The Federal Reserve says it will increase help to the U.S. economy, and it may be willing to do more. (Reuters) Spain may request more financial aid for its troubled banks. (Reuters) Walmart’s (NYSE: WMT)…
The HSBC measure of China’s PMI for June showed that the nation’s manufacturing sector slowed again, and may be in for a period of deep trouble. The drop in the index created a string of eight…
By Matt Egan/FOXBusiness From Europe’s debt debacle to Washington’s political paralysis, there’s no shortage of reasons to be cautious before going long in today’s equity markets. Yet despite the myriad of icebergs dotting the…
The G20 meeting ended with a pledge to support the ongoing integrity of the euro, as well as promises to create plans to bring down the borrowing costs of the region’s weakest nations. Nothing…
Funding from local governments’ two biggest sources — state aid and property taxes — fell for the first time since 1980, according to a report released last week by the Pew American Cities Project. The decrease…
Many Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) investors do not like CEO Bob McDonald. His strategy to pull the large consumer goods company out of its sales funk have not worked. Shares of the firm have traded down slightly over…
courtesy Barnes & Noble Inc.Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has two main partners to help it enter the mobile world. One is Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS), which sells the tabletlike e-reader Nook. The other is…
The Samsung Galaxy S III is supposed to have the most impressive launch in the US based on sales since the release of the Apple iPhone 4S. UK sales have already been remarkable. One…
When Janet Robinson, former CEO of the New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT), left in December with a $23.7 million severance package, the news firm said it would find a new CEO. Bloomberg reported that the…
The Federal Reserve may act to spur the faltering economy. (Reuters) The G20 backs aggressive actions to combat Europe’s financial problems. (Reuters) Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) did not tell its PC customers, including Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:…
Speculation continues about what the success or failure the Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) Surface tablet will be. One of the observations about the machine is that Microsoft kept its development secret from all of the…
nationsonline.orgThe G20 meeting ended with a pledge to support the ongoing integrity of the euro, and promises to create plans to bring down the borrowing costs of the region’s weakest nations. Nothing was spelled…
The international capital markets refuse to give Spain a break as faith in its ability to solve its own financial problems has faded to black. The country issued three billion euros of 12- and 18-month…
Once people reach their 50s they finally see retirement on the horizon. They start envisioning that time when they can stop going to work and instead spend their days on the golf course, on…
The media was full of stories about the unexpected departure of JCPenney (NYSE: JCP) president Michael R. Francis. Nearly everyone who watches the retailer wonders how a man with his background — a former senior…
Huge South Korean electronics company LG Electronics will abandon its tablet PC effort, according to Bloomberg. LG is among the five largest cellphone makers in the world. It should have the ability to make…
The federal government’s monthly unemployment numbers are gospel, at least to the financial markets. But they are revised at least once, often twice, after they are issued. An early signal of what the federal…
As tensions rise among Iraqi Kurds in the country’s north, Sunnis in the south and the Shi’ite-led government in Baghdad over the distribution of natural resources, Turkey is setting its sights on an unconventional…
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) launches its Surface tablet. (Reuters) European leaders say they will create a more integrated banking system. (Reuters) The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority may determine whether Nasdaq (NASDAQ: NDAQ) was at fault in…
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) decided to blow the roof off of the tablet market with its “Surface” tablet PC. By all appearances, it has features to outgun the competition, perhaps even the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL)…