The Standard & Poor’s 500 index climbed 1.1% to clinch its highest finish since Dec. 2. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 0.6%, while the Nasdaq composite rallied 1.8%.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 rallied 1.3% for its first gain since Dec. 24 and its best day in nearly two months. Strength for Big Tech stocks helped it break a five-day losing streak, ...

Aug. 5, 2011 — -- For the first time ever, the United States lost its perfect credit rating as Standard & Poor's reduced its U.S. long-term debt assessment from AAA to AA+ with a negative ...

The Standard & Poor's 500 rose 0.6% while the Dow Jones industrial average gained 0.4%. Both indexes closed out November with their best monthly performances of the year.

Updated at 12:39 p.m. ET. NEW YORK Stocks rose sharply on Wall Street Wednesday, pushing the Standard & Poor's 500 index to an all-time high.. The S&P 500 surpassed the all-time high of 1,576 it ...

Standard & Poor's said the changed outlook signaled its view that "U.S. policymakers might not reach an agreement on how to address medium- and long-term budgetary challenges by 2013." ...

"Standard & Poor's, if you count its predecessor companies, has been ratings bonds since the 1920s. We have a long track record of over 100 years," he said, ...

Eric Holder and his team announced a $1.4 billion settlement with Standard & Poor’s regarding its ratings of mortgage backed securities and its role in the crash of 2008. There is no question of the ...

Standard & Poor’s put the U.S. government on notice that it risks losing its AAA credit rating unless policy makers agree on a plan by 2013 to reduce budget deficits and the national debt.

Standard & Poor's revealed Monday that it is set to face a lawsuit from the U.S. government over its inaccurate ratings of mortgage-related investments in the run-up to the financial crisis.