Volvo introduced a hybrid electric car on Monday, the first in its plan to deliver an electrified version of all its models by model year 2019. But will that be enough to boost Volvo's overall global...
Baidu (BIDU) released its fourth quarter earnings. Revenue rose 136% to $34.8 million. Net income rose to $15.7 million. According to China Internet Network Information Center, Baidu has 62% of...
“Gross domestic product”. It is the monetary measure of the goods and services produced by a nation, usually based on a measure of one year. It is often measured as “PPP”...
In the wake of a breach of Target customer accounts that allowed hackers to steal data from at least 70 million people, the huge retailer has decided one of the most important things it can do is...
Source: thinkstockConfirming a report from last night, set-top box maker TiVo Inc. (NASDAQ: TIVO) said this morning that the company has settled patent litigation with Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG),...
BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP) is doing the one thing good bargainers never do. It is negotiating against itself. Today, it raised its bid for fellow metals company Rio Tinto (NYSE: RTP) from three shares...
Nearly a million cases of heart disease and diabetes could be prevented by the implementation of one small change on food ingredient labels. According to a study published Monday in Circulation, a...
It is not that often that you see biotech or biohealth stocks moving north of 50% in one trading session. If you do it is usually due to merger news or a rumor about a merger. In the case of Acasti...
Today’s 52-week high review list showed many names which looked like they were trying to break out, but then the pullback kept many of them from making the rounds.  But companies such as...
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Thursday morning. We are tracking news and  moves in shares of Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Cabot Corporation (NYSE: CBT), TiVo,...
BHP Billiton (BHP), the world’s largest miner, offered to buy metals company Rio Tinto (RTP) Quoted at MarketWatch BHP said: "BHP Billiton now confirms that it recently wrote to the board...
Isolation likely has protected the population of this Pacific island nation against COVID-19.
Nu Skin Enterprises shares surged on Monday on news that the fine in China will be far less than many investors were worried about, a mere $540,000 for its sales and marketing practices in China.
Source: ThinkstockThe contract price for iron ore delivered to China fell 8.3% on Monday to an 18-month low of $104.70 per metric ton (tonne). That is the second-largest one-day fall on record.The...