Lastest Stories by Trey Thoelcke

The European Union is about to decide whether Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) broke any of the provisions of its 2009 antitrust settlement. If so, there could be years of court challenges, much as their...
nationsonline.orgThe search for solutions to Spain’s financial trouble continues and becomes more complicated by the moment. It has not been determined whether Spain can cut its own budget before...
The U.K. economy was 0.4% lower in the second quarter, compared to the previous quarter, according to the Office for National Statistics. That was less than the 0.5% decline previously estimated....
Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) said Tuesday that it will cut several hundred jobs in the United Kingdom, Germany and elsewhere in Europe due to declining demand in the region. Ford warned that its European...
With a couple of exceptions, the short interest in biotech stocks is on the rise again, judging by the short interest changes from September 14 settlement date versus the August 31 settlement date....
Reuters reports that the world largest oil trader — Vitol — continues to buy and sell Iranian oil. This could cripple efforts by Europe and the United States to pressure Iran to slow or stop its...
Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC) joins J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) and Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) as its major consumer customer site apparently was hacked and service completely...
Spain is not the only nation with the problem of citizens who have taken to the streets to attack austerity. In Greece, the protesters numbers as high as hundreds of thousands — impressive in a...
In rather a statement of the obvious, Volkswagen said today that market conditions in Europe had become noticeably tougher and that they likely would not get better in the near future. However,...
AMRPassengers who fly American Airlines, the operating division of bankrupt AMR, have found it increasingly frustrating to use the carrier. The Allied Pilots Association allegedly has encouraged...
Despite a drop in oil prices that has taken Brent crude from just below $100 a barrel three weeks ago to about $92, drivers have not benefited at all. AAA Fuel Gauge shows that the average price of a...
HalloweenHalloween may be one of the events that helps keep consumer spending at a reasonable level. BIGinsight conducted research for the National Retail Federation that found more than 71% of...
German newspaper Bild said today that the European Central Bank and the Bundesbank have in-house lawyers checking on the legality of the ECB’s new bond-buying program. They are investigating both...
The best way to reduce the federal deficit is through a combination of higher taxes and spending cuts, according to economists recently surveyed by the National Association for Business Economics....
Chinese state media reported Monday on a mass brawl among up to 2,000 workers at a Foxconn plant in Taiyuan, in Shanxi province. Foxconn’s Taiwanese parent company Hon Hai said in a statement that...