ThinkstockPeabody Energy Corp. (NYSE: BTU) reported third-quarter 2013 results before markets opened Thursday morning. The coal miner’s adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) came to $0.05, on revenues of $1.8 billion. In the same…
Wikimedia CommonsGoldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) reported third-quarter 2013 results before markets opened Thursday morning. The investment bank and financial services giant posted quarterly diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $2.88 on revenue…
courtesy of VerizonVerizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) reported third-quarter 2013 results before markets opened Thursday morning. The telecom giant posted adjusted diluted quarterly earnings per share (EPS) of $0.77 on revenues of $30.28 billion.…
Wikimedia CommonsPhilip Morris International Inc. (NYSE: PM) reported third-quarter 2013 results before markets opened Thursday morning. The tobacco products firm posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.44 on revenue of $7.93 billion.…
ThinkstockThe federal government shutdown hit the U.S. Energy Information Administration last Friday and the agency will not publish its weekly report on petroleum data nor its weekly natural gas storage report, both due tomorrow…
ThinkstockThe world’s largest toy seller, Toys”R”Us, announced on Wednesday afternoon that it had hired interim CEO Antonio Urcelay as its permanent CEO. The company also hired Hank Mullany as President of its U.S. stores.…
ThinkstockAmerican Express Co. (NYSE: AXP) today reported third quarter results after markets closed Wednesday night. The financial services company reported diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.25 on revenues net of interest expense of…
October 16, 2013: U.S. markets opened higher Wednesday morning after negotiations for a Senate deal got started again on Tuesday night. Shares had already touched daily highs by the time a deal was announced.…
ThinkstockThe U.S. economy continued to increase at a “modest to moderate pace” according to Wednesday’s release of the Federal Reserve’s October Beige Book. Employment growth, one of the key drivers of the Fed’s monetary…
ThinkstockThe U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) announced last Friday that it would close down due to “lack of appropriations,” government-speak for running out of money due to the federal shutdown. At least the agency…
ThinkstockVeeva Systems Inc. (NYSE: VEEV), a California-based company that makes cloud software solutions for the life sciences industry, held its initial public offering (IPO) Wednesday morning among a swirl of uncertainty about the U.S.…
ThinkstockIt was only a matter of time. In the wake of the 1973 OPEC oil embargo, the U.S. enacted a law in 1975 that prohibits (with minor exceptions) exporting U.S. crude oil. But as…
ThinkstockThe National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo housing market index fell by two points from a downwardly revised 57 in September to 55 in October. The reading was lower than a forecast of…
Wikimedia Commons, Public DomainPepsiCo Inc. (NYSE: PEP) reported third-quarter 2013 results before markets opened Wednesday morning. For the quarter, the food and beverage company posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.24 on…
Brian Katt / Wikimedia Commons / GNU Free Documentation LicenseBank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) reported third-quarter 2013 results before markets opened Wednesday morning. The investment bank and financial services giant posted quarterly diluted…
ThinkstockThe Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) released its weekly report on mortgage applications Wednesday morning, noting an increase of 0.3% in the group’s seasonally adjusted composite index, following a rise of 1.3% for the previous…
ThinkstockThe seemingly never-ending story of negotiations to end the Washington stalemate over the looming debt ceiling took a few more unexpected turns this after. First, the U.S. House cancelled a hastily-scheduled vote on a…
courtesy of Yahoo!Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) reported fiscal third quarter 2013 results after markets closed Tuesday afternoon. The Internet portal company reported quarterly adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.34 on revenue of…
October 15, 2013: U.S. markets opened lower Tuesday morning and all managed to poke their noses above the break-even line before sliding back into negative territory where they closed out the day. A report…
ThinkstockFor many years Germany led the world in adding solar energy to its electricity generation capacity. The country’s goal was to deliver competitively priced energy to residents and industrial firms while at the same…