ThinkstockThe U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released its weekly petroleum status report Wednesday morning. U.S. commercial crude inventories increased by 4 million barrels last week, maintaining a total U.S. commercial crude inventory to 384.1…
ThinkstockThe U.S. Census Bureau reported Wednesday morning that U.S. wholesale trade rose 0.7% in February to $436.1 billion from a downwardly revised January total and up 3.1% compared with February 2013. Economists polled by…
ThinkstockThe price of bacon in the United States rose 13% in February, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The agency said that the supply of hogs was “ample,” but…
Constellation Brands reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter and full-year fiscal 2014 earnings before markets opened Wednesday morning, though sales in the wine and spirits segment were flat.
ThinkstockThe Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) released its weekly report on mortgage applications Wednesday morning, noting a decrease of 1.6% in the group’s seasonally adjusted composite index. That followed a drop of 1.2% for the…
thinkstockApril 8, 2014: Markets opened mixed on Tuesday with the tech momentum stocks rocking the Nasdaq Composite higher. Consumer discretionary stocks picked up later in the morning and the three major indexes are pointed…
ThinkstockThe most recent forecast from the U.S. Energy Information Administration calls for the average price of a gallon of gasoline to rise to a peak of $3.66 in May before declining to $3.46 a…
Nokia announced Tuesday morning that the sale of virtually all the company's devices and services business to Microsoft had received approval from China's Ministry of Commerce.
On the company's corporate blog Tuesday, Tesla Motors announced a new leasing program for small and medium-sized businesses that the company said is a result of requests from business owners.
Without giving any specific numbers, Amazon.com announced Tuesday morning that Amazon Instant Video tripled the number of video streams it delivered year-over-year, surpassing both Hulu and Apple.
When the EPA ruled last month that Northern Dynasty Minerals could not proceed with its plan for the Pebble Mine in Alaska, Rio Tinto had a decision to make. It made that decision Monday.
ThinkstockThe National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Tuesday morning reported that its small business optimism index for March rose two points from 91.4 in February to come in at 93.4. The index has yet…
Walmart tried for at least the past two years to persuade the government of India to allow more foreign direct investment in the country so that the giant retailer could bring its superstores to…
The natural gas revolution claimed its first coal-mining victim after markets closed Monday night. James River Coal filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as it tries to find either investors or buyers.
Healthcare.govIt’s probably no surprise that millions of Americans visited HealthCare.gov — the website where Americans can sign up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act. However, while it was among the most visited…
thinkstockApril 7, 2014: Markets opened lower on Monday and were on a downhill slide all day long. Momentum stocks again had a terrible day. At the close of trading today the DJIA was down…
Ford issued two recall notices Monday morning on some of its best-selling cars, including Escape compact SUVs. The total number of vehicles involved is more than 434,000.
Sears Holdings completed its spin-off of Lands' End on Monday morning, when shares of the mail-order clothing retailer began "regular-way" trading. Sears stock has tanked Monday morning.
The $5.6 billion acquisition of Questcor Pharmaceuticals by specialty drugmaker Mallinckrodt started the week off with a big bang. But just what did Mallinckrodt get?
Courtesy Boeing Co.When an Australian ship first identified signals from deep in the Indian Ocean as being “consistent with” the sort of signals generated by an airplane’s flight data recorder — the “black box”…