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By Craig Trudell and Keith Naughton, Bloomberg |
January 28, 2013
When Ford Motor Co. posts fourth- quarter results tomorrow, the numbers probably won’t look great, likely the lowest operating profit of the year. Those figures mask the optimism coming from an unlikely place: Europe.
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By Rita Nazareth, Bloomberg |
January 10, 2013
U.S. stocks rose, sending the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index toward a five-year high, as China’s exports beat estimates and European Central Bank President Mario Draghi sees an economic rebound later in 2013.
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By Craig Trudell and Keith Naughton, Bloomberg |
January 10, 2013
Ford Motor Co., the second-largest U.S. automaker, doubled its quarterly dividend to 10 cents a share after record profit margins boosted its cash.
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By Joshua Zumbrun, Bloomberg |
January 9, 2013
The dwindling ranks of the long-term unemployed, while testament to the improvement in the labor market, also shows the diminishing returns from extended unemployment insurance payments.
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By Joe Richter, Bloomberg |
January 8, 2013
Demand for palladium, last quarter’s best-performing precious metal, is exceeding supply for a second consecutive year as mine production stagnates while sales by automakers, the biggest buyers, reach record highs.
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By Craig Trudell, Bloomberg |
January 3, 2013
General Motors Co., Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler Group LLC posted December U.S. vehicle sales gains that exceeded analysts’ estimates, completing a year of surprising growth that helped propel the country’s economy.
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By Jeff Kearns and Joshua Zumbrun, Bloomberg |
January 3, 2013
Federal Reserve policy makers said they will probably end their $85 billion monthly bond purchases sometime in 2013 with members divided between a mid- or end-of-year finish.
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By Matt Robinson, Bloomberg |
January 3, 2013
Ford Motor Co., the second-largest U.S. automaker, is planning its first benchmark offering of fixed-rate bonds maturing in at least 30 years since 1999.
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By Craig Trudell, Bloomberg |
January 2, 2013
U.S. light-vehicle sales probably rose in December to wrap up a three-year run unrivaled in almost four decades as consumers replaced cars and trucks that are, on average, the oldest ever on the nation’s roads.
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By Mary Schlangenstein, Bloomberg |
December 19, 2012
FedEx Corp., operator of the world’s largest cargo airline, maintained its full-year profit forecast amid increasing concern that the U.S. economic growth may slow.
