Yahoo! Finance: Goldman, two firms agree on foreclosure-signing practice: report MSNBC: Jobless claims drop in sign layoffs may ease WSJ: Breaking: U.S. jobless claims fell by 12,000 to 409,000 last week. http://wsj.com CNBC: Weekly…
Updated throughout the day. Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) has agree with New York State officials to end robo-signing practices (WSJ) Bank of NY Mellon (NYSE: BK) CEO Robert Kelly was forced out by his…
President Obama is set to unveil his new jobs packages. They are meant to bring down unemployment from above 9%, where it has been since just after the start of the recession. His probable…
It has been said and written a hundred times: Sir Howard Stringer is the wrong person to be CEO of Sony (NYSE: SNE). It is possible that no CEO could save Sony from itself,…
China’s government released PMI numbers for August. The official index number was 50.9, up from an unusually modest 50.7 in July. The question the figure begs is where the manufactured goods are going? It…
IMF head Lagarde shows independence from Europe in many of her decisions. (Reuters) The Justice Department sues to block AT&T (NYSE: T) buyout of T-Mobile. (Reuters) Sony’s (NYSE: SNE) tablet PCs to be priced…
Every year, people in the United States become ill as a result of occupational hazards. Workers exposed to asbestos can develop cancer. Coal miners can get black lung disease. Some of these diseases can…
If you decided on a new career path today, wouldn’t you like to know which jobs will be in high demand and pay the most once you were out of school? To serve as…
It looks like Uncle Sam has taken a stand on the buyout by AT&T (NYSE: T) of T-Mobile, which is owned by Deutsche Telekom AG (OTC: DTEGY). The biggest winner might be Sprint Nextel…
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Wednesday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU), DryShips, Inc. (NASDAQ: DRYS), Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F),…
by Paul Kiel ProPublica, Aug. 30, 2011, 5:46 p.m. This post has been updated to reflect Bank of America’s response. The state of Nevada dramatically expanded its lawsuit against Bank of America today, turning…
US employers announced plans to lay-0ff 51,144 people in August up 47% from a year ago, according to Challenger Gray The numbers may worsen because of austerity moves by government at the state, federal…
AT&T (NYSE: T) has made a clever move to make its buyout of T-Mobile more attractive to government regulators. The huge telecommunications company says it will add 5,000 call-center jobs once the deal is…
If pessimism on the part of the employed population is an important indicator, then there is another sign that the U.S. economy has faltered. A new Gallup poll shows that “American workers’ concerns about…
In the battle between scandal and earnings, earnings have won so far, as shares in News Corp. (NASDAQ: NWS) have moved toward their 52-week high. The stock traded at $17.47 yesterday, against a 52-week…
The market was positively excited by the quarterly earnings of Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS). That is odd. The bookseller lost money, and its e-reader and e-book business are still being routed by Amazon.com…
An Institute for Policy Studies report says many CEOs at the 100 largest U.S. companies made more than their companies paid in taxes. (Reuters) Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) knew of a suit by…
Figuring out how much oil is left in the world and where it is located seems more important than ever, especially considering the political instability in many of the oil-producing countries. 24/7 Wall St.…
Researchers are beginning to look at whether women invest differently from men. How are we different from men? Studies of behavioral investing have found that women invest their portfolios more conservatively. Women generally have…
Forget about the uptick in consumer spending in July. New data from the Conference Board shows that consumer confidence was slaughtered in August, plunging to recession-level lows. It is another indication that the US…