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Stocks end little changed after Fed rally fizzles
Stocks ended the day little changed Wednesday after a rally prompted by the Federal Reserve's latest economic stimulus program fizzled out. The Dow ...
Pot, gay marriage, suicide are ballot-item topics
After all the economy-focused campaign talk, voters in some states will get a chance on Election Day to sound off on intriguing topics that the ...
Stocks stabilize on Wall Street after a sell-off
The steep losses stopped Wednesday as the stock market turned calm, a day after one of its biggest sell-offs of the year. Indexes ended with slight ...
Oil price steady on Chinese manufacturing survey
The price of oil hovered under $87 a barrel Wednesday as hopes that the slowdown in Chinese manufacturing might be stabilizing helped shore up ...
Dow Chemical to slash 2,400 jobs, close 20 plants
The Dow Chemical Co. will eliminate about 2,400 jobs and close roughly 20 manufacturing facilities as part of a restructuring plan aimed at coping ...
Asian stocks limit losses on China manufacturing
Asian stock markets fell Wednesday following a slew of bleak U.S. corporate results, but losses were cushioned by a report suggesting China's ...
Stocks sink as DuPont, Xerox, 3M scare investors
Nobody was expecting this round of corporate financial reports to be great. But underwhelming results — particularly revenue, which offers a read on ...
DuPont to cut 1,500 jobs after 3Q profit slide
The DuPont Co. said Tuesday that it will cut about 1,500 jobs and take other steps to increase its competitiveness, after weak demand for a key ...
Weak outlooks from 3M, DuPont sink stock market
Stocks are falling sharply at the opening of trading on Wall Street after 3M and DuPont slashed their earnings forecasts. The Dow Jones industrial ...
US futures tumble on weak corporate earnings
Stock futures fell sharply Tuesday, extending a sell-off from the previous day on weak corporate earnings. Dow Jones industrial futures slumped 155 ...
World Food Prize activities attract Occupy protest
It's difficult to argue with the goals of the World Food Prize Foundation — to recognize people who have helped improve the quality and availability ...
Calif. initiative will test appetite for GMO food
Calories. Nutrients. Serving size. How about "produced with genetic engineering?" California voters will soon decide whether to require certain raw ...
Stocks waver on Spain report, Mosaic miss
Mixed signals on the world economy tugged on major stock indexes Tuesday. The country's largest fertilizer company, Mosaic, said weak demand from ...
Carlyle buying DuPont coatings business for $4.9B
The DuPont Co. said Thursday that it is selling its performance coatings business for $4.9 billion in cash to The Carlyle Group, giving the private ...
Jury awards Monsanto $1B in patent case vs DuPont
A jury on Tuesday awarded Monsanto $1 billion in a patent-infringement trial against rival DuPont. The trial in U.S. district court in St.
Earnings perform like 2009; Boos then, boos now
Nobody in Corporate America wants to go back to 2009, but by one measure companies are there right now. Based on the 291 companies in the Standard & ...
DuPont earnings fall on weak volumes
The DuPont Co.'s net income fell 3 percent in the second quarter as sales volumes fell in several business units, including performance chemicals, ...
Stocks mixed as American manufacturing slows
Investors rejoiced over Europe last week. On Monday, they got back to worrying about the United States. Stocks struggled to stay out of the red in ...