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Are General Electric’s Earnings Really That Good?

General Electric's Power segment continues to struggle, and the jet engine business has taken over as the company's best performer. Continuing asset sales are helping as well.

Paul Ausick · 8 years ago

January Layoffs Up 21% to 53,000

In a worrying start to the year, major companies laid off 52,988 workers in January, up 20.7% from December and up 18.7% from January a year ago. The data show a mixed trend. Long…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 8 years ago

Colleges With the Biggest Tuition Hikes

An estimated 19.9 million students attended the more than 4,600 degree-granting institutions in the United States in the fall 2018 semester, according to the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics. Enrollment…

Steven M. Peters · 8 years ago

Wednesday’s Biggest Winners and Losers in the S&P 500

Wednesday was a positive day for the broad U.S. markets. We are now in the busiest week of this earnings season with 12 Dow components reporting. After solid results from a few companies reporting…

Chris Lange · 8 years ago

6 Scenarios on How PG&E Bankruptcy May Play Out

Now the PG&E Corp. (NYSE: PCG | PCG Price Prediction) has filed for bankruptcy protection and several asset management firms have either objected to the filing or say they are prepared to buy convertible…

Paul Ausick · 8 years ago