HONG KONG (MarketWatch) — Pakistani electoral authorities were expected to decide Tuesday whether they will go ahead with Jan. 8 elections, according to reports, as the two main opposition political parties said the polls should be held as scheduled.


NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Choppy markets will likely remain the norm at least through the first half of 2008 as investors weigh the potential of a U.S. recession against what is hoped to be resilient global growth, analysts and strategists say.


U.S. stocks dropped Monday on the final trading day of 2007, but finished the year higher as technology stocks fronted the benchmark index’s advance to its best finish since 2003.


The next few years will rival the 2000-2002 bear-recession. Here’s why. And how you can avoid sinking with it.


SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Airline stocks fell Monday, unable to cling to early gains as the broad market swung to a loss and early relief from tumbling oil prices faded.


Retail stocks ended 2007 in much the same funk they’ve been in since doubts shrouded stores’ holiday-season performance, with the sector’s main indicator slipping on New Year’s Eve.

