Lastest Stories by Trey Thoelcke

The Greek Ministry of Finance has denied reports that the country must close a 20 billion euro ($26 billion) budget shortfall in order to meet requirements from international lenders. German magazine...
via Wikimedia CommonsThe movie industry suffered through another bad weekend. Experts often have argued that people go to theaters less because of DVDs and streaming download services. Those...
AMRBankrupt AMR, parent of American Airlines, faces increasing resistance from employees as it attempts to cut wages and headcount. Worker activism has started to harm American’s relationships with...
AppleNow that millions of people and thousands of tech reviewers own an Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 5, the attention about the device has turned to its features and connection speed. The speed...
Shares of Darden Restaurants Inc. (NYSE: DRI) jumped more than 5% after the opening bell on this morning’s sold quarterly results even as its Red Lobster chain continues to struggle. The...
McDonald’s Corp.’s (NYSE: MCD) board of directors approved a 10% increase in the company’s quarterly dividend on common stock, to 77 cents a share. The new dividend is payable Dec. 17 to...
The three large American auto firms have to hope that their negotiations with the United Auto Workers will be as easy as the ones they have had with the Canadian Auto Workers. The CAW have set deals...
nationsonline.orgEven the luxury end of the car market has begun to suffer in Europe. Apparently, the 1% have begun to feel the pinch of recession. They must have decided to hold their current cars...
The launch of the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 5 began in Asia and has moved toward the United States, where it will be available for sale today. The evaluations of the effects of its sales and...
The rail sector has taken a hit this morning after Norfolk Southern Corp. (NYSE: NSC) warned late yesterday that its third-quarter earnings will fall well below expectations. Norfolk Southern now...
Shares of Jefferies Group Inc. (NYSE: JEF) are down in premarket trading this mornings solid earnings report. Jeffries reported third-quarter 2012 earnings per share (EPS) of $0.31 on revenue of $739...
CarMax Inc. (NYSE: KMX) this morning reported second-quarter earnings per share (EPS) of $0.48 on revenue of $2.76 billion. In the same period a year ago, the used car dealer reported EPS of $0.48 on...
ConAgra Foods Inc. (NYSE: CAG) this morning reported fiscal first quarter 2013 earnings per share (EPS) of $0.41 on revenue of $3.31 billion. In the same period a year ago, the processed and packaged...
AppleAs Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) launches its new iPhone 5 without its traditional partnership with Google Maps, the future of the search engine’s software has dimmed. Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG)...
Japan announced its trade data for August, and its export level to the European Union collapsed by 28% from the same month last year. If the data is any indication of Europe’s shrinking demand, the...