The legend that is Warren Buffett spread in an even wider arc around the globe at the weekend, as the iconic Berkshire-Hathaway annual general meeting streamed live on the internet for the first time.

The best-performing US stocks right now are ones that usually do well when the economy isn’t, makers of everything from household cleaning products to food. It’s yet another black cloud for investors fretting over a growth slowdown.

Investors got some bad news about the American shopper yesterday, driving down US stocks and sending the Dow Jones industrial average to a loss for the week.

The US stock market had its biggest decline in two weeks yesterday, led by a sell-off in blue-chip bank and energy stocks.

Stocks fell for the first time in seven days on Wall Street, ending a run that had pushed the indexes to all-time highs.

It was another record day for US stocks yesterday, but barely.

Occupying a single floor of a three-storey building in a suburban Dublin office park, Western Union’s offices are notably modest for the international headquarters of the world’s largest money transfer firm.

The US stock market posted its biggest loss this year yesterday after news that Federal Reserve officials suggested the central bank scale back its effort to keep borrowing costs low.

Investors’ “fiscal cliff” worries are likely to give way to more fundamental concerns, like earnings, as fourth-quarter reports get under way next week.

A quiet day on Wall Street yesterday turned into the worst sell-off in three months after a Federal Reserve official said he doubted the bank's effort to boost economic growth would work.

A slide in Spanish stocks and bonds deepened yesterday as investors’ concerns that prime minister Mariano Rajoy may require international aid rattled international markets.

INTERNATIONAL stock markets enjoyed a rare consecutive day’s rise yesterday as optimism surrounding positive solutions to the eurozone debt crisis being found gathered momentum.

TWENTY-FIVE of the 100 highest paid US chief executives earned more last year than their companies paid in federal income tax, a pay study has found.

News that European leaders were drawing up a new rescue plan for Greece and taking a broader approach to dealing with Europe’s debt troubles drove markets higher Thursday.

The London market’s volatile week continued today as investors reacted to a sharp fall for shares on Wall Street last night.

Wall Street recovered from a mostly down session today, ekeing out a gain as investors brushed off another slide in Chinese stocks.

Wall Street rose for a second straight session today after the government’s latest gross domestic product reading showed the economy was in better shape than expected, easing concerns that growth was moderating too sharply. The Dow Jones industrials rose 90 points.

Wall Street managed a modest advance in light pre-holiday trading today, boosted by weakening oil prices and a gross domestic product report that showed the economy expanding at a faster pace than previously thought.

US investors found some reassurance in weak job growth figures today, and sent stocks sharply higher on the assumption that the numbers will prompt Federal Reserve to be less aggressive in raising interest rates.

Wall Street ended a stunning second quarter quietly today as fund managers spent the day repositioning their holdings, but the narrow losses didn’t stop the Standard & Poor’s 500 index from achieving its best quarterly gain since the final three months of 1998.