NEW YORK (Reuters) - Financial markets appear willing to give the United States something they offer fewer and fewer countries these days -- time to get public finances in order.
WASHINGTON — The United States could still faces an unprecedented downgrade of its triple-A credit rating, despite the government's last minute moves to avoid defaulting on its debt Tuesday.
BOSTON (Reuters) - Billionaire investor George Soros, whose stock-picking career has spanned nearly four decades, said he will manage money only for himself as new regulations threaten to crimp the hedge fund industry he made famous.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sales of previously owned U.S. homes plunged in February and prices hit their lowest level in nearly nine years, implying a housing market recovery was still a long way off.
