Markets

The Walt Disney Company has reported a 30% year-on-year increase in profits in the three months to 1 October, although revenues from its film business fell back ……Read More

The strength of last year’s Black Friday appears to be compelling large retailers to try to further their success by opening even earlier this year. ……Read More

Japan’s massive currency-market intervention could result in a short-term buying opportunity, experts say. American investors may have a short-term buying opportunity for mutual funds that ……Read More

High-yield bond funds are seeing record inflows, but experts warn the best times may have already passed. Investors who had hid in safe havens are heading ……Read More

Wall Street’s watchdog isn’t as fierce as you might think. 1. “We will never live up to your expectations.” “Occupy Wall Street” protestors aren’t livid ……Read More

Broker-dealer MF Global Holdings (MF), the securities firm run by former New Jersey governor and Goldman Sachs head Jon Corzine, is seeking bankruptcy protection one week after reporting its biggest-ever quarterly loss. MF ……Read More