Mark Brooks

Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Wednesday that the average rate on the 30-year loan dipped to 3.31 percent, the lowest on records dating back to 1971.

Mathew Martoma, 38, was charged in U.S. District Court in Manhattan with using the information to advise a hedge fund owner to buy shares in the companies developing the drug, then later to dump those investments and place financial bets against the companies when the tests returned disappointing results.

Under the terms of the new deal, Bewkes' base salary and bonus target will remain unchanged.

The suit filed Tuesday in Manhattan under New York's Martin Act alleges Credit Suisse deceived investors before the 2008 market collapse.

San Ramon, Calif.-based Chevron said that DiNapoli is sole trustee of the $150 billion state fund, which owns more than $800 million in Chevron stock, and that the comptroller violated duty by backing shareholder resolutions to settle the lawsuit and appoint an environmental specialist to the corporation's board.

The price for frozen orange juice concentrate rose 4.2 percent Tuesday to finish at $1.22 per pound.

Organizers at the peaceful rally, attended by more than 2,000 protesters, said more than two-thirds of the country's 325 municipalities were closed to the public because of protests across the nation.

The British public shows no interest in moving closer to the rest of Europe, and most can't even seem to stomach the status quo.

Without a deal, the measures known as the "fiscal cliff" will take effect in January.

The euro is trading at $1.2802, down from $1.2807 late Monday.

Benchmark crude fell 68 cents to $88.60 Tuesday morning.

Traders were also hopeful that Greece will get its next batch of bailout money.

A federal indictment last week charged Robert Kaluza and Donald Vidrine with manslaughter, accusing them of botching a crucial safety test.

Commodities also are benefiting from a weaker dollar.

The bankruptcy judge hearing the case says that the parties haven't gone through the critical step of mediation.

The world's largest retailer filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board on Thursday to stop a group called OUR Walmart, which is made up of current and former Wal-Mart workers, from holding protests.

The loan was due to have been signed off last week at a meeting in Brussels of finance ministers and representatives from Greece's international creditors.

After hitting an all-time of $705.10 on the day the company launched the iPhone 5, Apple's stock slumped into correction, and then into bear territory, down nearly 21 percent from that September high.

The average credit card debt per borrower in the U.S. grew 4.9 percent in the July-to-September period from a year earlier to $4,996, credit reporting agency TransUnion said Monday.

Benchmark crude rose $2.54, or 2.9 percent, to $89.46 around midday in New York. Oil is now priced higher than it was on Election Day.