One of the biggest winners among U.S. stocks on Thursday was Pixelworks, the maker of semiconductors, software and other hardware for high-end digital video applications. Apple is responsible for more than 10% of Pixelworks'…
Thursday night's announcement that Cerberus Capital Management will acquire Safeway for $40 a share in cash and stock may offer be the last gasp for supermarket chains. Going big may be the last chance…
Weight Watchers International's profile with the public was raised sharply by spokesperson celebrity Jessica Simpson. Now, if only the company can come with some positive financial news to follow on the huge publicity.
ThinkstockMany experts have pressed the theory that “normal” unemployment rates in a healthy economy should sit around 5%. As the jobs reports for the first part of this year are issued by the federal…
Microsoft Windows 8.1, which is not supposed to be available until later this year, can be downloaded now, if PC owners know a very few tricks. It is unusual that such an important product…
A report from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) says there were more than 2 million cases of fraud in 2013. Based on the FTC’s annual Consumer Sentinel Report, 24/7 Wall St. identified the 10…
Wikimedia CommonsThe Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS) may have raised its minimum wage, but the move is so far not helping out the company’s same-store sales data. In fact, the company’s same-store sales were bad…
thinkstockMarch 6, 2014: Markets opened higher on Thursday after an encouraging report on new claims for jobless benefits, an improvement (for workers) in unit labor costs, and a decline in factory orders. Retail store…
ThinkstockDendreon Corp. (NASDAQ: DNDN) remains a company in trouble. The post-earnings jump looked promising and investors probably took some comfort when shares popped from $2.88 up to $3.31. Unfortunately, that did not last and…
courtesy Boeing Co.Another company is dumping another one of its pension plans. Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) is normally in the news for announcements about its 787 Dreamliner plane or other plane orders. On Thursday,…
ThinkstockClosed-end, non-diversified investment firm TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC Corp. (NYSE: TPVG) offered 8.33 million shares in an initial public offering (IPO) Thursday morning at a price of $15 a share. The underwriters have a…
The office supplies sector was challenged even before Thursday. Now things are worse after Staples said that its sales are being challenged and that it would close some 225 of its more than 2,200…
In a swipe at Amazon.com and Target, Walmart last October quietly launched a subscription service to members of its Sam's Club stores that allows those members to receive free shipping on about 700 items.
After a rough couple of days for investors in McDermott International, a ray of sunshine Thursday following the announcement that the the engineering and construction specialist for the oil industry won a large contract.
ThinkstockThe Federal Reserve has released its year-end reading of household net worth, as well as domestic nonfinancial debt, for 2013. The good news is that this is a record high. The bad news is…