Wall Street This Week: Earnings from Nike, AutoZone and More
Filed under: Company News, Earnings, Market News, Consumer Goods, Investing Wesley Hitt/Getty Images From the leading athletic footwear maker hoping that it's all laced up ahead of its latest quarterly...
View ArticleAre You Still Paying Your Babysitter Under the Table?
Filed under: Personal Finance, Budgeting Tools, Elder Care, Home Health Care, Planning Getty Images If you've been paying your babysitter or other household worker in cash, you just might be the...
View ArticleSiemens to Acquire Dresser-Rand for $7.6 Billion
Filed under: Company News, Mergers & Acquisitions, Manufacturing, Oil & Gas Industry imageBROKER/Alamy HOUSTON -- German electronics and engineering company Siemens AG has reached a deal to...
View ArticleBeneath Asia's Gleaming Cities, a Brutal Wealth Gap Lurks
Filed under: Global Economy, China, Unemployment, People AP/Rajanish KakadeA group of people share a room as they eat a meal after a day's hard work in Mumbai, India. In 1981, nearly 1.7 billion Asians...
View ArticleChicago Fed Shows Worrying Signs for National Growth Trends
Filed under: EconomyThe Chicago Federal Reserve has released its Chicago Fed National Activity Index (CFNAI) for the month of August. While this report is from a regional branch, it covers the nation,...
View Article11 Simple Ways You Can Boost Your Credit Score
Filed under: Credit Cards, Credit Reports, Credit History, Credit Score, Credit Repair Getty Images Knowing your credit score and knowing how to improve it are two of the most important things...
View ArticleFor Sony, It's Not 'Game Over' -- Yet
Filed under: Company News, Sony, Earnings, Market News, Investing Shizuo Kambayashi/APSony CEO Kazuo Hirai Investors will no longer be rewarded for holding on to shares of Sony (SNE). The Japanese...
View ArticleMemo to Peter Thiel: I Was Wrong About Twitter, Too
Filed under: Company News, Facebook, Earnings, Market News, Investing Bethany Clarke/Getty Images Peter Thiel is underestimating Twitter (TWTR). I should know; I made the same mistake. On Sept. 17,...
View ArticleAs Plosser Retirement Announced, Federal Reserve Loses Hawk and Gets More Dovish
Filed under: EconomyMonday morning carried news that Charles Plosser, the president and CEO of the Philadelphia Fed, announced that he will retire as of March 1, 2015. Plosser served as the 10th...
View ArticleExisting Home Sales Fell in August as Investors Retreated
Filed under: Real Estate, Economic Indicators, Economic Recovery, Economy AP/Nick Ut By JOSH BOAK WASHINGTON -- Fewer Americans bought homes in August, as investors retreated from real estate and...
View ArticleAlibaba Soared in Its IPO. Should You Buy It Now?
Filed under: Internet, IPOs, Investing Andrew Burton/Getty ImagesAlibaba founder Jack Ma at the New York Stock Exchange. I was inundated with emails last week asking if I had any special connections....
View ArticleLast Week's Biggest Stock Movers: Drug Trials and Tribulations
Filed under: Company News, Earnings, Market News, Industry News, Investing Bradley C. Bower/Bloomberg/Getty Images In any given week, some stocks are sure to shoot up, and others will plummet. The big...
View ArticleGrand Canyon Development Plan Stirs Deep Controversy
Filed under: Travel Industry, This Built America Confluence Partners/APAn artist's rendering of the proposed tramway. A plan to develop 420 acres at the Grand Canyon has split members of the Navajo...
View ArticleCharles Plosser, Leader of Fed's 'Inflation Hawks,' to Retire
Filed under: Inflation, Federal Reserve Sam Hodgson/Bloomberg via Getty Images Charles Plosser, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. By MARTIN CRUTSINGER WASHINGTON -- Charles...
View ArticleMarket Wrap: China Slowdown Fears Take the Air Out of Stocks
Filed under: Energy, Market News, Global Economy, International Trade Lou Linwei/Alamy By STEVE ROTHWELL NEW YORK -- Worries about the outlook for growth in China and a slide in the price of oil pushed...
View ArticleHow to Easily, Significantly Boost Your Retirement Income
Filed under: Retirement Getty Images When people get serious about retirement planning, they often buy bonds. That's because fixed income provides shelter from rocky stock market returns, offers stable...
View ArticleThe Prince Who Built the Rolling Stones' Financial Empire
Filed under: Taxes, Income Tax, Tax Laws, Planning Laurie Dieffembacq/Belga Photos/Getty ImagesMick Jagger of the Rolling Stones In the summer of 1968, the Rolling Stones were in financial trouble....
View ArticleIdentity Thieves Are Preying on Our Dead Relatives Too
Filed under: Identity Theft TFoxFoto/Shutterstock By Nicholas Pell It's not enough to have to worry about getting your own identity stolen -- you have to worry about the identity of your kids, too....
View ArticleGreat Deals Gone Bad: The 7 Bargains Most Likely to Be Fakes
Filed under: Consumer Ally, Shopping, Consumer Protection, Ripoffs & ScamsOne big benefit of shopping online is the ability to do comparison shopping. You don't have to drive all over town and walk...
View ArticlePlain M&M's with Undeclared Peanut Butter Recalled
Filed under: Recalls, Consumer Issues, Consumer Protection Carolyn Jenkins/Alamy Mars Chocolate North America announced on Friday a voluntary recall of its M&M's Milk Chocolate Theater Box for...
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