Delta Air Lines to cut back flights because fuel costs are up, Walmart may change its primary credit card relationship, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to sell all his equities, and other important business headlines.
Just when it appeared that the smartphone would kill the computer forever, PC sales have picked up the most in the last six year. According to research firm IDC, the growth rate in the…
Ford CEO James Hackett has set a broad, ambitious and risky turnaround plan for the flagging carmaker. Almost all his strategy could be challenged by a collapse in sales in China.
Skepticism about the pace of iPhone sales and potential tariff-driven challenges in China have not been enough to shore up the short interest in Apple.
Higher oil prices almost certainly are around the corner, and with them, higher gasoline prices, which may trigger a global economic slowdown.
Broadcom to buy CA Technologies, Comcast increases offer for Sky, the IEA says oil production will be "stretched to the limit," and other important headlines.
The multi-player battle for most of the assets of 21st Century Fox Inc. (NYSE: FOX) and the U.K.’s Sky continued as Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA) lobbed in another offer for the British media property.…
Investors seem to think that the trade wars will end before they start or that the overall economy is so strong that increased prices from tariffs or the drop in sales of some U.S.…
JetBlue orders planes from Airbus, Pfizer to defer some drug price increases, Toyota launches car-sharing service in Hawaii, and other important business headlines.
Like others, Amazon has to comb through billions of products and communications that fall into categories of fake news, hate speech and outright misleading claims. The difficulty of the task will not keep away…
Microsoft has elected to move into the low-priced tablet market in a move against Apple and others.
YouTube plans to fight misleading videos, Disney expands footprint in India, the president attacks pharmaceutical companies for raising prices, and other business headlines.
As newspaper companies make forecasts for the balance of 2018, they will identify newsprint prices as a problem and may need to announce more job cuts at the same time.
As consumers prepare to go to stores and online to make mid-summer purchases, many will have already bought what they need on Prime Day, and retailers will experience more erosion to the traffic and…
A major Chinese telecom is dropping in its initial public offering, rising oil prices are expected to undercut airline profits, and other important business headlines.
Meet Ames, Iowa, which has the lowest unemployment rate among all U.S. cities at 1.5%. This universe includes the 388 metro areas measured by the BLS. Based on May numbers, Ames is only one…
Ford's prospects in China have dimmed terribly this year, making most of the company's global initiatives seem like footnotes.
Economists regularly point out the unemployment of black Americans is at multiyear and perhaps all-time lows. It is still, however, nearly double that of whites.
Some of the most significant tariffs go into effect today. Based on comments by leaders of industries threatened most financially, the layoffs will start right away.
The trade war with China has begun in earnest, and among the earliest and most well-covered victims of these tariffs is Mid-Continent Nail.
