Financial stocks rise modestly, besting the broader market in early action Wednesday.

Leon Cooperman is one of the great value investors according to Forbes. We look at four stocks from his portfolio.

Unemployment remains high but there are signs the economy is starting to expand again. Are we in a jobless recovery?Economists are undecided. Columbia University economics professor Edmund Phelps recently dismissed the notion of the jobless recovery as “scare talk ” arguing that any significant GDP expansion will bring employment back. Others disagree arguing that as long as worker productivity continues to increase as it has in recent months companies will have little incentive to hire.It’s not so surprising that economists don’t agree because it turns out that economists don’t even agree on exactly what causes a jobless recovery nor ...

Shares of government student-lending firm Sallie Mae jump more than 15% as earnings reports continue to roll in for the financial sector.

Among the shares expected to see active trade in Wednesday’s session are those of Air Products, CNH Global, Continental Air, Elan, Gilead Sciences, SanDisk, Seagate, Sun Micro, Tupperware and Yahoo. 

Multi-State Petition Delivers 186,092 Signatures Encouraging Elected Officials to Protect Jobs and Preserve Options for Students

Multi-State Petition Delivers 186,092 Signatures Encouraging Elected Officials to Protect Jobs and Preserve Options for Students

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