A strengthening dollar and worries about an overheated market hit stocks today.

Investors slowed their hectic buying of stocks today, leaving the major indexes little changed after a four-day advance.

Wall Street capped a volatile week with a big advance today, rebounding from a steep sell-off as investors sought bargains and cheered a milder-than-expected drop in a regional manufacturing report.

The president and chief executive of Allfirst, the US division of Allied Irish Banks that was rocked by a €700m currency trading scandal, has resigned