US stocks slipped for the second straight trading session on continued credit-market woes, which have been weighing heavily on the overall market of late. Read More

One of our Nibblers and one Long Hauler has each announced new multi-million-dollar contracts. Read More

Are we done with the hullabaloo yet? Every day, it seems, there’s a bunch of noise signaling that we’re doomed, that any second the market will meet its end and the economy will soon follow. Then…poof, all that hysteria’s set aside and folks back up their trucks, screaming with glee that everything’s OK. Read More

Following a drop in manufacturing activity, US stocks declined to end in the red for the first time in five trading sessions amid ongoing anxiety regarding the direction of the economy. Read More

Following Federal Reserve Chief Ben Bernanke’s announcement that US interest rates are likely to be cut again, US stocks rallied early, then declined slightly on weakness in the technology sector to close in a mix. Read More

US stocks slowed down today, mostly on bearish economic news. But after a choppy trading session, the market rebounded to close in positive territory. Read More

Well, it’s time to hang it up. Game over. By the way the market has been treating just about every big dividend company, bond fund and anything that can remotely pay a decent yield, you’d think that it’s all over. Read More

It seems that each year we’re faced with periods when even the most basic of big-dividend-paying companies come under needless fire in the stock market. Read More

Forget oil: Coal is the world’s fastest-growing source of energy. Coal’s importance as a global energy commodity is growing, even as oil’s dominance gradually fades. Read More

The US Army's new vision for the next generation of war tools, Future Combat Systems (FCS), is going to cost about $300 billion. Read More