Stocks leaning toward gains
Investors await readings on state unemployment, Treasury budget.

BofA to scrap overdraft fees on debit purchases
Lender will decline purchases that push checking accounts into the red instead of charging customers $35, starting this summer.

Ford shares: Buy or sell?
The automaker has been an investor favorite in the past year. The question is whether its stock can continue its hot streak.

Green homes face a red light
The failure of appraisers to account for green features is hurting the effort to expand energy-efficient housing.

Some execs get 'pity' bonus
A handful of corporate leaders who missed their financial targets are getting sympathy from their boards -- and big payouts.

Budget squeeze sours jobs picture
Another round of budgetary belt-tightening could add gloom to an already weak employment outlook.

LifeLock settles with FTC for $12 million
Regulators say the company made false claims about its ability to protect customers from identity theft.

Firing the $70 billion man
Money management company TCW ousted its star investor Jeffrey Gundlach, accusing him of theft and keeping drugs and porn in his office. Gundlach says the company played dirty.