Traders are looking for a so-called Santa Claus rally, in which stocks rise from around Christmas through the second trading session of the next year. This is a period when corporate news slows, ...

The Saturday protest was an all-day affair for islanders who boarded ferries both on Vashon’s north and south ends bound for ...

Much will depend on investors’ assessments of the credit markets. They were spooked last week (just ahead of Halloween) by news that Zions Bancorp incurred a $50 million charge-off in Q3 due to legal ...