Jessica Menton

The Dow finished lower for the second strait session as investors weighed a series of mixed corporate earnings. 

Oct 21, 2015

Shares of Dow component IBM sank nearly 6 percent Tuesday, a day after the technology company posted a 14 percent decline in revenue.

Oct 20, 2015

Wall Street is looking ahead to a Tuesday speech from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, hoping for further clues on the timing of the U.S. central bank’s looming interest-rate increase.

Oct 19, 2015

United directors are “waiting to hear back from his family and his doctors" regarding further details about the heart attack.

Oct 16, 2015

The Dow ended the week in positive territory again Friday as Wall Street continued to eye third-quarter earnings season.

Oct 16, 2015

The U.S. Federal Reserve’s latest Beige Book revealed Wednesday how the sector was affected from mid-August through early October.

Oct 14, 2015

A series of mixed economic reports could give Federal Reserve officials room to pause before raising interest rates this year.

Oct 14, 2015

Shares of the world’s largest retailer dropped to a three-year low, putting the stock on course for its worst trading day since 2000.

Oct 14, 2015

AB InBev and SABMiller, the world's top two beer companies, will combine to create a brewing company that will control 31 percent of the global beer market.

Oct 13, 2015

The financial sector is still waiting to benefit from a U.S. Federal Reserve interest rate hike this year.

Oct 12, 2015

Wall Street is bracing for what could be a grim start to corporate earnings this fall.

Oct 12, 2015

Federal Reserve officials delayed an interest rate increase in September because of growing risks to their outlook for economic growth.

Oct 08, 2015

A rise in U.S. crude inventories offset previous forecasts for falling production. 

Oct 07, 2015

Over the next several weeks, the market will be guided by third-quarter earnings, which are likely to show “more misses than hits.”

Oct 06, 2015

Meanwhile, global equities lost about $11 trillion in the third quarter, driven by fears that China’s economic slowdown would spread.

Oct 05, 2015

The disappointing September employment report followed a recent trend of mixed economic reports, which may prompt the Fed to delay its first rate hike in nearly a decade.

Oct 02, 2015

Employers added 142,000 jobs in September, but the labor force participation rate continues to drop — which indicates more Americans are giving up on finding work.

Oct 02, 2015

The Dow dropped slightly while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq each ticked upward Thursday.

Oct 01, 2015

Larry Nicholson, CEO of CalAtlantic Group, spoke to IBT about creating the fourth-largest U.S. homebuilding company, worth $5.2 billion.

Oct 01, 2015

Uncertainty regarding a possible U.S. Federal Reserve interest-rate hike exacerbated volatility in what's typically the worst month of the year for equities.

Sep 30, 2015

U.S. stocks closed mildly higher Tuesday after seesawing most of the day as investors weighed uncertainties surrounding the global economy.

Sep 29, 2015

U.S. stocks wavered Tuesday, a day after the Dow plunged 300 points. Investors are weighing a looming government shutdown and uncertainties surrounding the global economy.

Sep 29, 2015

The Dow dropped by 300 points Monday, as market watchers awaited word from the Fed on an inevitable interest-rate hike.

Sep 28, 2015

The Dow rose nearly 200 points during Janet Yellen’s speech, only to reverse and trade lower after the Fed left the door open to hiking rates soon.

Sep 17, 2015

U.S. averages jumped more than 1 percent after initially fluctuating following the central bank's statement. 

Sep 17, 2015

The Fed has held rates at historic lows since 2008 in the midst of the Great Recession to help the economy emerge from a near collapse.

Sep 17, 2015

Global shares traded mixed ahead of the U.S. central bank’s announcement, which could mark the first increase in interest rates in nearly a decade.

Sep 17, 2015

Markets braced for a highly anticipated announcement from the U.S. central bank that could mark the first interest rate hike in nearly a decade.

Sep 17, 2015

A rate move this week depends on whether central bankers agree the economy has reached, or is on course to hit, the Fed’s major objectives.

Sep 16, 2015