NEW YORK, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Data on housing and prices pushed the Dow Jones industrial average to a six-year low Wednesday, stirring alarm over where the U.S. economy is headed.

WASHINGTON, July 16 (UPI) -- Assurances from U.S. regulators that the country's banks remains sound haven't quelled market jitters, analysts said.

BOSTON, July 6 (UPI) -- When millions of U.S. investors open their second-quarter retirement account statements soon they might be disappointed with their dividends, analysts say.

CHICAGO, Feb. 22 (UPI) -- Baltimore-based T. Rowe Price Associates is buying the mutual funds business of construction equipment maker Caterpillar Inc.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- As the Federal Reserve Board has continued to raise short-term interest rates, returns for savers have become more attractive.

WASHINGTON, July 7 (UPI) -- The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, fresh off its probe of mutual fund scandals, is turning a spotlight on 401(k) plans.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- Monday I looked at president Herbert Hoover's mistakes leading into the Great Depression, and asked whether they could be perpetrated again; today I look at the New Deal itself, and at which of its economic follies are liable to recur.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- In the end, it comes down yet again to integrity. Mutual fund groups that are properly run may attract a certain amount of market timing against their funds by third parties, but they take steps to prevent it when it occurs, and their management has no i

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 (UPI) -- A very important principle in life: Don't do for yourself things that other people can do much better for you. This columnist follows the principle religiously, avoids DIY like the plague, and trembles in fear every time he has to go into a Home Depot.