset winter energy savings

The mild winter meant a dearth of heating degree days. Early in the cooling degree days season, the warm trend is having the opposite...

FTI Consulting's stock falls on first-quarter earnings miss

FTI Consulting Inc.'s stock price hit a 12-month low Wednesday after the business services company fell short of financial analysts'...

Banks and credit unions to offer cash prizes under new law

The thrill of potentially winning big bucks gets people to spend millions of dollars regularly on lottery tickets. Can this same concept...

Regulators pressure life insurers to help beneficiaries collect their due

Regulators nationwide are pushing life insurers to do a better job of tracking when policyholders die and locating the beneficiaries —...

Walmart beats Target in online shopping satisfaction

Online shoppers prefer Walmart to Target.

Consuming Interests: Best credit cards for graduates

CardHub.com, the credit card comparison site, gave these cards top marks for new college and high school graduates:

T. Rowe closes its high-yield bond funds to new investors

T. Rowe Price Group closed its high-yield bond funds to new investors as of Monday, the Baltimore money manager announced Tuesday.

T. Rowe Price managers met with Facebook execs

As part of its public offering roadshow, Facebook executives met with managers of T. Rowe Price, whose stake in the social media company...

Consuming Interests: Thieves target the dead for ID theft

You can be dead and still be a victim in this world. A new report by ID Analytics find that thieves target the dead, using their Social...

Insight: Minute by minute, Nasdaq chaos engulfed Facebook IPO

(Reuters) - Dead silence.

Facebook IPO is flashback to dot-com class action

By Erin Geiger Smith Less than a week after its IPO, Facebook Inc is already facing multiple...

NASDAQ OMX board elects interim chairman

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nasdaq OMX said on Friday its board of directors elected Börje...

Nomura linked to another insider trading case: sources

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's securities regulator will seek a fine against a fund management arm of...

Icahn buys Chesapeake stake, seeks board changes

(Reuters) - Billionaire investor Carl Icahn revealed he had bought a 7.6 percent stake in Chesapeake...

JPMorgan board to shake up risk committee: WSJ

(Reuters) - The board of JPMorgan Chase & Co is expected to make changes to its risk-policy...

NASDAQ OMX board elects interim chairman

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nasdaq OMX said on Friday its board of directors elected Börje...

SEC eyes Nasdaq compliance in Facebook debacle

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Securities regulators are looking into whether Nasdaq violated any...

Exclusive: Merrill misstep may hurt battle vs. broker claims

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Merrill Lynch's battle to void a $10 million arbitration ruling suffered a...

Court OKs JPMorgan fee pact; Capital One talks fail

(Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co won preliminary court approval of its agreement to pay $110 million...

Ex-General Re, AIG execs may settle criminal case

(Reuters) - Four former executives at Berkshire Hathaway Inc's General Re Corp and one at American...

Facebook's market maker losses may top $115 million: sources

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Four of Wall Street's major market makers involved in Facebook's botched...

Analysis: Big M&A banks move down-market in hunt for fees

(Reuters) - The slow market for merger deals is driving big-name investment banks into combat with...

Facebook IPO glitch prompts margin calls, headaches

BOSTON (Reuters) - Just hours before Facebook Inc made its stock market debut last Friday, Seuk...

Wall Street scores weekly gains, but sags for the day

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks ended their first positive week in four with a down day on Friday...