Research In Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) continues its push to remain relevant in the new world of tablets and smartphones, and to keep itself from being broken into pieces and sold off as junk. The Canadian…
The jobs situation may have been weak enough to spur Fed action. (Reuters) As Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) shares fall, insiders will be able to sell shares. (Reuters) GlaxoSmithKline PLC (NYSE: GSK) finishes its…
JAL will list on the Tokyo exchange with an initial public offering that will raise $8.5 billion. The listing is improbable for two reasons. The first is that airlines have had a rough year…
Mitt Romney, or more accurately several economists who do some of his thinking, say that he can add 12 million jobs to the economy in the four years after he is elected. CNN Money summarized…
Toyota Motor Corp. (NYSE: TM) made a lot of money last quarter, at about the same time that Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) and General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) were battered by problems in Europe.…
The wealthiest Americans are cheapskates, at least as far as their tastes in automobiles goes. Perhaps that is why some rich Americans stay rich. 24/7 Wall St. asked auto trends research firm Truecar to…
Bloomberg reports that a car industry expert in Europe claims sales trouble due to the slow economy and vicious competition could cost 500,000 jobs within the sector. According to Bloomberg: The dismissals would follow…
It seems like years since Toyota Motor Corp. (NYSE: TM) had a series of recalls of millions of cars, which forced CEO Akia Toyoda to appear before Congress to defend the safety standards of…
The European Central Bank’s members will meet against the backdrop of a pledge by President Mario Draghi to help the finances of the region through the purchase of the sovereign debt of the eurozone’s…
The European Central Bank’s members will meet against the backdrop of a pledge by President Mario Draghi to help the finances of the region through the purchase of the sovereign debt of the eurozone’s most troubled nations.…
The body of evidence that the July jobs report will show an addition of fewer than 100,000 has grown recently. ADP released its data, which said the private sector added 163,000 positions. That, coupled with…
The reign of Sony Corp.’s (NYSE: SNE) new president and CEO, Kazuo Hirai, does not look like it will be any better than that of his predecessor. Sir Howard Stringer has been blamed for a series…
San Bernadino, Calif., will file for Chapter 11 over $1 billion in debt. (Reuters) The Federal Reserve says it may need to help the economy later this year. (Reuters) Toyota Motor Corp. (NYSE: TM)…
Germany almost completely has escaped Europe’s problems, at least in so far as the strength of its sovereign debt is concerned. S&P confirmed its “stable” outlook on the country’s AAA rating for its long-term debt.…
Did your recent trip to the gas station feel like it took a higher toll than normal on your wallet? It probably wasn’t your imagination. Average gasoline prices in the United States increased by…
NokiaNokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) continued a two-day surge, up another 9% today on rumors China-based PC firm Lenovo will buy it. Lenovo has said the rumor is “a joke.” Nokia continues to stumble in…
The most recent part of the saga of the blackout that put 600 million people in India in darkness for a day is that the central government and the states have started to fight…
The Thomson Reuters/PayNet Small Business Lending Index showed that small business borrowing dropped in June. The news service reported that its measure “sagged to 98.5 from 103.8 in May.” The number was the lowest…
As investors look back at July, they were heartened by the fact that the major U.S. indexes rose. The news was particularly satisfying because so many companies reported mediocre or poor earnings. Then there…
The Thomson Reuters/PayNet Small Business Lending Index showed that small business borrowing dropped in June. The news service reported that its measure “sagged to 98.5 from 103.8 in May.” The number was the lowest…