After five straight gains, and four consecutive days of record closing highs, stocks took a beating and fell yesterday because of...
"The U.S. economy appears likely to expand at a moderate pace over the second half of 2007, with growth then strengthening...
Anytime stocks are on a record run, and you sense that investors are searching a little too hard for the good...
Pershing Square Capital Management LP, the hedge fund run by activist investor William Ackerman, has taken a 9.6% stake in upscale...
From Staff Reports In yet another example of the impact that demand in China is having on global commodity prices, industrial-grade...
Could a ruinous trade war between the United States and China be coming? It sure looks that way.
President George Bush last week predicted that robust tax collections would cause the U.S. budget deficit to shrink to $205 billion...
In an effort to cut its holdings of the U.S. dollar, Iran has asked Japanese refiners to begin using the yen...
there are some problems within the U.S. economy and its accompanying financial system that are serious enough to merit ongoing vigilance...
Yesterday's "global" rally wasn't all that it seems.
China yesterday revised its 2006 gross domestic product growth to 11.1% from 10.7%, the fastest yearly growth the country has seen...
Though prognostications about the overall health of the U.S. housing market remain bleak, and interest rates have hit their highest level...
By Jason Simpkins By announcing a record-setting global trade surplus of $26.9 billion for June, China has re-ignited allegations that it’s...
Despite an abysmal housing market and a timid stock market, inflation remains the chief concern of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S....
Alcoa Inc and Rio Tinto PLC may be looking to lock horns over one of the world's leading suppliers of bauxite,...
Shareholders for the Chicago Board of Trade approved plans for CBOT to join forces with longtime rival, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange,...
The soaring prices of crude oil and gasoline are just part of a broad-based worldwide boom in commodities that is being...
By Jason Simpkins Violence in Nigeria and concerns that U.S. refiners are struggling to produce enough gasoline helped crude oil prices...
If you have even a passing interest in the art of investing, you've no doubt heard of investing guru Jim Rogers.
While the U.S. housing market continues to slump, the outlook is much better for America's neighbors to the north, where the...
