Alcoa shares climb after hours following results

MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE

The aluminum producer�s quarterly results top Wall Street�s projections. See full story.

Santorum suspends presidential run

Rick Santorum suspended his presidential campaign, effectively handing the Republican nomination to Mitt Romney and setting the stage for the general election. See full story.

Gettysburg a fitting place for 2012 race to start

Gettysburg is fitting place for the presidential election to start simply because of what state it�s in: Pennsylvania. See full story.

Best Buy�s CEO Brian Dunn quits

Electronics chain Best Buy Co., struggling with declining demand for traditional electronics from televisions to digital cameras, says on Tuesday its Chief Executive Brian Dunn has resigned. See full story.

Bernanke calls for better shadow bank regulation

The chairman of the Federal Reserve called Monday night for better regulation of the so-called shadow banking industry, which he says poses risks to the financial system as a whole. See full story.

MARKETWATCH COMMENTARY

Instead of acknowledging that banks have become a part of government, we keep pretending they are private institutions, writes David Weidner. See full story.

MARKETWATCH PERSONAL FINANCE

Is the state that you have designs on retiring to tax friendly or not? And the basic questions to answer are these: How does the state tax your income? How does it tax your property and your consumption? And what�s the overall tax burden? See full story.