Among the shares expected to see active trade in Thursday's session are Aetna, Campbell Soup, Hot Topic, Jack in the Box, Limited, NetApp, Sears, Sony and Stage Stores.

Shares of smaller and regional U.S. banks gain Monday as a Morgan Stanley analyst says the time is right to boost exposure to the sector.

California regional bank CVB Financial beat analyst expectations by 70% even though the state government is essentially bankrupt.

The default rate on C&I loans is moving higher and will probably exceed peaks seen at previous cycles given the current economy.

When the lights of sports celebrity dim and franchises will no longer pay star players a living wage (by professional sports standards that is) retired pros must look to other means of making money. Of course they can always try to bank on sports memorabilia - but that’s generally considered low-hanging fruit (and what finally landed OJ Simpson in prison was a fight over such relics).In the earlier part of this decade many athletes invested in a variety of funds. But since many players -- baseball great Sandy Koufax among them -- were involved in the Bernie Madoff and Robert ...