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By Joe Richter, Bloomberg |
May 20, 2013
Hedge-fund managers are making the biggest ever bet against gold as billionaire George Soros sold holdings last quarter and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. predicted more declines after the longest slump in four years.
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By Kevin Dugan and Sridhar Natarajan |
May 18, 2013
JPMorgan Chase & Co. is capitalizing on growing investor appetite for risky assets by selling securities betting on corporate debt.
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By Lorraine Woellert, Bloomberg |
May 16, 2013
Starts of new U.S. homes fell more than forecast in April to a five-month low, indicating a pause in the industry’s progress as builders slowed work on apartments. Building permits surged to an almost five-year high.
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By Lorraine Woellert, Bloomberg |
May 15, 2013
Confidence among U.S. homebuilders improved in May for the first time in five months as buyers rush to take advantage of near record-low mortgage rates.
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By Charles Skorina |
May 6, 2013
Public universities endowment funds when compared to private Ivy league schools show some surprises: both good and bad.
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By Laura Litvan and Andrew Mayeda, Bloomberg |
May 3, 2013
President Barack Obama is being pressed by opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline to tie any approval to measures that would curb climate change, reflecting mounting pressure on the administration to mitigate the project’s impact if it goes forward.
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By Alex Kowalski, Bloomberg |
April 22, 2013
Sales of previously owned U.S. homes unexpectedly dropped in March, showing uneven progress in the industry.
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By Alex Kowalski, Bloomberg |
April 19, 2013
Payrolls decreased in 26 U.S. states in March, showing the recent labor-market slowdown is being felt across the country. Jobless rates also dropped in 26 states last month.
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By Lu Wang and Whitney Kisling, Bloomberg |
April 18, 2013
U.S. stocks fell, sending the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index to a six-week low, as earnings from UnitedHealth Group Inc. to EBay Inc. disappointed investors.
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By Whitney McFerron and Elizabeth Campbell |
April 17, 2013
U.S. hog farmers are poised to produce a record amount of pork at a time when exports are slumping the most in more than a decade, prolonging a global glut into a fifth consecutive year.
