Year: <span>2013</span>
Mondelez International, the snack food business recently spun off from Kraft Foods, will sell its controlling interest in its SnackWell's cookie and cracker business to private equity firm Brynwood...
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The desktop, laptop and tablet markets are supposed to be dominated by Apple and Microsoft. But both face erosion of their leads by the same major culprit of the erosion that has dogged them in the...
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In a year in which high-end cars have sold particularly well, the prices of several imports have moved higher than $100,000 -- in some cases, much higher. The imports in this segment of the market...
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In Detroit, the largest American city to enter bankruptcy, Realtor.com lists 515 homes for sale at between $5,000 and $10,000. Unfortunately for Detroit, no one wants to move into the neighborhoods...
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There were 20 U.S. companies with $100 billion of sales or more in 2012. Amazon.com will join that short and elite list next year.
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While the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 Index hit new all-time highs on Thursday, on Friday long-term bond yields challenged their highest levels since summer of 2011.
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The Federal Reserve's reported balance sheet for the week ending December 25, 2013, was at $4.071 trillion, and the balance on December 25 was $4.074 trillion. A $10 billion per month of tapering...
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Strategists remain optimistic for 2014. However, have the stock market gains in November and December already eaten up much of the gains that investors were hoping for in January?
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Share prices in the 3D printer companies generally increased somewhat in the first two weeks of December. Voxeljet has seen the biggest rise in short interest, but the pace of that growth has slowed...
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Source: ThinkstockTesla Motors Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) opened its first showroom to the public in Beijing in November and, according to ChinaDaily, hundreds of high-end Tesla electric cars have been...
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Twitter shares managed a gain of almost 5% on Thursday to close at $73.31. This was the highest close ever, and the new high on an intraday basis is $74.73. One analyst is now saying that enough is...
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An early report on overall holiday sales -- online and in stores -- indicates that while sales rose, the rise was somewhat smaller than expected. The jump in online sales is the big news,...
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Source: ThinkstockWith less than a week left in what has been the best year for the S&P 500 since 1997, we have reviewed our top Wall Street firms for their stocks priced under $10 that may have...
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The number of states in which the price of an average gallon of regular gasoline is below $3 has dropped to three. The probable causes are a rise in oil prices and limited refinery capacity for...
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The Centre for Economics and Business Research has made several predictions about China's economy and its place in the world, including that China's GDP will overtake the United States in 2028. But...
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