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ThinkstockU.S. private employers added 188,000 new jobs in the month of June, according to today’s report from ADP. That is significantly better than the revised total of 134,000 in May and better...
ThinkstockSo far in 2013, Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK) has fired its founder and sold off about $3.6 billion more in oil and natural gas assets as the company tries to get on a firmer...
ThinkstockThe number of jobs cut in the first six months of this year total 258,932, according to the latest report from outplacement firm Challenger Gray & Christmas. The total is 8.5% lower...
ThinkstockThe Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) released its weekly report on mortgage applications this morning, noting a drop of 11.7% in the group’s seasonally adjusted composite index,...
July 2, 2013: U.S. equity markets opened a bit lower this morning following yet another ultimatum to Greece to prove that it can pay up or else no more loans. There was a time that this would have...
ThinkstockAs more and more U.S. consumers purchase mobile devices like smartphones and tablets, more of them are using the devices to participate in the all-American pastime: shopping. At the end of...
ThinkstockAmericans’ confidence in the U.S. economy nearly matched its highest monthly reading since 2008 in June, posting a reading of -8 compared with May reading of -7, according to the latest...
courtesy of General MotorsAutomaker General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) said today that June automobile sales rose 6.5% this year, compared with June of 2012. The company sold a total of 264,843 vehicles...
ThinkstockFlash memory maker SanDisk Corp. (NASDAQ: SNDK) announced this morning that it has signed a definitive agreement with private equity firm Silver Lake Partners to acquire SMART Storage...
ThinkstockFactory orders in America rose by a slightly better than expected 2.1% in May, according to the Commerce Department. Both Bloomberg and Dow Jones had estimates for a gain of 2.0%. If you...
ThinkstockThe Institute for Supply Management (ISM) has released its Report on Business for the month of June, and the numbers are pretty bad. In fact, the June report appears to be a four-year low...
Courtesy Ford Motor Co.June U.S. auto sales numbers are due out from most U.S. and foreign automakers today, and it looks like June is shaping up to follow on the gains the carmakers saw in May....
Home prices rose 12.2% in May compared with the same month a year ago, the largest monthly increase since February 2006 according to research firm CoreLogic Inc. (NYSE: CLGX). The firm previously had...
ThinkstockFor all the news that sales of personal computers (PCs) and laptops are declining, chipmakers are doing all right, thank you very much. Semiconductor sales rose 4.6% in May to post their...
ThinkstockConstellation Brands Inc. (NYSE: STZ) reported first-quarter fiscal 2014 adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.38 on revenue of $673 million. In the same period a year ago, the...