admin – Page 16 – Your Economy Friend

Six Financial Myths Your Father May Have Taught You

November 3, 2015

You love your dad, but you don't have to buy everything he taught you about money. gives the gift of knowledge to papa -- and his kids -- on Father's Day by debunking a few financial myths he might have held h...

Twitter Hit with $124 Million Lawsuit Over Private Stock Sale

admin

November 3, 2015

Ipos

Soeren Stache, dpa/AP NEW YORK -- Twitter Inc. was sued for $124 million Wednesday by two companies that said the social media darling defrauded it into pushing forward with a doomed private sale of its share...

Market Wrap: Stocks Up on Greece Optimism; New Nasdaq Record

admin

November 1, 2015

Nasdaq

Richard Drew/AP NEW YORK -- U.S. stocks ended higher Monday, with the Nasdaq closing at a record as hopes grew that a deal would be reached to prevent Greece from defaulting on loans. Equities have been la...

Market Wrap: Dow, S&P 500 Rise on Merck, IBM; Nasdaq Slips

admin

October 28, 2015

Energy

Richard Drew/AP NEW YORK -- The Dow and S&P 500 ended a volatile session higher on Tuesday, helped by strong earnings from Merck and gains in IBM after it boosted its dividend, while the Nasdaq fell wit...

Caterpillar May Cut Up to 10,000 Jobs Through 2018

admin

October 28, 2015

Energy

Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images Caterpillar (CAT) slashed its 2015 revenue forecast Thursday and said it will cut as many as 10,000 jobs through 2018, joining a list of big U.S. industrial companies...

Money Minute: China’s Alibaba Files Massive IPO in U.S.

admin

October 26, 2015

Ipos

You may not have heard of it yet, but it's the buzz of the tech world, and China's Alibaba is about to increase its profile -- big time. The Chinese Internet giant has made it official, filing plans for an i...

How to Invest Your Money the Way Warren Buffet Would Want

admin

October 25, 2015

Mutual Funds

...

MBIA Shares Rise After Berkowitz’s Fairholme Buys 11.1% Stake

admin

October 15, 2015

Insurance Industry

Share in financial services company MBIA (MBI) are up more than 10% in pre-market trading after Fairholme Capital Management, the investment firm headed by Bruce Berkowitz, disclosed a big stake in the bond in...

Create a Successful Investing Plan in 4 Easy Steps

admin

October 14, 2015

Mutual Funds

Getty Images If your idea of a successful investing strategy begins with picking the right investments, you're doing it the hard way. Smart investors start with creating a plan based on their goals, time ho...

Few Small SUVs Perform Well in Latest Crash Tests

admin

October 13, 2015

Insurance Industry

Insurance Institute for Highway Safety/APThe IIHS conducts a small overlap frontal crash test of a 2014 Subaru Forester, which earned the group's top safety rating. DETROIT -- Only two of 13 small SUVs perfor...

After Market: Bah, Humbug! Still No Sign of the Usual Christmas Rally

admin

October 12, 2015

Ipos

There's still plenty of time for a certain Jolly Old Elf to visit Wall Street and deliver the Santa Claus rally that traditionally leads up to Christmas, but so far this month, it's been mostly coal in the stoc...

Market Wrap: Indexes Tumble as Oil Prices Fall Further

admin

October 10, 2015

Nasdaq

Richard Drew/AP NEW YORK -- U.S. stocks lost more than 1 percent Wednesday in the S&P 500's biggest decline since Oct. 13 as another big drop in oil prices hammered energy shares. The S&P 500 has l...

Alibaba Near Decision on Picking New York as IPO Venue

admin

September 25, 2015

Ipos

Brent Lewin/Bloomberg via Getty Images HONG KONG -- Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding is "95 percent certain" to choose New York as the venue for its initial public offering, the Financial Time...

As Companies Beat Estimates in 2011, Expect Stocks to Soar

admin

September 24, 2015

Index Funds

Cost-cutting helped businesses set record profits in 2010, but what will companies do to spur the value of their shares upward in 2011? The answer is, attempt to build sales faster than expected on a lower-cost...

Author admin