Lastest Stories by Trey Thoelcke

Ceradyne Inc. (NASDAQ: CRDN) shares jumped in premarket trading after 3M Co. (NYSE: MMM) announced that it plans to acquire the Costa Mesa, Calif.-based maker of ceramic products for about $860...
The Economic Times reported today that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) may be evaluating opening its own stores in India. The iPhone and iPad maker currently supplies its products to Indian consumers...
Ferrellgas Partners L.G. (NYSE: FGP) has reported a net loss of $0.45 per unit on revenue of $341.8 million for the fiscal fourth-quarter 2012. In the same period a year ago, the American propane...
A growing number of analysts believe the stock market cannot match its 5% advance in the third quarter. Among the most obvious reasons are worries that the fiscal cliff will slow or reverse hiring...
A muting of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 5 sales because of trouble with the company’s map software is not built into the stock price. The map technology is so bad that CEO Tim Cook has even...
The unemployment level in the euro area (EA17) rose to 11.4% in August, which matched July’s number. The jobless figure for the broader EU27 was 10.5%. Both figures demonstrate the extent to which...
In July, the U.K. services sector grew 1.1% from June, when the sector fell 1.5%, according to the Office for National Statistics. That was the fastest pace of growth for more than a year. The...
Security experts say the recent “denial of service” cyberattacks on big U.S. banks were the largest ever recorded by a wide margin. Since Sept. 19, the banking websites of Bank of America Corp....
Global currency and stock markets continue to bounce around as the fight over the fate of Spain’s economy continues. Will its budget cuts be enough? Will it press for a huge bailout? The nation’s...
The Paris Auto Show had its usual large number of new model introductions, along with dozens and dozens of displays of cars and light trucks already on sale around the world. Products from Audi,...
Experts continue to weigh in on what will happen to China’s gross domestic product as the world’s economic expansion slows, or even moves into reverse. The most recent opinion from an important...
Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS) reported fiscal third quarter earnings per share (EPS) of $1.21 on revenue of $1.96 billion. In the same period a year ago, the credit card issuer and payments...
Fitch Ratings has pared back its forecasts for global GDP growth to 2.1%, citing “persistent weakness” in the global recovery. That is down from Fitch’s June view of 2.2%. For 2013, the...
Auto makers are losing money on every car they produce in Europe, Philippe Varin, chief executive of PSA Peugeot Citroen, told journalists at the Paris auto show today, a situation he called...
The German Federal Labor Agency announced an increase in unemployment, which is likely to put a strain on Angela Merkel’s hold on the country and her efforts to use German money to help with...