Stocks mixed; S&P 500 edges up to record close USA TODAY NEW YORK (AP) — The Standard & Poor's 500 index edged up to another record close Monday as investors assessed the latest earnings from big U.S. companies. The S&P 500 index rose 2.34 points, or 0.1%, to close at a record 1,762.11. The Dow Jones ... | |
Burger King Q3 income rises sharply USA TODAY Burger King's third-quarter income soared and the fast food chain raised its dividend as the company reported an 111% net restaurant growth Monday. Shares of the Miami-based hamburger giant closed up nearly 5.8% at $20.90 in trading after the ... | |
Herbalife President Says Re-Audit Is On Track To Be Completed By Year End Forbes With only a little over two months left in 2013 and the clock ticking, Desmond Walsh, president of Herbalife, said in an interview on Monday that the company still expects that PricewaterhouseCoopers will finish re-auditing Herbalife's books by the end of the ... | |
In Fed and out, many now think inflation helps CNBC.com Inflation is widely reviled as a kind of tax on modern life, but as Federal Reserve policy makers prepare to meet this week, there is growing concern inside and outside the Fed that inflation is not rising fast enough. Some economists say more inflation is just ... | |
Stevens Says Aussie Likely to Be Materially Lower in Future Bloomberg Australia's central bank Governor Glenn Stevens said the local currency's level isn't supported by costs and productivity in the economy and the nation's terms of trade are more likely to fall than rise. The Aussie dropped. "The foreign exchange market is ... | |
Toyota Outsells GM in Third Quarter as Abe Gives Edge to Japan Bloomberg Toyota Motor Corp. (7203) outsold General Motors Co. (GM) and all other carmakers for the second time in three quarters, in the latest example of how Japan's largest manufacturers are benefiting from Abenomics. Japan's biggest company and its ... | |
Japanese cars slipping in Consumer Reports rankings Washington Post AUTOMOTIVE. Japanese cars slipping in rankings. Japan's lock on Consumer Reports' vehicle reliability rankings is starting to ease. Three Japanese brands — Lexus, Toyota and Acura — took the top spots in this year's survey, and seven of the top 10 ... | |
West Coast States and BC to Link Climate Policies ABC News The governors of Pacific coastal U.S. states and a Canadian province on Monday vowed to collectively combat climate change by coordinating polices that place a price on greenhouse gas pollution and mandating the use of cleaner-burning fuels. Governors ... | |
Extension on health law sign-up CNBC.com President Barack Obama delivers remarks about the error-plagued launch of the Affordable Care Act's online enrollment in the Rose Garden of the White House on Monday. The Obama administration says it's granting a six-week extension until March 31 for ... | |
Japan Nuke Agency Urges Drastic Steps at Fukushima ABC News In their first meeting since Japan created a new, more independent nuclear agency 13 months ago, the top regulator on Monday urged the head of the utility that runs the crippled Fukushima plant to take "drastic steps" to mitigate a spate of mishaps at the ... | |
Asia stocks rise on hopes Fed stimulus to continue Businessweek KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Asian stock markets were mostly higher Monday amid growing expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve won't start reducing its monetary stimulus until at least the first quarter of next year. With uncertainty over the raising ... | |
Dollar Set for Monthly Losses Against Most Peers as Fed Meets Bloomberg The dollar headed for monthly losses against most major peers before U.S. data forecast to show consumer confidence fell to a five-month low and retail sales stalled as the Federal Reserve starts a two-day meeting today. The greenback traded 0.3 percent ... | |
Sohu.com Reports Third Quarter 2013 Unaudited Financial Results MarketWatch BEIJING, Oct. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Sohu.com Inc. (NASDAQ:SOHU) , China's leading online media, search, gaming, community and mobile service group, today reported unaudited financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, ... | |
Why Merck (MRK) Slipped Today TheStreet.com NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Merck (MRK) slipped 2.6% to $45.35 in Monday trading after posting lower-than-expected third-quarter figures. Though earnings of 92 cents beat estimates by 4 cents, revenue of $11 billion missed expectations by $120 million ... | |
China May Revamp Rural-Land Rights as Part of Reforms: Economy Bloomberg China Politburo member Yu Zhengsheng said the Communist Party would consider "unprecedented" economic reforms next month, as a top research agency proposed changes to rural land ownership rules and social security. The Development Research ... | |
Euro Jobless Fault Line Festers as Italy Scars Recovery Bloomberg Euro-area jobless numbers this week may lay bare a fault line scarring the region's recovery as evidence of Germany's employment muscle contrasts with the scourge of political quagmire destroying work in Italy. While the currency bloc's longest-ever ... | |
