By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK | Fri Dec 7, 2012 8:58pm EST NEW YORK (Reuters) – Investors typically sell stocks to cut their losses at year end. But worries about the “fiscal cliff” – and the possibility of higher taxes in 2013 – may act as the greatest incentive to sell both winners and losers [...]

By Angela Moon NEW YORK | Thu Oct 4, 2012 4:35pm EDT NEW YORK (Reuters) – The SP 500 extended gains to a fourth day on Thursday, putting it on the cusp of a new five-year high if Friday’s jobs report shows encouraging signs for the labor market. The rally was broad, with all 10 [...]

Green policies could halve the negative impact of spikes in fossil fuel prices by 2050, according to a new report. The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) said that the negative effects of increases in global oil, gas and coal prices have on the UK could be reduced by using low-carbon forms of electricity [...]

NEW YORK (Reuters) – With two weeks left in the trading year, the euro zone debt crisis will remain the primary impediment to pushing the SP 500 index into positive territory for 2011. Uncertainty over progress in the region, along with the potential for credit rating downgrades on euro zone countries, have kept investors on [...]

By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK | Wed Nov 9, 2011 5:14pm EST NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks tumbled 3 percent on Wednesday in the market’s worst day since mid-August as a spike in Italian bond yields signaled the European debt crisis had worsened.   All 10 SP sectors were down, but SP financials were the [...]

By Ryan Vlastelica NEW YORK | Tue Nov 8, 2011 5:54pm EST NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks closed higher on Tuesday for a second day in a row as late-day news about Europe sparked an afternoon rally that erased early weakness. Italy’s president said Silvio Berlusconi, the country’s prime minister, would resign after a new [...]