Giuliani Winters in Florida
Wall Street Journal - With his status as front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination slipping, Rudy Giuliani will attempt to stanch his campaign’s slide Saturday, with a major address aimed at shifting the spotlight from the controversies that have dogged him
The Most Foolish
Motley Fool - The ideal stocks were all small companies 10 years ago, and they were ignored by most of Wall Street. Best Buy, for example, was just a $460 million retailer in 1997. It had 272 stores, did $7.8 billion in revenue, and became the first national
U.S. Stock Futures Signal Higher Open
Associated Press - NEW YORK (AP) — As 2007 comes to a close, Wall Street is nearly as jittery as it was over the summer, when worries about the housing slump and banks’ losing bets on mortgages first came to a head . Chinese Stock Market Wraps Up Year SHANGHAI (AP
PRESS DIGEST - Wall Street Journal - Jan 4
Reuters - Jan 4 (Reuters) - The following were the top stories in The Wall Street Journal on Friday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. * Republican candidate Mike Huckabee and Democratic newcomer Barack Obama won the
Inflation risk might limit Fed easing-WSJ
Reuters - NEW YORK, Jan 4 (Reuters) - Worries about inflation might limit any monetary easing by the Federal Reserve, even though a credit crunch and a slower economy have investors expecting aggressive interest rate cuts, The Wall Street Journal said on Friday
STATE STREET PURGE
New York Post - January 4, 2008 — A shake-up at giant money manager Say Street over its contaminated junk mortgage paper could unleash a new flood of lawsuits against Wall Street firms for peddling risky, subprime mortgage assets. Say Street - the world’s
Bad news keeps coming at Stanley Furniture
Roanoke Times - Although still profitable, the company missed Wall Street analysts’ expectations, which sent its stock plunging by $2.26 to close at $14.32 in trading on the Nasdaq exchange. The shares had traded near $30 in the spring of 2006. “As for business
The “hiding among civilians” myth
Salon - shut on the windows facing the street, preventing him from being hit by a wave of shattered glass. But even so, a chunk of smoldering steel flew through the air, broke through the window and the curtain, and shot past his head and through the wall
JANUARY PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
CNBC - He explains how his experiences as a math professor and Wall Street executive led to today’s success as the worldwide leader in private aviation. Video Extra Richard Santulli, CEO of NetJets, recalls the negotiations of buying and selling a
Home / Pennsylvania News
Bucks County Courier Times - Thousands of costumed mummers, undeterred by a rain delay, did their traditional New Year’s strut down Broad Street on Tuesday PITTSBURGH - Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin keeps erasing names on that depth chart on his office wall. Many teams
Has Wall Street Priced In a Presidential Winner?
CNBC - Stocks typically do well in a presidential election year, and in ‘08 some of Wall Street’s most important strategists and economists have already put bets on the winner. The question, though, is whether that potential victory is already being
Fearing recession, Wall Street eyes election warily
Reuters India - NEW YORK (Reuters) - As Americans start the process of choosing their next president, some Wall Street analysts worry that the election results could pave the way for higher taxes that would hurt a U.S. economy already in a slowdown. Voters in Iowa
John Thain, New York Stock Exchange
CNN - Gone are all of the Wall Street insiders who once dominated the board and ran the exchange like a secretive, exclusive club. The conflicting duties of running the business while also regulating exchange members and listed companies have been separated
Fred Krupp | environmentalist
US News and World Report - After taking the reins of Environmental Defense in 1984 at age 30, the New Jersey native with a law degree from the University of Michigan proclaimed his intent to use profit motives to accomplish environmental ends in a Wall Street Journal op-ed. He
How Wall Street fared overnight plus more news from home and abroad
Reuters UK - * The Dow Jones closed up 12.76-points at 13056.72, the Nasdaq fell 6.95-points to 2602.68, while the S&P closed almost unchanged, with a minimal gain of 0.010-points to 1447.16 News from Home * Rush to shut final salary pensions has eased, says
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