Business & Finance News - Yahoo! Finance

Jitters in Japan and fear over the Fed have stoked a reversal in gold that follows a seven month, 25% slump. While the most widely traded metal is still only about $25 away from the two and a half year low it hit in April, Paul Schatz, president of Heritage Capital, thinks there's currently a lot more upside than downside in gold.

U.S. prosecutors are seeking testimony from three senior executives of the $15 billion hedge fund SAC Capital Advisors.

After rising 80% in the past seven months, Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 stock index finally blinked.

What many may be asking as they wake up to these ugly losses with stock futures pointing due south, is if Wall Street could be looking at a correction like the Nikkei’s nightmare u-turn on Thursday.

Did Tim Cook's testimony reignite the bullish case to buy Apple? This is the topic of a key debate.

Sales of new homes rose in April to the second highest level since the summer of 2008 while the median price for a new home hit a record high.

51.2 expected after 52.1 last month.

Joel Kotkin from The Daily Beast believes tech gurus are America’s newest set of oligarchs.

The average 401(k) retirement balance for U.S. workers hit a record high of $80,900 in the first quarter, a growth spurt of 75%.

Emails and other documents suggest the Internal Revenue Service's procedures used to target conservative groups for added scrutiny were developed by lower-level employees.