What's next after wild week for stocks?

NEW YORK — The stock market needs to see a therapist. Temperamental, flighty, prone to violent mood swings, the market took investors on a wild ride this week. From one day to the next, even within a few hours, stocks swung from despair to optimism,...

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Market turmoil: A gift for mortgage refinancers?

A sudden plunge in mortgage rates this week raised an urgent question for millions of Americans: Should I refinance my mortgage? Across the country, homeowners and would-be homeowners eager for a bargain rate fired off inquiries to lenders. The opportunity...

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Robert Rodriguez sues over unpaid $7.7 million for 'Sin City 2,' 'Machete Kills'

Filmmaker Robert Rodriguez has sued the financers of "Sin City 2" and "Machete Kills," alleging non-payment of $7.7 million. The suit was filed Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday by Rodriguez and his affiliate companies against Sergei Bespalov,...

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Gay-rights group backs use of HIV-prevention pill

NEW YORK — The largest U.S. gay-rights organization Saturday endorsed efforts to promote the use of a once-a-day pill to prevent HIV infection and called on insurers to provide more generous coverage of the drug. Some doctors have been reluctant to...

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Peyton Manning poised to make NFL history in primetime

There's no player in pro football more popular these days then Peyton Manning, and when the Denver Broncos quarterback sets the all-time NFL record for touchdown passes, his fans should be able to see it happen live. Manning, whose 506 career TDs puts...

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Janet Yellen decries income inequality

Federal Reserve chairwoman Janet Yellen said yesterday that rising income inequality in the U.S. is at odds with American values. "It is appropriate to ask whether this trend is compatible with values rooted in our nation's history, among them the high...

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Here's what's been happening in markets this month

What a difference a month makes. On Sept. 18, the U.S. stock market reached a record high after a mostly uneventful summer. Long-term interest rates headed higher, a sign that investors expected steady U.S. growth. A widely watched measure of volatility...

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Massachusetts voters to decide fate of casino law

PLAINVILLE, Mass. — The second fight over gambling in Massachusetts pits the companies who have already won the right to operate casinos against mostly local activists who object to casinos largely on moral and religious grounds. If approved, the Nov....

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Turner Broadcasting ends a tough week of write-downs, layoffs and exec uncertainty

The big news from HBO at Time Warner's investor meeting Wednesday overshadowed another surprise announcement that Turner Broadcasting would take a $400 million write-down on programming expenditures. Turner execs didn't elaborate on the specific shows...

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Ebola monitoring inconsistent as virus spread

DALLAS — The top administrator in Dallas County rushed to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital this week responding to urgent news: One of its nurses had caught Ebola from a patient. He quickly asked for the hospital's watch list to find out who else might...

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