Toyota (TM) is the hybrid company. The Prius is the hybrid car. The Japanese car company has used that reputation to build a hybrid business in the US that no domestic company can match. But, Toyota...
The head of OPEC says that the oil supply is plenty good. It is refining that is the problem. That would put the reason for higher oil prices squarely on the shoulders of the multi-national oil...
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. (NYSE:APC) is reacting to bits of news, one in discovery and one in earnings.  The company just yesterday reported a "substantial oil discovery" in the...
Lowe’s Companies Inc. (NYSE: LOW) managed to actually beat earnings projections and managed a gain in revenues.  The hardware and home improvement store posted earnings per share with a drop of...
In a sign that the people with the closest view of housing expect market conditions to remain weak for a long time, Lowe’s (LOW) is expected to announce this week that it is curbing its ambitious...
Lowe’s shares are down almost 4% to $22.75 in the pre-market due to weak earnings. Profits at the big retailer fell 33% to to $408 million.Sales were flat at $10.4 billion. Wall St. analysts...
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz has avoided appearing before a U.S. Senate committee to justify his company's labor practices.
Detroit's mayor ought to move on from ranting about things that mean very little when his city continues to disintegrate.
Square, Inc. (NYSE: SQ) reported its most recent quarterly results after the markets closed on Tuesday. The payment processer posted $0.08 in earnings per share (EPS) on $283 million in adjusted...
Source: ThinkstockChina’s temporary return to wild growth reversed itself, as evidence showed once again that its economy cannot be decoupled from the rest of the world. Whatever effects of the...
Source: ThinkstockThe U.S. population has expanded at a glacierlike pace recently. The trend will continue for several years. It is too early to tell how this might affect the employment situation,...
The U.S. Department of Commerce released business inventories data for the month of August on Wednesday morning.
Now that the big three automakers are prospering again, the UAW says it is time for them to share in the payoff.
The monthly manufacturing index from the Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank fell in April from a March reading of 12.5 to 8.6, substantially worse than a consensus estimate decline to 10.5. Any...
Stocks:  (GM)(F)(DCX) Chrysler has announced that it will try to cut its cost-per-vehicle-manufactured by $1,000 through methods that include outsourcing parts production to companies outside...