Discount retailer Family Dollar Stores Inc. on Wednesday said its board authorized the repurchase of $400 million in stock.

From the entire S&P 500, which stocks are analysts expecting to have the biggest pops? With data from ThomsonReuters, we took a look at which stocks have consensus estimates farthest above their stock prices (as of market close on 9/30/09).

A late upturn pushed stocks higher Wednesday as investors rotated into defensive stocks like pharmaceuticals and Alcoa advanced ahead of earnings.

Stocks turned lower Wednesday as investors got defensive ahead of earnings season, rotating into pharmaceuticals and out of techs.

Stocks rebounded Wednesday after a major selloff in the previous session as earnings season gets into gear.

Futures indicated a slightly higher open for Wall Street Wednesday on profit taking after the major selloff the previous day.

From paper towels at Toys R Us to bagged lettuce at Target, several large retailers are taking a page from Wal-Mart — the king of one-stop shopping.

For millions of families, the recession is not a layoff, nor a drastic reduction in income, but a pay cut that has forced them to thrash through daily calculations. The New York Times reports.