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By Jeff Wilson, Bloomberg |
February 7, 2013
Dry weather and shipping delays in South America are boosting demand for soybeans from the U.S., the world’s largest grower and exporter, and producing the tightest inventories in almost five decades.
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By Stephen Kirkland and Inyoung Hwang, Bloomberg |
February 4, 2013
Stocks tumbled the most this year and the euro slid while Spanish bond yields surged amid renewed concern about Europe’s debt crisis. U.S. Treasuries rose, while oil fell after the longest stretch of weekly gains since 2004.
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By Greg Quinn, Bloomberg |
January 31, 2013
Canada’s gross domestic product expanded at the fastest pace in seven months in November on gains in manufacturing, mining and energy.
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By Jeanna Smialek, Bloomberg |
January 18, 2013
Confidence among American households unexpectedly fell to a one-year low in January, as higher payroll taxes create a risk that the biggest part of the economy will slow in early 2013.
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By Michelle Jamrisko, Bloomberg |
January 16, 2013
The cost of living was little changed in December, capping the third-smallest annual gain in the past decade, indicating U.S. inflation remains at bay.
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By Chris Burritt, Cotten Timberlake and Lauren Coleman-Lochner , Bloomberg |
December 27, 2012
While one estimate put holiday sales gains at only 0.7 percent, retailers from Macy’s Inc. to Abercrombie & Fitch Co. controlled inventories heading into the holidays, enabling them to limit discounts.
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By Leslie Patton, Bloomberg |
December 14, 2012
Best Buy Co., the world’s largest consumer-electronics retailer, fell the most in two years after giving founder Richard Schulze more time to study the company and arrange financing for an offer to take it private.
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By Dawn Kopecki |
December 11, 2012
JPMorgan Chase & Co. was pressed by U.S. regulators to strengthen investor disclosures on proprietary trading almost a year before a bad bet cost the bank $6.2 billion.
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By Stephen Kirkland and Lu Wang, Bloomberg |
December 7, 2012
U.S. stocks rose for a third day as faster-than-forecast growth in jobs overshadowed concern about budget negotiations and a slide in Apple Inc. Treasuries dropped, while the euro fell on concern about German growth.
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By Sarah Frier and Adam Satariano, Bloomberg |
December 6, 2012
Apple Inc. shares extended their decline after China Mobile Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Li Yue said he wouldn’t add the iPhone to the world’s largest wireless network without a deal that is favorable for his company.
