China February exports jump 45.7 percent (AP)
AP - China's exports rose in February in a new sign of growing global demand...

Curbing derivatives might hurt, not help, Greece (AP)
AP - Derivatives have become a dirty word. ...

Asia markets little changed as China exports surge (AP)
AP - Asian stock markets were little changed Wednesday even...

Feds to probe cause of runaway Prius in California (AP)
AP - The government sent investigators Tuesday to examine a Prius that sped out of control on a California freeway, and Toyota said it wanted to interview the driver as the besieged automaker dealt with a high-profile new...

Kan. mulling new soda tax, raising other levies (AP)
AP - Kansas would impose a new tax on soda — a penny for every teaspoon of sugar — under a proposal that a key legislator outlined Tuesday...

Oil hovers above $81 amid mixed US inventory data (AP)
AP - Oil prices hovered above $81 a barrel Wednesday in...

A look at global economic developments (AP)
AP - A look at economic...

W.House's Romer: Too soon for spending clamp-down (Reuters)
Reuters - Clamping down on spending now to cut the gaping U.S. budget deficit would be "pound-foolish" and derail the...

ICF International's 4Q net ticks higher (AP)
AP - ICF International Inc.'s quarterly profit ticked higher as the company benefited from a lower...

Asia markets little changed as China exports surge (AP)
AP - Asian stock markets were little changed Wednesday even as surging Chinese exports pointed to a pickup in global trade. ...

Asian stocks near 6-week highs, cool to China data (Reuters)
Reuters - Asian stocks hovered near six-week highs on Wednesday as Chinese data showed exports and imports in February were better than expected, while the euro and the pound suffered on renewed concerns about Europe's fiscal problems. ...

SEC chief economist leaving (AP)
AP - The chief economist of the Securities and Exchange Commission, who is an expert on the financial instruments...

Summary Box: Gains slow after big year for stocks (AP)
AP - A YEAR LATER: The Dow Jones industrial average is up 61.4 percent since it closed at a 12-year low of 6,547 on March 9, 2009. On paper, U.S. stocks have gained about $5.7 trillion but are still down about $5.5 trillion from the peak in October 2007. ...

How the major stock indexes fared on Tuesday (AP)
AP - Financial companies led stocks higher Tuesday on the one-year anniversary of the market's hitting a 12-year low. The gain in bank stocks came as traders reacted to rumors that the government might prohibit the...

Stock investors ask: What's the next big thing? (AP)
AP - A year after the stock market began its comeback from 12-year...

Kroger, Ruby Tuesday, UAL are big movers (AP)
AP - Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Tuesday on the...

SEC sues ex-NY loan trader over alleged kickbacks (Reuters)
Reuters - A former stock loan trader at Morgan Stanley and Bank of America Corp in New York received well over $100,000 of cash kickbacks by steering orders to other brokerage firms, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said in a lawsuit filed on Tuesday. ...

Telecoms lead Wall St rise a year after market bottom (Reuters)
Reuters - One year to the day after stocks fell to their worst close in more than 12 years, the U.S. market spent most of Tuesday spinning its wheels. ...

U.S. SEC's chief economist to leave agency March 31 (Reuters)
Reuters - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's chief economist, James Overdahl, will be leaving at the end of the month, he said on Tuesday. ...

FTSE shares inch lower (AFP)
AFP - The FTSE 100 stock exchange slipped fractionally on Tuesday after a bout of cautious trading...

A look at global economic developments (AP)
AP - A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Tuesday: ...