The Tax-Rebate Scramble

Big-box chains are devising crafty ways to coax stimulus checks into their cash registers

How I Became a Little-Guy Lender

Lending site Prosper gives average folks the opportunity to be small-scale angel investors by funding other people's loans

More Pain for Ambac

The bond insurer's "crisis of confidence" continues with deeper-than-expected losses in the first quarter

Liberty Mutual Pays Up for Safeco

The 51% premium may inspire awe, but Liberty Mutual may have a plan to improve Safeco's auto insurance business

Analyst Actions: Yahoo, VMware, Edwards Lifesciences

S&P Picks and Pans: Boeing, Yahoo, Delta, Schering-Plough, Ambac, Wells Fargo

Analysts' opinions on stocks in the news Wednesday

Movers: Boeing, Yahoo, Schering-Plough, Safeco, VMware

Wednesday's stocks in the news

Stocks Open Higher

More earnings news hit Wall Street, with strong results from Boeing but a huge quarterly loss from bond insurer Ambac