5 days ago
S&P said Berkshire's insurance companies, which include Geico and major reinsurance firms like General Re, are riskier than other insurers because their large equity investments that can be volatile.
21 days ago
U.S. stock futures slipped Tuesday after the Standard & Poor's 500 index closed at an all-time high.
21 days ago
More than half of the companies in the S&P 500 have turned in results, and seven of 10 have beaten analysts' estimates for earnings, according to S&P Capital IQ.
68 days ago
Encouraging news from the job market pushed the stock market up early Thursday, putting the Standard & Poor's 500 index near its all-time high.
68 days ago
Stocks are rising in midday trading following the latest encouraging news about the job market, pushing the Standard & Poor's 500 index near its all-time high.
90 days ago
FED NEWS: Minutes from the Federal Reserve's last meeting helped drive the Standard & Poor's 500 index to its biggest loss this year.
99 days ago
U.S. stocks drifted lower in thin trading Monday, pulling the Standard & Poor's 500 index back from a five-year high.
99 days ago
U.S. stocks drifted lower in thin trading Monday, pulling the Standard & Poor's 500 index back from a five-year high.
99 days ago
U.S. stocks drifted lower in early Monday trading, pulling the Standard & Poor's 500 index back from its five-year high.
105 days ago
According to the lawsuit, S&P didn't issue a mass downgrade of subprime-backed securities until mid-2007, even though it knew in 2006 that many borrowers were struggling or failing to make payments.
105 days ago
The Standard & Poor's 500 gained 15.59 points to 1,511.29.
105 days ago
"--- In August 2004, one executive expressed concern that S&P would lose business to competitors like Moody's and Fitch unless it gave more favorable ratings to investments.
105 days ago
The Justice Department claims that S&P bowed to pressure from Wall Street banks to give favorable ratings in exchange for keeping the lucrative business.
106 days ago
The U.S. government is readying civil charges against Standard & Poor's Ratings Services for improperly giving high ratings to toxic mortgage bonds before the financial crisis, the company says.
106 days ago
According to a report in The New York Times, the lawsuit will likely be brought this week after settlement talks between the Justice Department and S&P broke down last week.
106 days ago
"This has never been used in conjunction with a rating agency and is unprecedented," Catherine Mathis, S&P's senior vice president of marketing and communications, told McClatchy.
106 days ago
S&P is a unit of New York-based McGraw-Hill Cos. McGraw-Hill's stock plunged nearly 14 percent Monday after reports surfaced about the government's expected lawsuit.
112 days ago
The Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller 20-city home price index rose 5.5 percent in November compared with the same month a year ago, pushed higher by rising sales and a tighter supply of available...
113 days ago
U.S. stocks meandered between small gains and losses Monday, cooling off after a rally that pushed the Standard & Poor's 500 index above 1,500 for the first time since December 2007.
113 days ago
FLYING SIDEWAYS: U.S. stocks meandered between small gains and losses Monday, cooling after the Standard & Poor's 500 index rallied above 1,500 for the first time since Dec. 2007.
113 days ago
U.S. stocks meandered between small gains and losses, cooling off after a rally that had pushed the Standard & Poor's 500 index above 1,500 for the first time since December 2007.
116 days ago
The S&P 500 broke through 1,500 Thursday for the first time since December 2007, following a drop in claims for unemployment benefits that added to evidence that the labor market is healing.
117 days ago
A sudden drop in claims for unemployment benefits helped push the Standard & Poor's 500 index above 1,500 for the first time since December 2007.
123 days ago
Stocks indexes are little changed in early trading on Wall Street as the market closes out a strong week in which the Standard & Poor's 500 index hit five-year highs.
124 days ago
The S&P 500 gained eight points to close at 1,480 Thursday, its highest level since December 2007.
