Ford (NYSE: F) posted a very  modest sales gain of 5% in March compared to the same month last year. The company said, however, that the number represents the best March in five years.March sales of...
What is a city? How is it different from a town? Is it a question of population, facilities, public services, government? Merriam-Webster defines a city as “an inhabited place of greater size,...
Reports have been out that Paulson & Co. had suffered severe losses in a Chinese forestry company called Sino-Forest.  Billionaire hedge fund manager John Paulson may not have been hurt as badly as...
Rio Tinto (RTP) has rejected advances from larger rival BHP Billiton (BHP). It claims that BHP’s offer is too low, and, because it is in stock, it carries too much risk. So RTP is considering...
Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) announced after markets closed today that it would accelerate its dividend payments for the second, third and fourth quarters of its 2013 fiscal year. The company will pay...
Source: ThinkstockIf the value of something actually is determined by the price someone is willing to pay for it, Rio Tinto PLC’s (NYSE: RIO) diamond assets are worth far less than the mining giant...
Source: courtesy of General MotorsThe press made a great deal of noise about General Motors Co.’s (NYSE: GM) decision to test Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) as an advertising medium. When the car...
In the midst of the military and political fiasco in Georgia, it would be easy to believe that Russia could withdraw from a number of contracts it has with the West. It appears that Moscow is...
July is typically a transition month, with retailers clearing out summer inventory and stocking up with back-to-school items.
Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) impressed Wall St. with its fourth quarter 2009 earnings. Revenue rose 40% to $185 million and net income was up 48% to $63 million. Investors are impressed enough with...
As COVID-19 spread across the U.S. more aggressively with each day, several measures of the disease have become standards. Among them are deaths, cases, infection rates, and hospitalizations....
The rates of new confirmed COVID-19 cases in America have risen sharply in the past few days, taking daily case counts to record levels. For several days in the past two weeks, the number jumped...
Forest County, Pennsylvania, currently is the worst COVID-19 hotspot in the country by a very wide margin.
The rates of new confirmed COVID-19 cases in America have risen sharply in the past few days, taking daily case counts to record levels. For several days in the past two weeks, the number jumped...