Saturday, June 21, 2014

DOW and S&P 500 End Week at Record Highs, NASDAQ Closes at 14-Year High - SavingAdvice.com

It was another good week for the stock market. The Dow Jones industrial average and Standard & Poor's 500 index both ended Friday ...

Dow, S&P 500 close at records; Nasdaq at 14-year high - USA TODAY

The New York Stock Exchange in lower Manhattan. (Photo: Mark Lennihan, AP) Wall Street's record-breaking rally continued Frida...

Dow, S&P 500 close at records; Nasdaq at 14-year high - USA TODAY

The New York Stock Exchange in lower Manhattan. (Photo: Mark Lennihan, AP) Wall Street's record-breaking rally continued Frida...

Friday, June 20, 2014

Dow, S&P 500 close at records; Nasdaq at 14-year high - USA TODAY

The New York Stock Exchange in lower Manhattan. (Photo: Mark Lennihan, AP) Wall Street's record-breaking rally continued Frida...

Dow, S&P 500 close at records; Nasdaq at 14-year high - USA TODAY

The New York Stock Exchange in lower Manhattan. (Photo: Mark Lennihan, AP) Wall Street's record-breaking rally continued Frida...

Dow, S&P 500 end at record highs - Reuters

(Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose on Friday, driving the Dow and the S&P 500 t...

GE Wins French Support on Alstom Deal With State Asking for 20% - Bloomberg

General Electric Co. (GE) won France's support to buy Alstom SA (ALO)'s energy assets, a prize also sought by Siemens AG (SIE), on t...

Thursday, June 12, 2014

Brent hits nine-month high on Iraq crisis - Reuters India

By Manash Goswami SINGAPORE Fri Jun 13, 2014 9:43am IST SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Brent futures rose towards ...

WTI Heads for Biggest Weekly Gain This Year Amid Iraq Conflict - Businessweek

West Texas Intermediate headed for the biggest weekly gain this year as violence escalated across northern and central Iraq, OPEC's seco...

Wall St. slides on concerns about Iraq - Reuters

(Reuters) - U.S. stocks fell on Thursday as concerns escalated about Iraq and...

Phil Mickelson quiet about insider trading but not golf game - USA TODAY

Phil Mickelson started the U.S. Open at Pinehurst with an even par 70. The New York Times also reported that he won't be involved in...

Retail sales rise modestly in May - Los Angeles Times

Retail sales in May fell short of estimates, but still pointed to an economy making slow progress. Sales rose a modest 0.3% last month, acco...

Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Thousands of European Cab Drivers Protest Uber, Taxi Apps - Wall Street Journal

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Wall Street Journal Cab drivers around the world have operated for years in a highly regulated indust...

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

US Trade Gap Widens as Exports Slow - Wall Street Journal

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON—The U.S. trade gap widened in April as rising imports suggested consum...

Tesla's Musk Says He Will Stay as CEO at Least Four to Five More Years - Wall Street Journal

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Wall Street Journal Electric-car maker Tesla may start work on three new factories. Pictured, a showr...

Thursday, May 22, 2014

US unemployment aid applications rise to 326000 - Toledo Blade

Published: Thursday, 5/22/2014 ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON  — The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits jumped last we...

McDonald's workers protest low wages, more than 100 arrested - CNBC.com

Frequent rallies by low-wage restaurant and retailer workers have helped fuel a national debate on pay inequality at a time when many middle...

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

McDonalds workers storm Chicago headquarters demanding better pay - Telegraph.co.uk

McDonalds workers are demanding better pay   Photo: Geoff Pu...

McDonald's protesters arrested outside HQ - USA TODAY

Protests during McDonald's annual shareholders in Oak Brook, Ill., on Wednesday. (Photo: Fast Food Forward) In a prelude to pr...

McDonald's protesters arrested outside HQ - USA TODAY

Protests during McDonald's annual shareholders in Oak Brook, Ill., on Wednesday. (Photo: Fast Food Forward) In a prelude to pr...

Wall St. ends higher after Fed minutes; Dow's best day in a month - Reuters

(Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday, rebounding from the previous day...

Ukraine sees letup in tensions, but vote at risk - Washington Post

By Associated Press, DONETSK, Ukraine — Days before Ukraine's presidential elections, the interim government Wednesday relished what f...

Russia to supply China with gas for 30 years - CNNMoney

Russian President Vladimir Putin had been visiting China with the intention of sealing the massive natural gas deal. LONDON (CNNMoney)...

Retail stocks lead selloff on Wall St. after earnings - Reuters India

By Angela Moon NEW YORK Wed May 21, 2014 2:27am IST Specialist Peter Giacchi (C) shouts a trading price for Jumei during th...