One of the biggest winners among U.S. stocks on Thursday was Pixelworks, the maker of semiconductors, software and other hardware…
Thursday night's announcement that Cerberus Capital Management will acquire Safeway for $40 a share in cash and stock may offer…
Weight Watchers International's profile with the public was raised sharply by spokesperson celebrity Jessica Simpson. Now, if only the company…
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Microsoft Windows 8.1, which is not supposed to be available until later this year, can be downloaded now, if PC…
A report from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) says there were more than 2 million cases of fraud in 2013.…
Wikimedia CommonsThe Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS) may have raised its minimum wage, but the move is so far not helping…
thinkstockMarch 6, 2014: Markets opened higher on Thursday after an encouraging report on new claims for jobless benefits, an improvement…
ThinkstockDendreon Corp. (NASDAQ: DNDN) remains a company in trouble. The post-earnings jump looked promising and investors probably took some comfort…
courtesy Boeing Co.Another company is dumping another one of its pension plans. Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) is normally in the…
ThinkstockClosed-end, non-diversified investment firm TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC Corp. (NYSE: TPVG) offered 8.33 million shares in an initial public offering…
The office supplies sector was challenged even before Thursday. Now things are worse after Staples said that its sales are…
In a swipe at Amazon.com and Target, Walmart last October quietly launched a subscription service to members of its Sam's…
After a rough couple of days for investors in McDermott International, a ray of sunshine Thursday following the announcement that…
ThinkstockThe Federal Reserve has released its year-end reading of household net worth, as well as domestic nonfinancial debt, for 2013.…
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