Many experts believe the Federal Reserve will keep interest rates near zero until the end of the year (Reuters) Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.B) says Sokol deceived the company and may have violated…
Shares in RadioShack Corp. (NYSE: RSH) are trading lower today than they were five years ago. The stock peaked in July 2007 at around $35/share and hit a low below $7/share in…
The NYSE (NYSE: NYX) said an M&A deal with Deutsche Boerse would offer greater savings than a NASDAQ (NYSE: NDAQ) deal. (Reuters) Silver rose 5% on the dollar’s weakness. (Reuters) The housing…
The largest companies in the US based on the number of workers worldwide are not necessarily the biggest in terms of revenue, profits or business locations. Some are much more efficient than…
Poor trading results are likely to hurt Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) earnings (Reuters) Japan’s government, which owns billions in US papers, stated it had confidence in the value and future of…
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) is not exactly the first spot I think of when it comes to social networking. This is one of those deals which you might even consider a…
A sharp increase in costs hurt Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) first quarter earnings. (Reuters) Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) is expected to beat earnings forecasts but mortgage costs will hurt its numbers. (Reuters) Banks…
Women continue to struggle for equal rights in the workplace. For at least two decades, they have earned 80% of the wages of men doing equivalent jobs. That should be a shock…
Walmart (NYSE: WMT) is known for “every day low prices.” It is probably the primary reason people shop there and it has made the company the world’s largest retailer. Wal-Mart, for some reason,…
Many of the largest mall operators in the US have gone into default. The Wall Street Journal recently said that the problem is caused by the effects of the economy on small business…
It’s time for our daily look at commodity prices and developments that will carry over ahead in commodities. Corn and cattle prices top today’s news and these both have many implications on…
Consumer morale and home prices dropped sharply according to two surveys (Reuters) Gold and oil rose on concerns about Libya and the movement in equities (Reuters) The new chief of Twitter wants…
Off-exchange traded fund BATS will go public to challenge NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX) and Nasdaq (NASDAQ: NDAQ). (Reuters) Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) has take a sex bias case against it to the Supreme…
Time now for our daily look at commodity prices and news. Swiss-based commodities trading house Glencore International AG is expected to conduct an IPO on the Hong Kong exchange around the end…
Swiss-based commodities trading house Glencore International expects to conduct an initial public offerin gon the Hong Kong exchange around the end of April. The company aims to raise $10 billion with this…
