Retail sales, helped by higher demand for autos, posted it’s highest gains since March. The markets reflected the good retail sales numbers with the Dow up .60 percent and the NASDAQ gaining .32 percent in midday trading. Auto sales helped retail sales climb 1.2 percent in October, the fourth straight month that retail sales has [...]
With the large number of companies offering debt relief and debt reduction services, consumers now have more choices than ever when choosing which company to go with to lower their debt. When choosing a debt relief company the consumer should be very careful to make sure that the company is reputable and will work on [...]
Chrysler Group LLC, reported a third quarter net loss of $84 million on revenues of $11 billion. The Auburn Hills, MI automaker continues to battle back from bankruptcy as it’s third quarter losses were less than half of what it lost in the second quarter. The $11 billion revenue was up 5.3 percent over the [...]
Oil reached a two year high on Friday after trading up to $87.22, the highest it has risen since October 2008. Prices of stocks and other commodities also rose after the Federal Reserve announced on Wednesday plans to buy $600 billion of bonds to try and get the U.S. economy back on track. Also helping [...]
In early trading today the stock market has been somewhat tepid as investors want to see what the Federal Reserve plans on doing. The Dow Jones was up a little over 10 points and close to it’s highest level in two years as investors wait to see what happens at the Fed meeting later today. [...]
Boosted by higher sales of Windows and Office software, Microsoft Corporation announced on Thursday that it’s net income rose 51%. Income rose to $5.4 billion for the first quarter, which ended September 30 up from $3.6 billion from the same period in 2009. Microsoft said the sales of their Windows operating system and Office products [...]
The stock market fell on Wednesday with the Dow down 43.18. Although the NASDAQ did move up 5.97 points, investors were cautious about how aggressive the Fed would act to get the economy back on its feet. Investors were worried about the fact that the Fed will likely spend a few hundred billion dollars on [...]
QR Codes, or Quick Response codes, are two dimensional codes that can be scanned by smart phones that have a bar code scanner app installed. The codes can be used to send visitors to videos, urls, text, music, or photos. It is a technology that was created in 1994 by Denso-Wave in Japan and has [...]
NPR Chief Executive Vivian Schiller, on Monday, apologized for the way that the firing of Juan Williams was handled. Schiller made it clear that she is not sorry for the firing itself, she just regrets how it happened. Schiller said that NPR’s decision to fire Williams was “made to protect NPR’s integrity and values as [...]
The Dow was up over 84 points today, or 0.77%%. Good news from the banking and home building sectors helped to push the market higher. Most of the good news came from Citigroup Inc. who posted better than expected results. While Citigroup’s shares rose over 4%, more banking stocks went along for the ride. Shares [...]
