How the Dow Jones industrial average and other major stock indexes fared on Thursday The Washington Post | A brief morning rally pushed the Dow Jones industrial average above its highest closing price since the financial crisis Thursday, but stocks closed lower after mixed economic data tempered traders’ optimism. | Solid news on factory orders and strong earnings from U.S. manufacturers highligh...
BancorpSouth raises $109 million in stock sale The Business Review Memphis Business Journal Date: Tuesday, January 24, 2012, 10:42am CST Related: Related News | Latest from The Business Journals has raised about $109 million from the sale of common stock to help increase capital levels. | The company sold 10,952,381 shares of common stock at $10.50 pe...
Real estate roundup: Optimism at the ACRE conference Business Journal Ryan Poe Reporter - Birmingham Business Journal Email | Twitter | Alabama commercial real estate experts seemed upbeat at the 2011 Alabama Center for Real Estate conference today. | Or maybe they're just happy they're not in the residential sector af...
Brewer may want to give Obama a thank-you note next time Business Journal Mike Sunnucks Senior Reporter - Phoenix Business Journal Email | Twitter | Facebook | Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer released the handwritten note she gave to President Barack Obama Wednesday in Mesa. She might also want to pen Obama a thank-you note. Her t...
Anheuser-Busch's two new brews Business Journal Amir Kurtovic Reporter - St. Louis Business Journal Email | Twitter | Facebook | When news came a few weeks ago that Coors Light had passed up Budweiser to become the No. 2 beer in the U.S., it was the first time since 1993 that Anheuser-Busch wasn't...
NYC Workers Face 'Retirement Crisis' The Street | BOSTON (MainStreet) -- The grim prospect for aging New Yorkers: One-third of them won't have enough money to retire comfortably. | That's according to a study released Thursday by New York City Comptroller John C. Liu and the Schwartz Center for Ec...
Economy grew modest 2.8 pct. in Q4, best in 2011 Austin American Statesman | WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy grew at a 2.8 percent annual rate in the final three months of last year, the fastest growth in 2011. | Americans spent more on cars and trucks, and companies restocked their shelves at the strongest pace in near...
Flush fees could triple for Md. public water users Business Journal | Howard County Deputy Chief of Utilities Jeff Welty said under Gov. Martin O'Malley's water consumption tax proposal, homes on public water in the Baltimore-Washington suburbs could see their flush fees triple to more than $100 a year. Septic tank u...
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Greek rescue blocked by hedge fund greed Belfast Telegraph | A group of hedge funds is threatening to block a last-ditch attempt to save Greece from defaulting on its huge debt pile, unless they are guaranteed a significant payout. | There...
US stocks rally amid mixed bag of bank earnings Sydney Morning Herald | US stocks gained on Tuesday as brighter sentiment about China's growth prospects overshadowed Europe's recent credit downgrades and a mixed bag of big bank earnings. | China's ec...
Wall St up on strong global signs The Australian | US stocks gained this morning after better-than-expected economic data in the US, China and Germany fuelled optimism over the pace of global economic growth, setting up stock ind...
Penn State alum among lawyers suing university in child sex scandal Business Journal Jeff Blumenthal Reporter - Philadelphia Business Journal Email | Twitter | Marci Hamilton earned two master's degrees from Penn State University and thinks Joe Paterno was a great man. But along with colleague Jeff Anderson, she was among the first t...
Element Power wins approval for Ohio wind farm Business Journal Christina Williams Sustainable Business Oregon - Portland Business Journal Email | Facebook page | Element Power US LLC announced this week that it got a green light from state regulators to build a 200-megawatt wind farm in north central Ohio. | As ...
Chevron to pay D.C. $500K for gas spill Business Journal Michael Neibauer Staff Reporter - Washington Business Journal Email | Twitter | Chevron U.S.A. Inc. will pay the District $500,000 to settle a years-long complaint about an underground gas tank spill that may have threatened the health of some far No...
Boehner Offers His 2 Cents on Romney’s Tax Rate The New York Times | Speaker John A. Boehner offered an economic justification on Tuesday for the relatively low tax rate paid on investments by taxpayers like Mitt Romney, and House Republicans fired off more criticism of President Obama in advance of his State of the Union address. | After a meeting of the House Republican caucus, Mr. Boehner, an Ohio Republican, w...
Wall Street ends stellar week on a mixed note The Times Of India NEW YORK: The Dow industrials and the S&P 500 posted their best week in four even with a mixed finish on Friday after strong earnings from tech bellwethers IBM and Intel contrasted with Google's disappointing quarterly report. | The Dow Jones industrial average gained 96.50 points, or 0.76 per cent, to end unofficially at 12,720.48. The S&P 500 Ind...
