With unemployment hovering at 9.4% consumers continued to show reluctance in July as incomes stagnated. Furthermore, with the jobless rate expected...
If NRG Energy Inc. (NYSE: NRG) were an athletic prospect, scouts would rate it as a “triple threat.” That’s because the Princeton-based...
Three of the financial institutions that were key catalysts to the global financial crisis – and that owe the federal government billions of...
Shares of Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) have gained 100% since the start of the year, and with the likely release of an innovative “tablet” computer...
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With large purchases of iron ore, copper and oil, China has been taking full advantage of depressed commodities prices and excess production...
A mounting number of small bank failures is putting the squeeze on the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.’s (FDIC) fund, but a new rule that eases...
Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) yesterday (Thursday) announced it would test-fly its 787 Dreamliner later this year but disappointed customers by delaying...
A new Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) plan to offload busted banks to vulture investors strikes an uneven balance between private equity...
Beijing continued a delicate balancing act yesterday (Wednesday), vowing to keep stoking its economy with funding from its $787 billion stimulus...
Money Morning Special Investment Report If you want to succeed as an investor in today's whipsaw markets, you have to be a real bulldog. An "Alpha...
Orders for durable goods in the United States climbed 4.9% in July, beating analysts' expectations of a 3% increase. However, the results were skewed...
For U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke, the biggest challenges are still to come. U.S. President Barack Obama yesterday (Tuesday)...
I am now fully used to U.S. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's extraordinary self-regard. However, I have to admit that even I was surprised by last...
The current recession will lead to large budget deficits that far exceed previous estimates and a doubling of the national debt, the White House's...
With the very real possibility that the stock market recovery has outrun the global economic rebound, investors need to consider defensive...
Global investing icon Jim Rogers is shifting his sights from gold to sugar. And with good reason. Sugar prices have zoomed more than 80% since the...
