Stocks face earnings test with S&P 500 on pace for worst performance in a shutdown since 1990

Stocks are approaching a clear test after investors were left in the fog of a government shutdown this month and rattled by ...

S&P Global to buy IHS Markit for $44 billion, expanding data empire

Business information provider S&P Global Inc agreed on Monday to pay $44 billion in stock to acquire IHS Markit Ltd in the year's biggest acquisition that will create a new data powerhouse serving ...