Weak dollar, home sales data carry stocks higher
NEW YORK (AP) -- A weaker dollar and better-than-expected data on the housing market are sending investors back into stocks after a three-day losing streak....

Gas prices fall to begin busy travel week
Retail gasoline prices headed downward to begin one of the country's busiest travel weeks, with more than 33 million people expected to hit the road for the Thanksgiving holiday....

Tyson Foods posts 4Q loss on charge, sales edge up
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Tyson Foods Inc. said Monday a hefty impairment charge in its beef business left it with a loss for the fourth quarter, but said its sales rose and its chicken business was profitable for the second straight quarter....

Campbell Soup earnings rise as expenses fall
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) -- Campbell Soup Co., the world's largest soup maker, said Monday its first-quarter earnings rose 17 percent as lower costs and more efficient supply chain offset the impact of a decline in soup sales....

CDC Software 3Q profit rises on lower costs
NEW YORK (AP) -- CDC Software Corp., a Chinese business software developer whose shares began trading in the United States last summer, said Monday its third-quarter profit rose 47 percent on lower costs and expenses....

IMF chief: Global economy still fragile
LONDON (AP) -- The international economy is still fragile and vulnerable to shocks despite recent improvements in financial markets, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund said Monday....

Oil rises above $78 amid Iranian war games
Oil prices rose above $78 a barrel Monday as Iran's war games, aimed at protecting its nuclear plants, deepened tensions in the oil-rich region....

Investors look to data-heavy week for more clarity
NEW YORK (AP) -- Investors are heading toward the final month of the year with more questions about the economy than they had just a few weeks ago....

Nasdaq notifies Overstock it violated listing rule
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Overstock.com Inc. said Friday that it received a listing rule violation letter Thursday from the Nasdaq Stock Market related to the recent filing of its third-quarter report....