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US stocks are down as banks, retailers and airlines fall and smaller companies continue to skid

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Stocks closed lower on Wall Street as Apple fell to its worst loss in more than four years.

Malaysia's new government has unveiled a record budget for 2019 despite battling a huge national debt, with new tax measures and increased dividends from national oil company Petronas intended to plug the country's fiscal deficit

U.S. stocks finished mostly lower Tuesday as rising interest rates hurt shares of companies that pay big dividends and higher oil prices affected transportation and shipping companies

US stocks are mixed as energy companies rise with oil prices but technology companies and high-dividend stocks slip

Stocks are closing mixed on Wall Street as gains for banks are offset by losses elsewhere in the market.

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that CBS and its parent company National Amusements are in talks to settle pending litigation over who controls the broadcaster

The Royal Bank of Scotland has announced a fall in second-quarter profit after being hit by a big charge from U.S. authorities over past misdeeds

US stocks finish slightly lower as a jump in bond yields helps banks but hurts big-dividend stocks

US stocks are jumping after the Federal Reserve said most of the largest financial institutions in the US can raise their dividends and buy back more stock

Fed gives OK to 32 of 35 biggest US banks to raise dividends, buy back shares

Flush with cash from lower tax bills and a growing economy, big U.S. companies spent a record amount buying back shares of their own stock at the start of this year

Federal Reserve finds biggest US banks strong enough to survive severe economic shock

US stocks slip and indexes in Europe and Asia took sharp losses as the U.S. and China exchange fresh threats in their dispute over trade

CBS Corp.'s controlling shareholder has fired back at the company over a board attempt to dilute the shareholder's stock voting power, the latest move in an escalating legal battle for control of the media company

A sharp drop in crude oil prices is sending energy companies skidding, weighing down the broader stock market.

Most of CBS Corp.'s board has approved a special dividend that could enable the company to break free from its controlling shareholder, but the power struggle's outcome still hinges on an ongoing legal battle

Most of CBS Corp. approve dividend likely to be blocked by company's controlling shareholder

A Delaware judge has ordered a pause in a dispute between CBS and its majority shareholder that could decide control of the company