U.S. Treasury bond prices ended lower under pressure from rising equity prices Thursday, although a decent outcome to the Treasury’s five-year note sale helped put a floor under the falling prices. via Bucks County Courier Times

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The world’s most famous stock market barometer closed above 13,000 for the first time on Wednesday, as investors responded to surprisingly good first-quarter corporate profit reports and some positive economic … via Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

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The Dow Jones industrial average passed 13,000 Wednesday for the first time. Some experts didn’t see the news as all good, though, because many big corporations’ earnings were made overseas, and rising energy … via Cnjonline.com

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Japanese computer maker Fujitsu Ltd.’s net profit jumped by one-half in the January-March quarter, lifted mainly by gains in the sale of investments in securities. via Las Vegas Sun

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Pioneering discount stock brokerage Charles Schwab Corp. is setting its sights on the banking industry with a no-fee checking account that will pay an annual yield of 4.25 percent, towering well above the … via The Times and Democrat

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NEW YORK, April 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Nearly two years after Canada’s elimination of the foreign investment limit on Canadian pension and retirement savings funds, the “Maple bond” market continues its … via Customer Interaction Solutions

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