» Bill Donoghue: Proactive Fund Investor celebrates five-year win
31 Jul 2010, 4:01 pm | MarketWatch.com – Top Stories

The first five years of The Proactive Fund Investor newsletter have yielded some key lessons about succeeding in today’s unpredictable markets.

» NewsWatch: U.S. stock market to continue balancing act
31 Jul 2010, 4:00 pm | MarketWatch.com – Top Stories

The U.S. stock market is likely to continue pulling risk on and off the table in the days ahead, with another heavy round of earnings reports in store, along will a full slate of data on the economy,. […]

» Auto Review: 2011 Mercedes Benz E550 Cabriolet: Handles it all
31 Jul 2010, 3:50 pm | MarketWatch.com – Top Stories

The 2011 Mercedes Benz E550 Cabriolet in unruffled by Mother Nature and you get the feeling it will handle anything that you can throw at it on the road. But the great engineering doesn’t come cheap.

» Second House Democrat may face ethics trial
31 Jul 2010, 3:40 pm | MarketWatch.com – Top Stories

Rep. Maxine Waters of California could become the second Democrat to face an ethics trial in the fall after she reportedly declined to strike a deal with congressional investigators.

» BP may sell German gas stations for $2.6 billion: report
31 Jul 2010, 2:35 pm | Reuters: Business News

VIENNA (Reuters) – BP Plc is seeking to sell its German petrol station chain Aral for around 2 billion euros ($2.6 billion), German magazine Wirtschaftswoche reported on Saturday, citing investment ba. […]

» China says it tops Japan as No. 2 economy
31 Jul 2010, 1:46 pm | Latest financial news – CNNMoney.com

China has surpassed Japan to become the world’s second largest economy, lagging only behind the United States, a Chinese government official said in remarks published on Friday.

» Eurazeo in exclusive B&B Hotels talks with Carlyle
31 Jul 2010, 1:38 pm | Reuters: Business News

PARIS (Reuters) – French financial holding firm Eurazeo said on Saturday it is in exclusive talks to sell its B&B Hotels chain to U.S. private equity firm the Carlyle Group.

» NewsWatch: Stocks cheer a benign July; gold, dollar suffer
31 Jul 2010, 1:00 pm | MarketWatch.com – Top Stories

A modicum of confidence returned to markets in July, as U.S. and European stocks erased losses inked in the frenzy of prior months and investors took heart that slow growth is better than none at all,. […]

» Top Ten: The week’s Top 10 videos on MarketWatch
31 Jul 2010, 12:01 pm | MarketWatch.com – Top Stories

In case you missed them, here are the top 10 videos that appeared on MarketWatch for the week of July 26-30:

» Personal Finance Daily: The week’s 10 best Personal Finance stories
31 Jul 2010, 12:00 pm | MarketWatch.com – Top Stories

In case you missed them, here are the top 10 Personal Finance stories from MarketWatch for the week of July 26-July 30:

» Pakistan security talks with UK cancelled
31 Jul 2010, 10:18 am | Financial Times – US homepage

High level security official cancels visit to UK after Cameron’s comments accusing Pakistan of continuing to sponsor Islamic militants

» Auto Review: 2011 Ford Explorer: Complete makeover
31 Jul 2010, 10:01 am | MarketWatch.com – Top Stories

The 2011 Ford Explorer truly is all new, and not just in the Detroit sense of the term. The 2011 will have a unitized body instead of the old truck-like body-on-frame. How many consumers do you think. […]

» Market Snapshot: U.S. stock market to continue balancing act
31 Jul 2010, 4:01 am | MarketWatch.com – Top Stories

The U.S. stock market is likely to continue pulling risk on and off the table in the days ahead, with another heavy round of earnings reports in store, along will a full slate of data on the economy,. […]

» Outside the Box: China’s challenge is our challenge
31 Jul 2010, 4:01 am | MarketWatch.com – Top Stories

Americans won’t be spectators in China’s coming changes — we will be deeply involved, whether we like it or not, writes Howard Gold.

