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By Claudia Carpenter and Lu Wang |
December 18, 2012
Stocks rallied, sending the S&P 500 to a two-month high, and commodities gained on signs of progress in U.S. budget talks.
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By Inyoung Hwang, Bloomberg |
December 17, 2012
The U.S. budget debate is holding stocks hostage, as chief executive officers prepare to cut capital spending for the first time since 2009 should President Barack Obama and Congress fail to reach an accord.
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By Cecile Daurat, Bloomberg |
December 17, 2012
Sprint Nextel Corp. won over Clearwire Corp.’s board after raising its bid to take over the smaller carrier to $2.97 a share in a transaction now valued at $2.2 billion.
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By Rita Nazareth and Adria Cimino, Bloomberg |
November 20, 2012
The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index fell, after yesterday’s rally, as Hewlett-Packard Co. tumbled and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said the central bank’s ability to offset headwinds is “not infinite.”
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By Rita Nazareth and Adria Cimino, Bloomberg |
November 20, 2012
U.S. stocks were little changed, following the biggest advance in two months in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, as a tumble in Hewlett-Packard Co. shares tempered data showing an unexpected increase in housing starts.
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By Nikolaj Gammeltoft and Rita Nazareth, Bloomberg |
October 19, 2012
U.S. stocks fell, sending benchmark indexes toward their biggest declines since June, as Microsoft Corp. and General Electric Co. results missed estimates and euro-area leaders failed to discuss aid for Spain at a summit.
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By Michael Shanahan and Nikolaj Gammeltoft, Bloomberg |
October 17, 2012
Most U.S. stocks rose as a jump in housing starts to a four-year high overshadowed earnings that disappointed investors at two of the largest technology companies. Treasuries fell, while the euro climbed with Spanish and Italian bonds.
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By Paul Dobson and Inyoung Hwang, Bloomberg |
October 9, 2012
U.S. stocks slid amid concern corporate earnings will disappoint investors and after the International Monetary Fund cut growth forecasts. Oil surged as Mideast tensions flared; Treasuries rose and the euro weakened.
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By Lorraine Woellert, Bloomberg |
October 4, 2012
Orders placed with U.S. factories fell in August by the most in more than three years, signaling that slowdowns in business investment and exports restrained the economic expansion.
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By Scott Moritz, Bloomberg |
September 24, 2012
Sprint Nextel Corp. shares have outperformed Apple Inc. this year, along with all but one other stock in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index. Can this be real?
