By Jason Simpkins Associate Editor Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda will spend about $108 billion (11.7 trillion yen) on a stimulus package that...
By Jennifer YousfiManaging Editor Consumer spending, responsible for the bulk of U.S. gross domestic product (GDP), slowed in July as the effects of...
Lukoil Counts on Artic Find; Gourmet-Cookware Seller Burned by 2Q Results; FGIC Prolongs the Inevitable; Diageo’s Strong Sales; Lehman Bros....
By Jennifer YousfiManaging Editor Luxury jeweler Tiffany & Co. (TIF) yesterday (Thursday) followed in the footsteps of other high-end brands when...
By Martin HutchinsonContributing Editor I have to admit it: When it comes to investing in such emerging markets as Latin America, I’m generally a...
By Jason Simpkins Associate Editor DP World, the world’s fourth-largest ports operator said yesterday (Thursday) net income more than doubled in...
By Jason SimpkinsAssociate Editor The U.S. economy grew at a much faster pace than originally estimated in the second quarter, but that growth will...
By Jennifer Yousfi Managing Editor With the U.S. auto market increasingly focused on practicality and fuel-efficiency, Chrysler LLC announced...
By Keith Fitz-Gerald Investment Director Money Morning/The Money Map Report During a two-year stretch every 20 years or so, the Standard & Poor's...
By Jason Simpkins Associate Editor After declining for 15 years, U.S. natural gas production is finally on the rise, thanks to new technological...
U.S. Bankruptcy Filings Soar; Japan's Bankruptcy Jitters; Boeing Backs Down in Face of Strike; Quicksilver's Ski Sale; Gustav Pushes Crude Higher;...
By Jennifer YousfiManaging Editor ConocoPhillips (COP) is selling its remaining company-owned gas stations in the latest example of the changing face...
By Martin Hutchinson Contributing Editor With oil off more than 20% from its July peak, and the Reuters-CRB Continuous Commodity Index down 19% from...
By Jason SimpkinsAssociate Editor Not even Warren Buffett was immune to the stock market’s rampant first-half gyrations, as Berkshire Hathaway Inc....
Retailer’s Sales Slump But Not Its Stock; Stay-at-Home Diners Hurts Darden; Oil’s Dollar Jump on Weather and Political Unrest;...
By Jennifer YousfiManaging Editor The next move from the U.S. Federal Reserve will be to increase the Federal Funds rate, although the timing of that...
By Jennifer YousfiManaging Editor The U.S. housing market is putting more pressure on an already weak financial system as home prices continue to...
By Peter D. Schiff Guest Columnist In football, when a running back intends to cut to the left, he often first fakes right. This move is designed...
"Election 2008" is an ongoing Money Morning series that examines the investor implications of the presidential election campaign. By Martin...
By Jason Simpkins Associate Editor The rate at which banks lend to each other hit its highest level in two months last week, and may soon approach...