Stocks rallied Thursday, ending a holiday-shortened week on a high note after Wells Fargo forecast a nearly billion quarterly profit, adding to hopes that the banking sector is stabilizing.

Home mortgage rates were slightly higher this week, snapping a 4-week streak of declines, said a report released Thursday.

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Not so long ago, music companies were doing all they could to keep their music away from online video sites. Now Vivendi-owned Universal Music Group is partnering with Google's YouTube to do for music videos what Hulu.com has done for TV. After much speculation, the companies Thursday afternoon announced plans for Vevo.com, a premium music site that will feature all of UMG's artists.

I'm inside a van barreling down a North Florida highway, just shy of the Georgia border, sitting next to (1) the Gordon Gekko of the hospital business; (2) the Leona Helmsley of medicine; or (3) Public Enemy No. 1 of health-care reform.

Americans are fed up with the Detroit drama.

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If General Motors goes into bankruptcy, many of its most iconic brands, such as Buick and Pontiac, might not survive.

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Wall Street investment bank Goldman Sachs is mulling a new stock sale to repay the billion in bailout funds it received from the government last year, according to a Wall Street Journal report.