It's been two years since the old Sara Lee business was broken up, but as the bidding war over Hillshire Brands proves, there was a lot of pent up value in the diversified consumer…
Fox's teen drama "The Fault in Our Stars," starring Shailene Woodley, is expected to top Tom Cruise's "Edge of Tomorrow" at the box office this weekend. Fox has had a great start to the…
Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (Comac)Chinese airlines are expected to purchase about 5,000 new planes in the next 20 years, and the country wants to keep some of the estimated $560 billion at home.…
Ford Motor Co.As a measure of how dominant pickups have become for American car companies, Ford Motor Co.’s (NYSE: F) F-Series, the best-selling vehicle in the United States, is now 27% of the manufacturer’s…
After a series of high-profile data breaches, it should not be a shock that only one in five Americans have "a lot of trust" in businesses they regularly interact with to keep their personal…
thinkstockJune 6, 2014: Markets opened higher on Friday following another encouraging report on non-farm payrolls. The DJIA and the S&P 500 set all-time highs earlier today, and all three major indexes closed the week…
The Department of Defense awarded $3.84 billion in defense contracts Thursday, including projects for F-35 fighter jets, X planes, and U.S. Navy ships. The military contractors include Boeing, BAE Systems, Rockwell Collins, and United…
Lockheed Martin wins three separate Pentagon defense contracts for more than $606 million, including Ballistic Missile Defense System flight tests and work for the U.S. Navy.
ThinkstockStandard & Poor’s has affirmed its AA+ rating on the United States of America for its sovereign credit. On top of that, its outlook remains Stable. S&P said that U.S. strengths include its diversified…
Chinese solar panel maker Trina Solar announced Friday morning that it priced a secondary offering of 8.8 million American Depositary Shares (ADSs) at $11 each.
ThinkstockIn what has been an otherwise dead week for initial public offerings (IPOs), three companies priced their shares Thursday night and began trading Friday. Here is a quick look at each firm’s opening day of trading.…
GW Pharmaceuticals was one of the stocks surging on Friday, on news that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation status to the company's Epidiolex.
When Tesla Motors lost its ability to sell cars directly to customers in New Jersey, the ban was the result of a decades old state law prohibiting automakers from bypassing dealers and selling directly…
A new research report from Cowen points out that the top railroad stocks' load factors have been tremendous, diesel fuel prices are high, but stable, and the horrible weather of the first quarter is…
ThinkstockUnited Parcel Service Inc. (NYSE: UPS) on Friday announced that current COO David Abney will replace retiring CEO Scott Davis effective September 1, when Davis retires as CEO and becomes the company’s non-executive chairman.…