By Alistair Barr and Olivia Oran | SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - If "Facebook For Dummies" helped you find friends and post pictures on the world's No. 1 online social network, then consider "Facebook IPO Confidential" which purports to teach you "How To ...
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
They're still too worried about their jobs and the economy. Economists and tourism experts are expecting only a small uptick in summer travelers. Gas prices are lower, but still high enough to keep some Americans off the road.
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Groupon Inc., the largest daily-deal website, reported first-quarter profit that topped estimates as marketing costs dropped and it expanded internationally in its second period as a publicly traded company. Profit excluding certain costs was $16.3 ...
Monday, May 14, 2012
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) — China bears have the upper hand after growth in everything from retail spending and investment to industrial output and imports declined in April, pointing to a widening economic slowdown. The move at the weekend to cut the ...
Monday, May 14, 2012
By Steven C. Johnson | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Concern the US economy was heading for another summer swoon was mounting even before Friday's disappointing jobs data. Economists are increasingly predicting 2012 will be another year when growth struggles ...
Friday, May 04, 2012
By Tami Luhby @CNNMoney May 2, 2012: 5:26 AM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The rich are getting richer, and everyone else is going deeper into debt trying to keep up. The bottom 95% of Americans have seen debt levels balloon compared to their earnings over ...
Wednesday, May 02, 2012
Economic confidence in the euro region declined more than economists had forecast in April, as the region's slump showed signs of deepening. An index of executive and consumer sentiment in the 17- nation euro area fell to 92.8 from a revised 94.5 in ...
Thursday, April 26, 2012
By Jennifer Liberto @CNNMoney April 24, 2012: 2:35 PM ET Congress has until July 1 to extend current low rates on subsidized student loans for more than 7 million undergraduates. WASHINGTON (CNNMoney) -- On July 1, the interest rates on student loans ...
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, AP – 1 minute ago WASHINGTON (AP) — High energy prices and an economy that has been slow to rebound are worsening Social Security's finances, shortening the life of the trust funds that support program by three years, ...
Monday, April 23, 2012
Losses on the bank's subprime mortgages and commercial and construction loans surged during the financial crisis and regulators had to inject bailout funds from the Troubled Asset Relief Program in November 2008. The bank has since returned to ...
Thursday, April 19, 2012
April 18 (Bloomberg) -- The US Environmental Protection Agency issued the first rules to combat air pollution from natural-gas drilling, while giving companies until 2015 to meet the most stringent requirements opposed by the energy industry.
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
