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By Chris Burritt, Bloomberg |
April 11, 2013
Apple Inc., Analog Devices Inc. and Garmin Ltd. are among the U.S. companies with the most firepower to extend the biggest surge in stock buybacks since the 1980s.
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By Tiffany Kary, Bloomberg |
April 8, 2013
MF Global Holdings Ltd. won final approval of its plan to repay creditors, paving the way for the eighth-largest bankruptcy in U.S. history to wind down under court protection.
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By Alex Kowalski, Bloomberg |
March 25, 2013
American consumers, who kept shopping through rising fuel costs and delayed tax refunds, will probably continue buoying the world’s largest economy as these hurdles dissipate.
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By Shobhana Chandra, Bloomberg |
February 21, 2013
Sales of previously owned U.S. homes increased in January, showing more momentum for the industry coming off its best year since 2007.
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By Shobhana Chandra, Bloomberg |
January 30, 2013
The economy in the U.S. unexpectedly shrank in the fourth quarter, restrained by the biggest plunge in defense spending in four decades and dwindling inventory growth, as household purchases picked up.
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By Linda Sandler and Karen Gullo, Bloomberg |
January 11, 2013
A group of MF Global Holdings Ltd. creditors proposed a liquidation plan that would pay as much as 41.5 cents on the dollar for unsecured claims after the company reached key settlements last month with affiliates.
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By Lorraine Woellert, Bloomberg |
December 11, 2012
The trade deficit in the U.S. widened in October as the biggest slump in exports in almost four years outweighed a drop in imports, evidence of the slowdown in global growth.
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By Liz Capo McCormick and Susanne Walker, Bloomberg |
September 10, 2012
Just six months ago, money market traders expected the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates by the end of 2013. Now, they see borrowing costs staying at record lows for about three more years as the economic outlook worsens.
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By Dan Levy, Bloomberg |
May 17, 2012
Foreclosure filings in the U.S. fell to a five-year low last month as lenders sought to avoid seizing property and a housing recovery showed signs of taking hold.
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By Caroline Salas Gage and Rich Miller, Bloomberg |
March 26, 2012
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke may be hesitating to extol the improving economy -- in part to preserve the central bank’s own reputation.
