Soleil Securities analyst Jake Fuller upgraded MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) to a Buy rating citing increased bookings for conferences in Las Vegas. Shares of the casino operator rose 65 cents to close at $10.22.  ...

JA Solar Holdings Co. Ltd. (Nasdaq: JASO) announced that it will supply a total of 500MW of mono-crystalline and multi-crystalline solar cells to several clients in 2011 sending the stock price up 76 cents to close at $7.24....

An uptick in job openings in July lifted the markets higher during the midday with the Dow gaining 77 points to 10,418.

Chardan Capital Markets downgraded China Agritech Inc. (Nasdaq: CAGC) to a Sell rating sending the stock price plunging $3.05 to $12.83....

Digital solutions company Zoran Corp. (Nasdaq: ZRAN) will acquire cable set-top-box silicon tuner maker Microtune Inc. (Nasdaq: TUNE) in an all cash deal valued at approximately $166 million. Shares of Zoran lost 60 cents to $7.62 while Microtune stock climbed 46 cents...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The federal government should take mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac off life support sooner rather than later, the Mortgage Bankers Association urged on Wednesday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The economy has shown "widespread signs" of slowing over recent weeks, the Federal Reserve said on Wednesday in a report suggesting that while the recovery has been faltering, the economy may skirt a second recession.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve observed "widespread signs" that economic growth had eased in the six weeks through the end of August, it said on Wednesday in a report suggesting the recovery was faltering along the East Coast and the Midwest.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc unveiled a set of enhancements to its Internet search engine on Wednesday that predict search queries as users type, promising to speed up the time it takes to find information online.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California regulators are seeking fines of up to $9.9 billion from a unit of health insurer UnitedHealth Group Inc, citing mismanaged medical claims, failure to pay doctors and other lapses.

GAINESVILLE, Florida (Reuters) - An obscure Christian pastor whose plan to burn copies of the Koran on September 11 has sparked an international outcry said on Wednesday he will go ahead with the event despite warnings it will endanger American troops in Afghanistan and Iraq.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Wednesday asked an appeals court for an emergency stay that would lift the ban on federal funding of research involving human embryonic stem cells.

EAGLES MERE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - In the rush to develop America's biggest new source of domestic energy, one community is fighting to protect its rural way of life from the environmental strains that accompany shale gas drilling.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A Boeing Co subsidiary prevailed on Wednesday against a lawsuit alleging its planes were used by the CIA to illegally transport prisoners to secret facilities overseas, a federal appeals court has ruled.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Families of September 11 victims are arguing whether to call a truce on the anniversary of the 2001 attacks on the United States as debate rages over plans for a Muslim center near the World Trade Center site.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Drug gangs in Mexico and Central America are morphing into an insurgency like that which gripped Colombia 20 years ago, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday, promising more U.S. help to fight traffickers.

HAVANA (Reuters) - Fidel Castro said Cuba's economic model no longer works, a U.S.-based journalist reported on Wednesday following interviews with the former president last week.

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan will soon charge three men with terrorism in connection with the failed attempt to bomb New York's Times Square, a police official said on Wednesday.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Wildfires swept through several villages in Siberia, burning down over 400 homes on Wednesday, Russia's Emergencies Ministry said, following a wave of blazes that killed over 50 people earlier in the summer.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A car bomb and a roadside bomb exploded near a bus terminal in the Iraqi capital on Wednesday, killing three people and wounding a score of others, police and interior ministry sources said.