» [$$] CH Energy Slips; Abaxis Shares Soar (at The Wall Street Journal)
31 Jul 2010, 1:04 am | Yahoo! Finance: Stocks News

CH Energy Slips; Abaxis Shares Soar U.S. small-capitalization stocks traded in a tight range and both benchmark indexes closed out July with gains of more than 6% and posted their first monthly gain s. […]

» [$$] Merck Throws Dow for a Loss (at The Wall Street Journal)
31 Jul 2010, 12:57 am | Yahoo! Finance: Stocks News

Merck Throws Dow for a Loss In the final session of the market s best month in a year, blue-chip stocks fell slightly as data showed U.S. economic growth slowed in the second quarter while Merck s sal. […]

» Wall Street marks best month in a year in July
31 Jul 2010, 12:06 am | Reuters: Business News

NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks closed little changed on Friday, but Wall Street wrapped up its best month in a year after the earnings season rounded the final turn with a group of strong results th. […]

» Move to block BP from US drilling
30 Jul 2010, 11:42 pm | Financial Times – US homepage

BP would be blocked from winning future drilling permits in the US because of its safety record under energy legislation passed by the House of Representatives

» SEC vs. the media, round two
30 Jul 2010, 10:58 pm | Latest financial news – CNNMoney.com

The Securities and Exchange Commission was not seeking a blanket exemption from public information laws, when it asked Congress to include a little known provision in the Wall Street reform law, the a. […]

» S&P 500 and Dow Have Best Monthly Gains in a Year (at CNBC)
30 Jul 2010, 10:31 pm | Yahoo! Finance: Stocks News

US stocks posted their best monthly performance of the year, led by the Dow Jones Industrial Average with a gain of 7.1%. Within the S&P 500 sectors, industrial and material companies rose the most in. […]

» Stocks: Best monthly gain in a year
30 Jul 2010, 10:11 pm | Latest financial news – CNNMoney.com

Despite a mixed performance on Friday, stocks booked the best monthly gain in a year, with the Dow Jones industrial average and S&P 500 both rising nearly 7% in July.

» Stocks: Best monthly gain in a year (at CNNMoney.com)
30 Jul 2010, 10:11 pm | Yahoo! Finance: Stocks News

Major indexes end flat Friday, but post the first monthly rise since April.

» Is gambling’s marriage of equals built to last?
30 Jul 2010, 10:06 pm | Financial Times – US homepage

PartyGamingand Bwin spent so much time fretting over their marriage that those analysts who had long called on these online gambling companies to get hitched had forgotten about the courtship

» US House Votes to End Deepwater Drilling Moratorium
30 Jul 2010, 10:06 pm | CNBC’s Top Business Stories from the U.S.

» Pops & Drops: Arch Coal, Teradyne… (at CNBC)
30 Jul 2010, 10:03 pm | Yahoo! Finance: Stocks News

Following are the week s biggest movers. Find out why shares of Arch Coal and Teradyne popped while Netflix and Eastman Kodak dropped.

» Stocks Finish Up Over 7% for Month of July (at CNBC)
30 Jul 2010, 9:52 pm | Yahoo! Finance: Stocks News

Stocks ended relatively flat Friday after a disappointing GDP report but the Dow logged its best month in a year, rising more than 7 percent.

» Stocks end July with big gain; Dow gains 7.1 pct (AP)
30 Jul 2010, 9:48 pm | Yahoo! Finance: Stocks News

Stocks had a fitting end to a choppy July as prices seesawed their way to a narrowly mixed finish. The market still had its best month in a year.

» Jobs data, earnings latest test for stocks
30 Jul 2010, 9:46 pm | Reuters: Business News

NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks are unlikely to break above a key technical level next week unless monthly jobs data and consumer company results paint a more promising picture of the recovery.

» Software Released for Attacking Android Phones
30 Jul 2010, 9:44 pm | CNBC’s Top Business Stories from the U.S.

» Will August Bring Market Gains Similar To July? (at CNBC)
30 Jul 2010, 9:41 pm | Yahoo! Finance: Stocks News

On Friday, the market closed out its best month in a year with the Dow, Nasdaq and S&P all posting 7% gains for the month. Now how about August?