Economy

• The ECB Pulls the Rate-Hike Trigger 07/07/08
       By BusinessWeek, Standard & Poor's, and Action Economics staff Unlike the Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank has one policy mandate: maintaining price...
• Vital Signs: Economic Growth Forecasts Rise 07/07/08
       Economists are putting the final touches on their expectations for second-quarter growth in real gross domestic product, due later this month, and this week’s ...
• A Chilly June for the U.S. Job Market 07/07/08
       Will the U.S. economy continue to shed jobs in June? Most available labor market data are hovering near "weak" levels that imply more losses for the J...
• Bonds: Smarter Plays for Darker Days 07/07/08
       With equity markets reeling lately—and the Dow Jones industrial average delivering its biggest first-half percentage decline in 38 years—investors h...
• Vital Signs: Economy, Sink or Stay Afloat? 07/07/08
       The main focus of this holiday-shortened week will be the first major economic reports for June: the readings on manufacturing and nonmanufacturing activity fro...

Stock Markets

• Regulators may force banks into greater disclosure 06/28/08
       Banks that produce complex and illiquid derivative products that have been at the heart of the credit squeeze might be forced to provide more information about ...
• Wall St. sags after 2-day rally 06/28/08
       NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks dropped on Friday as investors tempered their optimism that the economy could avoid recession, and locked in profits on banking and ...
• UK company pension schemes in 15bn reversal 06/28/08
        Falling stock markets and interest rates have wiped £15bn off the value of UK company pension schemes so far this year, calling into question their ...
• Wealthy College Endowments Beat the Stock Market 06/28/08
       The nation's 76 richest colleges earned a market-beating 21.3 percent on their billions of dollars in tax-free endowment funds in the fiscal year ending last Ju...
• Toronto stocks little changed after choppy day 06/28/08
       TORONTO (Reuters) - Early gains on the Toronto Stock Exchange fizzled out on Friday, leaving the composite index little changed at the end of the day as investo...

Earnings

• Caterpillar 4Q profit rises 06/28/08
       CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Construction-equipment maker and economic bellwether Caterpillar Inc. said Friday that it expects resilient overseas economies to drive strong...
• Airline execs eye consolidation 06/28/08
       PHOENIX - As U.S. airlines pressure each other with low fares, executives are keeping an eye on consolidation efforts as the one sure way to squeeze profits out...
• E-Trade posts loss but sees profitable '08 06/28/08
       NEW YORK (Reuters) - Beleaguered discount brokerage E*Trade Financial Corp (ETFC.O) posted a larger-than-expected quarterly loss on Thursday but said it expecte...
• Microsoft profit rises 79 pct 06/28/08
       SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft (MSFT.O) signaled confidence to a rattled stock market by raising its full-year earnings outlook above Wall Street targets and rep...
• Honeywell quarterly profit, sales rise 06/28/08
       NEW YORK (Reuters) - Diversified manufacturer Honeywell International Inc (HON.N) said on Thursday its fourth-quarter profit and sales rose from a year earlier,...

Business Opinion

• Mutual Fund Fees: The Awful Truth 06/28/08
       How much are you paying fund companies to manage your account? The average expense ratio -- that is, expenses as a percentage of assets -- is 1.4% a year for do...
• Tax Rebates Deal Announced 06/28/08
       WASHINGTON -- Congressional leaders announced a deal with the White House Thursday on an economic stimulus package that would give most tax filers refunds of $6...
• The Case Against Case Studies 06/28/08
       Shortly after R. Glenn Hubbard took over as dean of Columbia Business School in 2004, he began hearing rumblings from executives about the quality of MBA gradua...
• So I Married an Avatar 06/28/08
       Shava Nerad's wedding was a dream. The blue sky that kissed the dome of the ornate gazebo where she tied the knot on Feb. 9 was painted with an impressionist's ...
• Shelter from the Storm 06/28/08
       The numbers are grim, even if they seem familiar by now. In 2007, lenders filed foreclosure notices on 90,782 homes in Illinois, up 25.3% from a year earlier. T...

Investing

• Stocks Fall on Worries about Banks 06/28/08
       Major U.S. stock indexes ended a turbulent week lower on Friday as the optimism over a wave of positive earnings reports and talk of a takeover of troubled bond...
• Stocks: The 'Wow' Factor 06/28/08
       Sometimes you look at a number, scratch your head, and say "Can that be real?" That's the case with the companies in this week's screen, which feature...
• What Could Cage the Bear 06/28/08
       Bear markets are always difficult to predict, but this one is straight out of The Twilight Zone. Barely a year ago, market watchers were wringing their hands ov...
• Sure, It's from AARP. But Is It a Good Deal? 06/28/08
       Few names are more closely associated with retirement than AARP. So Andrew Tignanelli, president of Financial Consulate, a Lutherville (Md.) financial-planning ...
• A Problematic Proxy Season 06/28/08
       Proxy season is fast arriving, and many corporations, already suffering from slumping stock prices, are going to have to be prepared to face angry shareholders,...

Press Releases

• Desalination and Water Reuse Set for Growth 06/28/08
       New report by Global Water Intelligence suggests strong growth for water scarcity technologies. Water scarcity will be a bigger issue in 2008 than global warmin...
• CDNetworks Announces 15 Billion Korean Won Share Repurchase Program 06/28/08
       CDNetworks 15 billion Korean won share repurchase program from September 28, 2008 to October 27, 2008. Seoul, Korea (PRWEB) January 28, 2008 -- CDNetworks (KOS...
• Disabled Sacramento Woman, 110, Receives Power Wheelchair Donation 06/28/08
       Gift of mobility lets supercenteniarian better enjoy her time with friends and family Sacramento, CA (PRWEB) January 28, 2008 -- Two years ago, Mrs. Ruby Pittm...
• Sanford-Brown College-St. Peters Adds BSN Degree Program 06/28/08
       60-week program features blended learning environment, holistic model St. Louis, MO (PRWEB) January 28, 2008 -- Sanford-Brown College-St. Peters has received a...
• Dynamic Software Suite Enables Effective Streamlined Support 06/28/08
       Dynamic Software Suite Enables Effective Streamlined Support Vienna, VA (Vocus) January 28, 2008 -- Parature, the global leader in on-demand customer support s...