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When Boeing reports order and delivery status for December on Tuesday, it is expected to say that it delivered 18 787 Dreamliners during the month, bringing the total for 2014 to 114.
How McDonald’s Helped Shake Shack Go Public
McDonald's says it will cut items from its menu and improve the quality of its food to rebuild sales. But is this plan too little and too late?
BMW Price Hikes Begin This Month
Automaker BMW announced on Friday that the company would be raising prices on some of its 2015 model year vehicles effective Monday, January 5.
3 Michigan Cities Have Lowest Gas Prices in US
Michigan is not near any huge oil refineries, and it has one of the highest gasoline taxes of any state. Yet three of the four cities in America with the lowest price per gallon…
Insider Buying Still Strong During Year-End Holiday Week
The continued strong insider buying last week into the teeth of a stock market that has hitting all-time highs continues to be a bullish sign for investors.
Insiders Sell High-Profile Stocks as 2014 Trading Comes to an End
With the 2014 trading year coming to an end last week, the pace of inside selling picked up a bit as insiders continued to sell stock in time to put it on the 2014…
Refiner HollyFrontier to Take Huge Inventory Charge
HollyFrontier waited until the market closed on Friday to announce that the company expects to take a pretax charge for the 2014 fiscal year due to the fourth-quarter drop in crude oil prices.
Can BMW Sell $135,000 Electric Car?
The new BMW i8 has been positioned as a Tesla killer. But it is not all-electric like a Tesla.
The 52-Week Low Club for Friday
ThinkstockJanuary 2, 2015: Here are four stocks among the 37 equities making new 52-week lows today. Volumes remain low as the holiday season winds up. Fidelity National Financial Ventures (NYSE: FNSV) posted a new…
The 4 Stocks That Weighed Down the DJIA Friday
thinkstockJanuary 2, 2015: Markets opened higher on Friday but trading settled into another sluggish trading session. The price of crude bounced around from a low near $52 to a high above $55 posted very…
GM Closes Out 2014 With Total 84 Recalls for 30 Million Vehicles
General Motors began 2014 with a recall of more than 300,000 of its pickup trucks. In February the automaker recalled more than 1.6 million North American additional vehicles.
Can India Outperform Again in 2015?
India had a good year in 2014, with the Bombay Sensex recording its best performance in five years.
Casino Stocks Hammered on Macau Data
On Friday, the gambling control board of Macau released its report on the island’s gambling revenues for December and all of 2014, and the news beat down casino stock prices in early trading.
Apple Gets First Analyst Price Target Hike of 2015
Apple received its first formal price target hike of 2015 from the analyst firm Argus, which expects Apple to set revenue records in the first quarter of 2015.