Snow blind: winter’s wrath obscures views on U.S. economy
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Interpreting U.S. economic figures in the last couple of months has taken on a familiar pattern: wonder about possible weakness in demand, and then shrug and...
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Snow blind: winter’s wrath obscures views on U.S. economy
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Interpreting U.S. economic figures in the last couple of months has taken on a familiar pattern: wonder about possible weakness in demand, and then shrug and...
Factbox: U.S. holiday shopping surveys – cutting through the noise
(Reuters) - For those trying to make sense of who the winners and losers are this holiday shopping season, and what it says about the state of the U.S. economy,...
Alcoa shares jump on unusually heavy trading
(Reuters) - Shares of Alcoa Inc surged on Tuesday in an unusually busy day for the aluminum producer, with the stock rising sharply in late-day trading for its biggest one-day...
Factbox: Winners and losers from the Fed’s surprise decision
(Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve turned the table on investors, making big winners out of some nimble buyers and losers out of those who had expected policymakers to follow...
S&P revises U.S. credit outlook to ‘stable’ from negative
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Standard & Poor's on Monday removed the near-term threat of another credit rating downgrade for the United States by revising its outlook to stable from negative,...
Bristol-Myers shares jump ahead of melanoma trial data
CHICAGO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of drugmaker Bristol-Myers Squibb Co rose to a 10-year high on Wednesday ahead of results of an early stage trial for its new melanoma treatment,...
Influential economic study on austerity may be flawed
NEW YORK (Reuters) - One of the key intellectual touchstones in the move towards government austerity efforts around the world may have been incorrect in its conclusions due in part...
Scared of Facebook shares? Wager on Friday’s close
(Reuters) - Worried that if you buy Facebook when it starts trading Friday you'll get trampled by big banks and hedge funds? Betting on where the stock closes that day...
Scared of Facebook shares? Wager on Friday’s close
(Reuters) - Worried that if you buy Facebook when it starts trading Friday you'll get trampled by big banks and hedge funds? Betting on where the stock closes that day...