The top aftermarket NYSE gainers Tuesday were: Owens-Illinois, Och-Ziff Capital Management, Guidewire Software, Alcoa, Koninklijke Philips Electronics and Generac Holdings Inc. The top aftermarket NYSE losers were: Perini Corp, Computer Sciences Corp, Leapfrog Enterprises, QR Energy, Hospitality Properites Trust and Newcastle Investment Corp.
Michelin SCA, the world's second largest tire maker behind Bridgestone Corp., said Tuesday it will build a factory in South Carolina and expand another in the state in a $750 million expansion.
Prospects for a robust recovery remain slim on weak output and high domestic unemployment in at least the near term, according to indicators released by the Bank of France.
The top after-market NASDAQ gainers Tuesday were: Adept Technology, Washington Federal, Affymax, Federal-Mogul Corp, Arena Pharmaceuticals, GRAVITY Co, Orexigen Therapeutics, Tractor Supply and Century Aluminum Co.
China expressed consternation over the decision of the Australian government to ban telecommunications giant Huawei from competing in its new national broadband network over concerns for cybersecurity.
Nintendo’s upcoming console, the Wii U, is set to be released in the 2012 holiday season. Sources close to Nintendo have said that the new gaming system’s manufacturing costs amount to $180, but the video game company may tack on a much higher price tag, according to Forget The Box.
Ford Motor Co. is recalling 140,310 2012 Focus cars due to a manufacturing defect that may cause inoperative windshield wipers and increased risk of crash, the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced Monday.
Just last year, Andrea Jung was among the most powerful women in the world. On Monday, Avon announced her replacement as chief executive -- Sherilyn McCoy, a 30-year veteran of Johnson & Johnson.
The world's demand for alternative energy sources is powering growth in German industry, or so a look at the list of fastest-growing public companies in that country would suggest. Already the world leader in solar panel manufacturing, Germany is also home to an array of booming companies whose business is on the more peripheral side of clean energy creation and conservation.
“Price hikes at the pump have been losing steam for weeks. ... Crude oil prices have slipped and if they don’t rebound in the very near future, gasoline prices will peak very soon, if they haven’t already,” said Trilby Lundberg, president of Lundberg Survey Inc.
Friday's job report for March showed 121,000 hires -- the first figures in five months showing job growth under 200,000.
India's gold-jewelry traders, the largest buyers of bullion, called off a 21-day strike after Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee agreed to consider rolling back recent increases in gold taxes.
U.S. employers hired 120,000 workers in March, well below economists' forecast, and the smallest gain since October, signaling the economy could be losing momentum.
So far this week, U.S. industrial giants have announced nearly $3 billion will be invested in new operations and research in Brazil, China and India three cornerstone members of the BRICS countries.
The drought in Yunnan province in the Southwest has already affected more than 6.3 million people, and marks a new high in China's environmental troubles
Global stocks ended mixed Thursday as solid jobs data and better-than-expected results from retailers failed to offset revived concerns about the euro zone’s fiscal stability.
China's auto industry will enjoy an $11.6 billion boost in the coming year, as Ford (NYSE: F) and Volvo try to increase output and market share in Asia.
A pair of unexpectedly downbeat economic reports from Germany and the UK on Thursday added to fears of a recession in the euro zone and fueled doubts that manufacturing could power the region's economic recovery.
The Bank of England held back from giving Britain's fragile recovery an extra boost on Thursday, as the economy appears to have avoided falling into recession despite a shock drop in manufacturing output in the first months of 2012.
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have announced a five-year research initiative that will eventually enable people to design personalized robots, then have those robots built using three-dimensional printers.
Shocking photos of black-market cooking oil produced from garbage, food scraps, and even dead animals have Chinese citizens worried. And now authorities are cracking down on the recycled-oil underground industry.
Last year we woke up to headlines involving the home of the Acropolis and one of the worst debt situations in recent history – Greece.
