thinkstockSeptember 18, 2014: Markets opened higher on Thursday following the announcement of a sharp drop in new claims for unemployment benefits last week, but a somewhat less upbeat report on new housing starts, which…
Honda Motor Corp.August automobile sales in Japan fell 9.4% year-over-year, but remain higher year to date by the same amount. Through the first 8 months of 2014 sales totaled 3.79 million units. The drop…
Goldman Sachs downgraded Peabody Energy, claiming that prices for metallurgical coal have not yet hit a bottom.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration reported Thursday that U.S. natural gas stocks increased by 90 billion cubic feet for the week ending September 12.
Voters in Scotland started going to the polls at 7 a.m. local time Thursday to answer a seemingly simple question: Should Scotland be an independent country?
New housing starts in August fell sharply from the previous month. The rate of new building permits also fell sharply.
Amazon.com introduced five new models of its Kindle and Kindle Fire tablets but without much fuss.
Rite Aid reported better-than-expected second-quarter fiscal 2015 results before markets opened Wednesday morning.
thinkstockSeptember 17, 2014: Markets opened slightly mixed on Wednesday and traded in a narrow range around the break-even line until the FOMC meeting announcement in mid-afternoon. The word that interest rates would remain low…
ThinkstockSeptember 17, 2014: The following stocks are among the 74 equities making new 52-week lows today: Imation Corp. (NYSE: IMN) dropped about 5% on Wednesday to post a new 52-week low of $2.83. Share…
The list of banks, retailers and credit card issuers that will support the recently announced Apple Pay mobile payments is long and growing.
U.S. commercial crude inventories increased last week, moving to the upper half of the five-year range for this time of the year.
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo housing market index for September rose to the highest reading since November 2005.
Qatar Airways took delivery of its first A380 super-jumbo jet from Airbus on Wednesday. The airline has ordered a total of 10.
FedEx reported better-than-expected first-quarter fiscal 2015 results before markets opened Wednesday morning.
General Mills reported disappointing first-quarter fiscal 2015 results before markets opened Wednesday morning.
Lennar reported better-tha-expected third-quarter fiscal 2014 results before markets opened Wednesday morning.
The Mortgage Bankers Association weekly report on mortgage applications noted an increase of 7.9% in the group’s seasonally adjusted composite index.
ThinkstockSeptember 16, 2014: The following stocks are among the 118 equities making new 52-week lows today: Arch Coal Inc. (NYSE: ACI) dropped about 4.5% on Tuesday to post a new 52-week low of $2.73.…
thinkstockSeptember 16, 2014: Markets opened slightly lower again on Tuesday as the FOMC meeting began today with a report in the WSJ that any raise to the fed funds rate remains well into the…