AT&T (NYSE: T) has made a clever move to make its buyout of T-Mobile more attractive to government regulators. The huge telecommunications company says it will add 5,000 call-center jobs ... Read Full Story »
If pessimism on the part of the employed population is an important indicator, then there is another sign that the U.S. economy has faltered. A new Gallup poll shows that ... Read Full Story »
In the battle between scandal and earnings, earnings have won so far, as shares in News Corp. (NASDAQ: NWS) have moved toward their 52-week high. The stock traded at $17.47 ... Read Full Story »
The market was positively excited by the quarterly earnings of Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS). That is odd. The bookseller lost money, and its e-reader and e-book business are still ... Read Full Story »
An Institute for Policy Studies report says many CEOs at the 100 largest U.S. companies made more than their companies paid in taxes. (Reuters) Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) knew ... Read Full Story »
Figuring out how much oil is left in the world and where it is located seems more important than ever, especially considering the political instability in many of the oil-producing ... Read Full Story »
Researchers are beginning to look at whether women invest differently from men. How are we different from men? Studies of behavioral investing have found that women invest their portfolios more ... Read Full Story »
It seems as though Ben Bernanke and friends inside the Federal Reserve are not really seeing eye to eye per the minutes of the August 9, 2011 FOMC meeting. There ... Read Full Story »
SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: is supposed to be one of the hotter media companies with its satellite radio dominance. It has a cult following, millions of subscribers, and it ... Read Full Story »
comScore has just released its smartphone market share and the data continues to support an exodus away from the Blackberry from Research in Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM). RIM phones as ... Read Full Story »
Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B) is 81 years old today and many are paying tribute. Earlier this year, we gave a breakdown of his greatest investments in ... Read Full Story »
None of China's three largest oil companies is having a particularly good year as far as refining profits go. China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (NYSE: SNP) -- known as Sinopec ... Read Full Story »
The worst part about hurricane season is that one bad hurricane has no impact on whether or not another hurricane, or series of hurricanes, can be coming back down the ... Read Full Story »
Russian oil giant Rosneft and US oil supermajor Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) are reported to have reached an agreement that will give Exxon access to oil deposits off the ... Read Full Story »
Forget about the uptick in consumer spending in July. New data from the Conference Board shows that consumer confidence was slaughtered in August, plunging to recession-level lows. It is another ... Read Full Story »