Monday’s announcement by AT&T that it would allow rich companies that push a lot of bits through AT&T's pipes to subsidize costs to end users is an end-run around the long-standing debate about net…
When a stock triples its value in one year, the obvious question is not whether it can repeat that performance again so much as it is whether there is any headroom left. The stock…
Home prices rose 11.8% in November, compared with the same month a year ago, for a 21st consecutive monthly year-over-year gain, according to research firm CoreLogic.
There is no question that 2013 was a very good year for airline stocks. The icing on the cake was the merger between American Airlines and U.S. Airways. The new year is shaping up…
For the three months ending in November, Apple grew its share of the U.S. smartphone market by 0.5%, according to latest report on the U.S. smartphone market from comScore. Samsung Electronics grew its shareby…
After more than two years of overproduction and sinking princes, the global solar PV industry launched a comeback in 2013. Here is a look at what's in store for the industry in 2014.
thinkstockJanuary 6, 2014: Markets opened slightly higher on Monday but had difficulty holding on to the opening gains. The DJIA closed up%, the S&P 500 closed down 0.03%, and the Nasdaq Composite closed down…
thinkstockNatural gas prices in New York City rose by nearly $60 per million BTUs on Monday as a record cold snap has driven demand for the heating fuel in the northeastern U.S. to an…
courtesy Boeing Co.The Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) announced Monday morning that it had delivered 648 commercial aircraft in 2013, a company record. Its backlog of orders as of the end of December totals 5,080,…
ThinkstockAs in 2013, the twin focus of the mining industry will be to lower costs and reduce capital spending. There are also likely to be some asset sales as the larger miners shed some…
When a firm that co-managed an initial public offering (IPO) cuts its rate on the stock that it recently backed, people notice. That is what happened Monday morning with shares of Twitter.
Shares of Sirius XM Radio were up nearly 7% Monday morning following the weekend's announcement by Liberty Media that it plans to acquire the 48% of the company it does not already own.
courtesy Best Buy Co. Inc.Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY) has a market cap of more than $13.5 billion. hhgregg Inc. (NYSE: HGG) has a market cap of just about $390 million. Both are…
Following a drop to $84 in September, consumer spending has risen steadily to a five-year high of $96 a day in December, according to Gallup.
Wireless carrier T-Mobile US announced Monday morning that it had acquired additional A-block spectrum from Verizon Wireless for about $2.4 billion in cash and the transfer to Verizon Wireless of approximately $950 million in…
Men's Wearhouse announced Monday morning that it has begun a tender offer to acquire shares in Jos. A. Bank Clothiers in an all-cash offer of $5.75 a share. Last Friday, Jos. A. Bank approved…
ThinkstockAutomaker General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) has confirmed its layoff of more than 1,000 employees at its Brazilian operations in Sao Jose dos Campos in Sao Paulo state. The layoff has been in the…
courtesy of Sirius XM RadioIn a deal that may not be good enough to resist, Liberty Media Corp. (NASDAQ: LMCA) has offered to buyout shareholders of Sirius XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) in a…
ThinkstockThe dollar value of global merger & acquisition (M&A) transactions in the oil & gas industry plunged by nearly 50% in 2013 from a record high level in 2012. The transaction count fell by…
Boeing Co.By a margin of 51% to 49%, union employees of The Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) have approved a new contract that will keep production of the company’s new 777X aircraft and wing in…