ThinkstockThe National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Tuesday morning reported that its small business optimism index for May rose 1.4 points from 95.2 in April to come in at 96.6. The May reading is…
The Electronic Entertainment Expo, aka E3, officially opens Tuesday, but the big players in the world of video games have the honor of announcing their new lineups early.
ThinkstockVolvo wants to reclaim some of the position it had as the safest car sold in America, a quirky family of vehicles that appealed to a relatively modest niche of drivers. Volvo’s series of…
McDonald's posted another month of falling same-store sales in the United States for May, as competition has flanked it in terms of locations and menu.
ThinkstockGoDaddy Inc. has just filed its Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. While this is a filing for an initial public offering (IPO), we would be quick to point out that…
Traditional beer sales are lagging, while sales of craft brews are soaring. Could moves by Anheuser-Busch and others to water down their product be partly to blame?
Both Panera Bread and Chipotle Mexican Grill have committed their companies to sourcing ingredients from only the most wholesome suppliers who've themselves promise to uphold certain standards.
thinkstockJune 9, 2014: Markets opened mixed on Monday before turning positive shortly after the opening. The S&P 500 and the DJIA dipped briefly into the red on some profit-taking in the mid-afternoon, but equities…
Rite Aid Corp. (NYSE: RAD) has been an incredible turnaround story. Things went south in the late 1990s after massive leveraged growth, and it has only been in the past year or so that…
Passenger travel was up in May, according to Southwest Airlines and American Airlines, which includes the results of US airways.
For the first time in eight years, Sony has nabbed the lead in video game console sales from rival Nintendo. Sony sold 18.7 million game consoles in its most recent fiscal year.
24/7 Wall St. has updated how the price targets from Wall Street analysts have changed as a result Apple's seven-for-one stock split, which has shares trading under $100 for the first time in years.
Microsoft launches its new Xbox One, which is a full $100 less than the earlier model -- and the same price as Sony's PlayStation 4.
Shares of Capital One Financial rose on Monday after an analyst research report highlighted that the company may be the best positioned credit card issuer for its investors ahead.
24/7 Wall St. wanted to look at the leaders and laggards in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. It turns out that as of Friday's closing bell, seven of the 30 Dow stocks were trading…