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Financial News of the Week

Breaking business, economic and personal finance news, including reports on oil prices, stocks, technology, retirement, small business and more.

10:39am: More lenders are reaching out to borrowers in trouble. (more)
10:27am: Dow industrials hit new intraday record, Nasdaq manages slim gains as investors welcome mild CPI; Home Depot slides on earnings miss. (more)
10:17am: An elite event in Manhattan provides a unique window on the best that Italians have to offer. Dine with Mario Batali, slip into a silky Davide Cenci jacket, and sip a glass of enticing Barolo. (more)
10:16am: Ten-year benchmark yields 4.68 percent after the consumer price report comes in below forecasts. (more)
10:09am: Hiring is up and so are salaries, but there's lots of competition, too. Raise the odds of getting your dream job by avoiding these common errors. (more)
10:08am: Each spring, about 1.5 million new college grads enter the workplace hoping to put their newly acquired degrees to good use, get their careers going, and start making some cash. Thanks to a bright job market, more than half of 12,303 graduating students polled by the National Association of Colleges and Employers already had accepted jobs by early May. Meanwhile, another 49% of those seeking full-time jobs are still looking. (more)
10:03am: Realtors report that markets are still softening (more)
9:48am: The cycle of over-the-top hype, vicious competition, bankruptcies and consolidation that characterized the late-90s dot-com boom and this decade's real estate market could be the key to America's economic success. (more)
9:34am: Stocks fight to rise as investors mull weak corporate earnings and lower inflation reads. (more)
8:51am: Blake Jorgensen, co-founder of Thomas Weisel Partners, to start position June 4. (more)
8:48am: National average for a gallon of regular is now nearly $3.09, the third record day in a row. (more)
8:38am: Overall inflation measure shows prices rose at slower pace in April, but core prices rose at faster pace. (more)
8:12am: Crude prices fall Tuesday on forecasts for higher U.S. inventories and improvements in African nation. (more)
8:02am: Would you flirt with the boss to get ahead? Keep a $2,000 bank error? Money Magazine's survey reveals what is and isn't okay in America. (more)
7:51am: Despite big loss, DaimlerChrysler's first-quarter earnings beat expectations; strength in Mercedes unit offsets Chrysler woes. (more)
7:26am: Bank committee determines that president violated ethics standards over his girlfriend's promotion; Wolfowitz calls findings 'unbalanced' and 'flawed.' (more)
6:45am: No. 1 retailer sees record earnings in line with forecasts, but says it should have done better; sees second quarter at or below estimates. (more)
6:28am: Shares of Atlanta-based home improvement retailer slide more than 2% in morning trading; company eyes full-year results at low end of forecast. (more)
6:25am: Deal to create world's biggest financial news company still needs regulatory clearance and shareholder approval. (more)
6:17am: Futures turn higher after the consumer prices report rises below economists' expectations. (more)
6:00am: The baby-boomers' kids are marching into the workplace, and look out: This crop of twentysomethings really is different. Fortune's Nadira Hira presents a field guide to Generation Y. (more)
5:48am: Gentler scalpels? Floats that never fail? Delivered yesterday? No problem! That's why small U.S. manufacturers are on the rise. (more)
5:46am: Knock-on effects from risky mortgages and softening home prices show few signs of letting up; Nevada leads nation in delinquent homeowners. (more)