U.S. stocks fell, leaving the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index little changed for the year, as concern over Europe’s debt crisis overshadowed optimism for the U.S. in 2012

Treasuries advanced for a fourth day, capping their biggest annual return since 2008, as investors sought the refuge of U.S. government securities on concern Europe’s sovereign-debt crisis will worsen.

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While President Obama ends the war in Iraq this month and pledges to wind down the war in Afghanistan by 2014, foreign policy offers a less certain election weapon

While the closing of 'News of the World' did little to curb damage to News Corp., it signaled an end to the freewheeling days of London's tabloid culture

Research In Motion Ltd.’s BlackBerry smartphone, which lost its No. 4 spot to Apple Inc. in the U.S. in the first half, fell further behind the iPhone maker and market leader Samsung Electronics Co. after new models failed to attract enough users.

North Korea warned the world not to expect change from the regime under new leader Kim Jong Un and threatened a “roar of revenge” against South Korean President Lee Myung Bak, ahead of New Year messages by both sides that analysts say will focus on inter-Korean relations.

Verizon Wireless, the largest U.S. mobile carrier, canceled a planned $2 “convenience fee” for online and phone bill payments after a backlash from consumers and scrutiny from the Federal Communications Commission.

A two-point decline completed in the last seconds of trading sent the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index to a 2011 loss of 4/100ths of a point, ending a two-year streak of gains for the benchmark gauge of American equities.

Former Hewlett-Packard Co. Chief Executive Officer Mark Hurd tried to persuade Jodie Fisher to have sex and kissed and touched her inappropriately while she was a company events contractor, according to a much-contested letter that was ordered to be released by a court yesterday.

Hungary’s chances of obtaining a bailout receded after lawmakers approved new central bank regulations that prompted the International Monetary Fund and the European Union to break off talks this month.

CDR Financial Products Inc. and its founder, David Rubin, pleaded guilty less than a week before trial on charges tied to a federal investigation of bid- and auction-rigging in the municipal bond market.

South Korea’s financial regulator told the country’s lenders to keep three months of foreign currency funding on hand again next year to guard against potential market unrest stemming from Europe’s debt woes and risks from North Korea after the death of dictator Kim Jong Il.