US stocks slumped Friday after disappointing earnings reports from Google and Caterpillar. The Dow... Read More

US stocks closed back in black Thursday as investors focused on upbeat earnings in the technology sector... Read More

Concern ran rampant Wednesday as US stocks closed in the red after Bear Sterns reported that two of its hedge funds may now be almost worthless. Subprime mortgage woes also re-emerged, putting the breaks on recent trading highs. Read More

Lots of volatility continues to be our experience in the markets. Don't expect it to go away in shorter order; instead, deal with it. Read More

This past weekend saw yet another staged series of events by the pro-warming crowd to get some new attention. And how did they do it? They flew a bunch of entertainers and singers on their own Gulfstream Vs to locales around the planet to sing a bunch of their hits. This was all supposedly, in the words of one main stage act, “to get this global warming thing going!” Read More

Nuveen Investment, an asset management company specializing in closed-end funds, has agreed to a buyout offer worth $6.3 billion from an investment group led by Madison Dearborn Partners. Read More

The Dow Jones Industrials Average started the week of June 25 on news of falling bond yields and the resolution of General Motors’ dispute with the... Read More

The minority government’s 2007-08 federal budget passed the Canadian House of Commons June 12, fulfilling a long-held expectation. Read More

Natural gas prices have pulled back somewhat from their mid-June highs above $8 per million British thermal units (MMBtu). Read More

Carbon-fiber products maker Hexcel continues to refocus its business on core competencies in wind power and aerospace... Read More