Disney announced today it will buy Lucasfilm for $4 billion in cash and stock. George Lucas, the creator of the Star Wars franchise and CEO of Lucasfilm, owns 100% of the company. Even better: A new Star Wars movie, Episode VII, will debut in 2015. More Star Wars feature fil... Read more...
After one of the most wild days on Wall Street, Nasdaq canceled trades of 296 stocks whose prices fluctuated the most. At around 2:45 p.m. ET on Thursday, trades of a number of stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange were slowed for about a minute due to excessive volatility. During that s... Read more...
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Stocks ended higher Friday, marking the fourth straight day of gains, but investors were cautious buyers at the end of a big week that included the Fed's decision to boost the emergency bank lending rate. The Dow Jones industrial average (INDU) added 9 points, or 0.... Read more...