The head of Nestle told the FT that long-term food prices were going up, perhaps sharply. He indicated that demand in China and India were one component this trend, and the need for corn in biofuels...
Source: Jon OggZynga Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) has gone from hot to cold, and then from cold to frozen. The social gaming company should have maybe stayed private. The company just issued preliminary...
Groups that represent manufacturers and the manufacturers themselves constantly complain that the unfair trade practices employed by China have largely wrecked their industries and continue to do so....
Fitch warns that the Brazilian government's decision to assign the production of the excess volume of the transfer of right areas to Petrobras will further pressure the company's cash flow generation...
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) kept its less than mediocre forecast of global growth, and warned about the balance of this year. The global economy is projected to...
Soon, Ford will have fewer employees than it does today.
Source: ThinkstockCentury Aluminum Co. (NASDAQ: CENX) is making waves in the after-hours trading session following the release of a warning for a potential closure. The company issued a notice to...
Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) this morning issued a preliminary look at first and second quarter earnings, and the view is not pretty. The company noted margin declines and poor sales in Africa, the Middle...
Source: ThinkstockIndependent oil and gas company Hess Corp. (NYSE: HES) may be sorry that it sold off its refining business and transformed itself into an energy exploration and development firm....
The new IMF report on the UK  (“United Kingdom—2012 Article IV Consultation Concluding Statement of the Mission”) has a pessimistic tone. But, the agency believe that the country can help its...
There is almost nothing worse a public company can get from its auditors than a “going concern” opinion.  That means that there is a good chance that the corporation in question cannot make it...