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Polish Airlines Wants Boeing to Pay for Dreamliner Problems

The Boeing Co.Poland’s national airlines,LOT Polish Airlines ASA, has told The Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) that the U.S. maker of the 787 Dreamliner has until the end of 2013 to settle damage claims related…

Paul Ausick · 13 years ago

Thursday Closing Bell: Markets Ignore Politics to Close Higher

September 26, 2013: U.S. markets opened higher Thursday following a better-than-expected report on new jobless claims and the third estimate on second-quarter U.S. GDP came in as expected. Pending home sales fell in August as low…

Paul Ausick · 13 years ago

Are U.S. Pensions Really Getting Better?

It seems hard to believe if you only listen to the media, but pension plans in America actually may be continuing to improve. A strong stock market, a solid private equity market and strong real…

Jon C. Ogg · 13 years ago

Apple to Sign China Mobile Deal?

courtesy of Apple Inc.The question really is not “if,” but “when.” Leaked photos of a poster said to be from China Mobile Ltd. (NYSE: CHL), the largest wireless carrier in the world with 700…

Paul Ausick · 13 years ago

New Car Sales Have a Tough September

ThinkstockNew U.S. car sales for the month of September, including fleet sales, are expected to reach 1.17 million units, down 1.8% year-over-year from 1.89 million units sold in September 2012, according to Kelley Blue…

Paul Ausick · 13 years ago

Mobile Device Memory Chip Demand to Rise as PC Demand Falls

ThinkstockAll those smartphones and tablets that manufacturers are making and consumers are buying typically include a minimum of 512 megabytes to 1 gigabyte of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) in every device. That may…

Paul Ausick · 13 years ago

Pending Home Sales Constrained by Inventory, Higher Prices

ThinkstockThe National Association of Realtors (NAR) this morning released its data on pending sales of existing homes in August. The pending home sales index fell 1.6% from a downwardly revised index reading of 109.4…

Paul Ausick · 13 years ago

Why the Suntech Bankruptcy Ruling Was Delayed

ThinkstockA Chinese court has delayed a ruling on the restructuring plan proposed by solar PV maker Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. (NYSE: STP) until the end of this year. Besides postponing the inevitable, the…

Paul Ausick · 13 years ago

Huge Gain in Natural Gas Supply Hits Price

thinkstockThe U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported Thursday morning that U.S. natural gas stocks increased by 87 billion cubic feet last week, compared with an expected build of about 74 billion to 78 billion…

Paul Ausick · 13 years ago

Can J.C. Penney Stop the Bleeding?

courtesy J.C. Penney Co. Inc.After posting a new 52-week low on Wednesday, Thursday’s premarket trading in shares of J.C. Penney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP) ticked up a little. The company issued an announcement this…

Paul Ausick · 13 years ago

Nokia, Alcatel Partnership: China Is the Prize

ThinkstockReports from unnamed sources indicate that the Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) board has discussed a tie-up with Paris-based Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU), now that the Finnish company has shed its mobile handset business in a…

Paul Ausick · 13 years ago