ThinkstockThe Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) released its weekly report on mortgage applications Wednesday morning, noting a decrease of 1.2% in the group’s seasonally adjusted composite index. That followed a drop of 2.1% for the…
A Tuesday evening report from CNN cites an anonymous source who said that the U.S. Department of Justice and Toyota have reached a settlement in the criminal investigation of the sudden acceleration of Toyota…
ThinkstockAfter a delay of three weeks, SolarCity Corp. (NASDAQ: SCTY) reported fourth quarter and full-year 2013 results after markets closed on Tuesday. The solar PV installer was originally scheduled to report results on February…
thinkstockMarch 18, 2014: Markets opened higher on Tuesday and the number buyers rose throughout the day. There was something of a Vladimir Putin rally today following Russia’s formal annexation of Crimea, Putin’s claim that…
Apple announced Tuesday that it would cut the price on its 9.7-inch iPad, but it did not announce that it was also lowering the price of its iPhone 5c in some markets. The change…
Shares of KiOR slipped to an all-time low of $0.60 a share Tuesday after it filed its annual report with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, a report in which it raised doubts that…
ThinkstockIf you do not have a pay TV subscription, do not count on watching most of the NCAA basketball tournament that gets underway Tuesday night. You will be unable to watch any of Tuesday…
ThinkstockIn a speech Tuesday morning, Russian President Vladimir Putin struck both a defiant and a conciliatory tone. On one hand he accused the West of fostering a putsch in Kiev and that Crimea is…
ThinkstockThe U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development reported Wednesday morning that new housing starts in February slipped to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 907,000, a decrease of 0.2%…
ThinkstockThe price of milk rose to an all-time high in Chicago on Monday. At $24.32 per hundredweight, the price of milk is up 35% since early December. And the increases are almost entirely due…
Hertz Global Holdings reported disappointing fourth-quarter and full-year 2013 results before markets opened Tuesday morning. The company also announced the spin-off of its equipment rental business.
thinkstockMarch 17, 2014: Markets opened higher on Monday very likely breathing a sigh of relief that the situation in Crimea did not turn into a military confrontation. There’s also a feeling that U.S. and…
JA Solar Holdings reported its first positive quarterly earnings in more than two years Monday morning to become the latest solar energy company to draw a line under the recovery of the solar photovoltaic…
Shares of Yahoo! and Sina Corp. got a nice boost Monday morning from the weekend's reports that China's e-commerce behemoth Alibaba has filed for a U.S. initial public offering. It is seeking to raise…
Just when investors in General Motors thought they might have seen the last of automobile recalls for a while, the company announced Monday that it is recalling an additional 1.55 million vehicles.
About all that Kandi Technologies has in common with that other electric car maker -- Tesla Motors -- is that both companies use lithium ion batteries and both have seen their stock prices soar…
Not surprisingly, when consumers in five emerging market countries were asked to name pick their choice of connected devices, Apple came out on top. Samsung continues to lead in sales however.
Chesapeake Energy filed a Form 10 with the SEC Monday morning with preliminary information regarding a spin-off of the company's wholly owned Chesapeake Oilfield Services business into a new stand-alone company to be named…
courtesy of Fiat SpAChrysler Group has issued a recall notice for 18,092 model year 2014 Fiat 500L vehicles to repair a defect that may have a delayed effect or no effect at all when…
ThinkstockJust one day after more than 90% of Crimea’s voters indicated their desire to join the Russian Federation, the region’s parliament has made a proposal to join the Federation as the Republic of Crimea.…