ThinkstockThe Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) released its weekly report on mortgage applications Wednesday morning, noting a decrease of 0.2% in the group’s seasonally adjusted composite index, following a rise of 4.7% for the previous…
Dow Chemical reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter and full-year 2013 results before markets opened Wednesday, sending shares up sharply in premarket trading.
EMC Corp. reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter 2013 results after markets closed Tuesday. But shares were down in premarket trading Wednesday because of disappointing guidance.
A donkey meat recall earlier in January at some Walmart Chinese stores has resulted in the company's adoption of tighter controls on its Chinese suppliers. Walmart will begin DNA testing of the meat products…
Strong U.S. sales of Ram pickups and Jeep Grand Cherokees helped Chrysler post its 10th-straight profitable quarter. 2013 saw the company's best performance since exiting bankruptcy in 2009.
No automotive manufacturer has ever produced 10 million cars in a year. That is until Toyota did it in 2013. The news cements the impressive comeback Toyota has made from quality problems and the…
America's colleges and universities have the equivalent of the richest 10%, just as the population does. At the top of that elite group are Harvard, Yale, Princeton, MIT and others.
ThinkstockThe unemployment rate in the United States was 6.7% in December. In North Dakota, it was 2.6%. The low number is a testament to what having a very low population, and a jobs market…
CIA World FactbookThe Turkish Central Bank is not exactly the most widely followed central bank in the world. That may be true 364 days of this year, but on Tuesday all eyes of emerging…
thinkstockJanuary 28, 2014: Markets opened mixed on Tuesday, with the Nasdaq trailing at the opening bell as shares in Apple sold off following last night’s earnings report. Today’s economic data was also mixed, with…
via Wikimedia CommonsYahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) is out with its fourth quarter earnings report, and now Wall Street and main Street get one more chance to evaluate the Marissa Mayer turnaround. The company’s adjusted…
Wikimedia CommonsAT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) reported fourth quarter and full-year 2013 results after markets closed Tuesday. The telecom giant reported adjusted diluted quarterly earnings per share (EPS) of $0.53 on revenues of $33.2 billion.…
ThinkstockAmgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) is the second largest biotech player, and now we have seen its fourth-quarter earnings report. Earnings came in up 30% at $1.82 per share, and revenue was up 13% to…
ThinkstockIs America really the land of opportunity? According to data just released by Gallup, 80% of Americans believe children in the country have the opportunities to learn and grow. While 80% may seem like…
ThinkstockCitigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C) is proof that breaking up a giant empire is not exactly easy to do. Sandy Weill built the empire up into a global financial supermarket, and even after the unit…