Today, Transocean (RIG) reached an agreement with shareholder activist Carl Icahn to settle a monthslong disagreement regarding the future direction of the company.
Janet Yellen will appear before the Senate Banking Committee on Thursday, Nov. 14, at 10 a.m.
Although the October jobs report was considerably higher than expected, it contained numbers which indicate future problems in the housing sector.
Standard & Poor’s downgraded France’s credit rating from AA+ to AA, a move not matched by other credit-rating issuers.
For tax year 2011, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued $3.6 billion in potentially fraudulent refunds.
Spain reported 1.4% year-on-year growth in September, contradicting expectations of a 1.5% contraction.