Breaking News: The leading plan to fix GM and Chrysler would use bankruptcy filings to purge the companies of their biggest problems, in essence spliting both companies... Read »
Texas’ Factory Activity Still Weak, Outlook Turns Up Slightly
Texas area manufacturing activity continued to recede in March, a report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas said Monday. The bank said its current production... Read »
JP Morgan to Refund Over $4 Million to Credit Card Holders
JPMorgan Chase & Co. agreed under pressure from New York state to stop charging a new $10 monthly fee to credit cardholders and agreed to refund the proceeds... Read »
Buffett’s Investment Banker to Leave Goldman Sachs
Byron Trott, the Chicago-based investment banker who advises billionaire investor Warren Buffett, is leaving Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) after 27 years at the... Read »
What Are Money Managers Thinking?
What are professional money managers thinking these days? A new poll by Russell Investments offers an answer. Among the highlights: • 67% of managers are now bullish... Read »
Home Depot CEO Receives 9.2 Million Total Compensation
Home Depot (HD) CEO Frank Blake received compensation valued at $9.2 million in 2008 – a 20 percent increase from the previous year – as the company’s... Read »
Obama Rejects Automakers’ Plan
After pushing out General Motors’ (GM) CEO Rick Wagoner because of disappointment in his turnaround of GM, today President Obama outlined his latest deal with... Read »
Global Banks May See Their Balance Sheet Shrink by $2 Trillion in 2009
The largest 15 global banks are expected to further shrink their balance sheet by about $2 trillion in 2009 and longer-term return on equity (ROEs) will remain subdued... Read »
NAR: 2008 Second-Home Sales Decline 30%
The combination of vacation- and investment-home sales slipped to 30 percent of all existing- and new-home transactions in 2008, the National Association of Realtors... Read »
Obama Issues Do-Or-Die Ultimatum for Carmakers
Speaking a day after the White House pushed out the chairman of General Motor Corp. (GM), “President Obama announced what amounts to a do-or-die ultimatum... Read »