US factory output rises just 0.1 pct. in September krqe.com WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. factories barely boosted their output in September, adding to other signs that the economy was slowing even before the government shutdown began on Oct. 1. Manufacturing production rose only 0.1 percent, the Federal Reserve ... | |
Asia Stocks Rise on Fed Bets; Australia at Five-Year High Bloomberg Asian stocks rose, with the regional equities gauge rebounding from last week's decline, after weaker-than-forecast U.S. consumer confidence spurred bets the Federal Reserve will maintain stimulus. CSL Ltd. (CSL), a maker of blood-derived therapies that ... | |
Data center glitch is latest problem in 'Obamacare' rollout Reuters By Sharon Begley and David Morgan. NEW YORK/WASHINGTON | Sun Oct 27, 2013 6:25pm EDT. NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A data center critical for allowing uninsured Americans to buy health coverage under President Barack Obama's ... | |
Which way will Apple jump in after-hours trading? Fortune It all depends on what Wall Street was expecting. See, for example, the last 40 quarters. Forty quarters. FORTUNE -- In what is expected to be the biggest business news event of the day, Apple (AAPL) will report its quarterly earnings this afternoon. | |
Apple Should Spend Its Money on Its Future Wall Street Journal Ignore Carl Icahn. If you're an Apple customer, employee, partner, or shareholder, you would be wise to follow CEO Tim Cook's example and adopt a pose of respectful deafness toward the gadfly investor's ridiculous proposals for Apple's cash. Apple now has ... | |
FOREX-Dollar steadies after selloff; focus on Fed, China money rates Reuters Mon Oct 28, 2013 9:26am IST. * Euro trades slightly below 2-year high against dollar. * Fed meeting could fuel more dollar selling - analyst. By Lisa Twaronite and Masayuki Kitano. TOKYO/SINGAPORE, Oct 28 (Reuters) - The dollar licked its wounds on ... | |
Data Center Outage Hits Health Care Website Wall Street Journal The federal data hub relied on by all 14 state-run health care insurance exchanges and 36 exchanges run by the federal government was not working Sunday because the company hosting the hub lost its network connectivity, the Obama administration said. | |
Oil prices set for a fourth week of losses CNBC.com Benchmark U.S. crude prices may record their fourth weekly loss as negative economic data hurts fuel demand, according to CNBC's latest market survey of traders, analysts and strategists. Many poll respondents doubted that the Federal Reserve's two-day ... | |
With new iPads on the way, Wall Street homes in on iPhones CNET Apple reports its fourth-quarter earnings tomorrow, the first to include the iPhone 5S and 5C -- but only a few days of sales. Here's what Wall St. expects. Josh Lowensohn. by Josh Lowensohn. October 27, 2013 9:00 AM PDT. Follow @Josh. The first buyer of ... | |
McDonald's Australia Is Dumping Heinz Ketchup And It's Warren Buffett's Fault Business Insider Australia McDonald's Australia has confirmed it will be dumping Heinz as a supplier of the condiment after a decision made by the fast-food giant's United States head office. In February this year Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway together with Brazil's 3G Capital ... | |
Get With The Plan: Juggling the timetable for college costs, loan payback and ... The Star-Ledger - NJ.com Bill and Lauren have two major goals: to pay off their kids' education loans, and to retire. Their oldest is loan-free and done with school. The middle child has $10,000 in loans. Bill and Lauren want to pay, and the youngest is still a junior in high school. Then ... | |
Stock indexes power higher, but Dow lags Futures Magazine On marginally higher overall activity, equity prices rallied again last week. All of the major indexes except the Dow Jones Industrial Average reached new highs. Despite the fact the Dow was last 106.66 points and 0.68% below its September 18 new closing ... | |
Transit agency woes topic of conference Naperville Sun With the Regional Transportation Authority and the entire mass transit system of northern Illinois the subject of scrutiny, officials are letting it be known that change is needed. "We have demands and needs that are not being filled," DuPage County Chairman ... | |
Stocks open mixed following latest record high krqe.com In this Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2013 photo, specialists Peter Giacchi, left, and Patrick King confer at a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. After a strong finish on Friday, investors are hoping the stock market rally will continue Monday, Oct. 28, ... | |
Coal rally set for this week on Capitol Hill West Virginia MetroNews CHARLESTON, W.Va. — More than a dozen busloads of West Virginians will be heading to Washington, D.C. on Tuesday for the national "Rally For American Energy Jobs" on Capitol Hill. Organizers with "Count on Coal" said members of Congress, ... | |
Here's a tax increase Republican lawmakers support MSN Money WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans in Congress don't usually fight for tax increases, especially ones that are part of President Barack Obama's health care law. But GOP senators balked when Democrats proposed delaying a new temporary fee on everyone ... | |
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