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Stocks Move Lower As Dollar, Bonds Fall

Stocks lost ground for a second straight session Friday when the dollar weakened and bonds prices fell after data showing higher import prices stoked the market's inflation worries.

Storm Stockpiling Could Improve Chemical Profits

After a disappointing start to 2006, U.S. chemical makers could post improved second-quarter results as customers race to stockpile everything from plastics to chlorine ahead of the summer hurricane season, experts say.

Thirst for Green Fuels Propel US Soyoil

Soyoil, traditionally one of the less-traded products on the 158-year-old Chicago Board of Trade, is scaling new heights as investors bet on green fuels amid soaring crude oil prices.

Cash for Commodities Set to Hit $3.5 Bln in 2006

Cash keeps pouring into commodities, undeterred by record prices, U.S. regulatory changes and an unusual oil market structure, with this year's index-linked inflows on course to top $3.5 billion.

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Looking for Stocks in the Right Places

During Christmas week in 1992, I appeared as a guest on CNBC television. While television appearances can be fun, and I did continue live interviews from the floor of the Montreal Stock Exchange for many years, most of my clients and friends asked me not to do them since it usually entailed making stock recommendations.

Sony, Microsoft Face Off at Video Game Show

At the biggest video game show of the year, Sony, which has dominated the console market with its PlayStation 2, must show gamers reason to wait six more months for its PS3, even though Microsoft's next-generation Xbox 360 already sits temptingly on stores shelves.

Private Equity's Public Shares Not for the Timid

U.S. buyout firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. had little trouble this week finding buyers for shares of a new fund that lets smaller investors participate in private equity.

FTSE 100 up on A&L talk, midcaps hit fresh record

Britain's FTSE 100 index closed sharply higher on Friday as fresh bid talk buoyed mortgage bank Alliance & Leicester, while the Midcap 250 index hit a fresh high led by brewer Greene King.

EBay Sees Faster Growth Ahead, Investors Unmoved

EBay Inc. Chief Executive Officer Meg Whitman on Thursday promised investors that faster growth and market share gains lay ahead, but left the company's near-term outlook unchanged as international sales growth slows and it steps up investments in new businesses.

US Issues $1 Bln in Flu Vaccine Contracts

Five companies received more than $1 billion in contracts to develop new and better influenza vaccines, and to make them on U.S. territory, the U.S. Health and Human Services Department said on Thursday.

Microsoft, Qualcomm in smart phone pact

Microsoft Corp.on Thursday said it struck a deal to enable its Windows Mobile operating system to work with Qualcomm Inc.'s mobile phone chips, a move seen helping it gain more headway in the wireless business.

Debt buyback may leave Bausch short of cash

Eye care company Bausch & Lomb Inc. , under pressure after government reports that its lens care products may be linked to a rare eye infection, could face a cash crunch because of a large debt buyback announced late Wednesday, a research analyst said on Thursday.

Petrodollars Increasingly Fueling Global Imbalances

The world's attention is firmly turned toward Asia when it comes to widening imbalances in global trade and investment, soaring foreign-exchange reserves and the dollar's structural weakness.

Not too late to join the ethanol party

Ethanol stocks have soared, but an Archer Daniels Midland options strategy offers a hedge against a possible correction.

Panama Coffees Flourish Despite Land Grab

Connoisseurs have nothing but praise for Panama's tiny annual crop of gourmet coffee but they warn that farms where the best beans are grown could vanish as landowners sell to wealthy foreign retirees.

Microsoft, New York Times Tout 'Onscreen Readers'

Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates told a ballroom full of U.S. newspaper editors he's developing onscreen reader software that will make reading news digitally a lot more like flipping through a paper.

Hyundai Chairman Chung Mong-Koo Arrested

South Korea has issued a warrant to arrest Chung Mong-koo, the chairman of Hyundai Motor group, on charges of misusing company funds, a senior prosecutor said on Friday.

Tightening China Keeps Stronger Yuan in Reserve

After serving a rise in lending rates as an unexpected appetizer, will China dish up a speedier climb in the yuan as the main course of its monetary tightening?

Workplaces Ready for Day Without Immigrant Staff

From mighty meatpacking plants to tiny taco stands, U.S. businesses are making plans to deal with Monday's nationwide pro-immigration boycott, which could keep millions of people away from their jobs.

Stocks Rise on Bernanke's Rate Pause Suggestion

U.S. stocks rose on Thursday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the Fed may pause in its 22-month campaign of raising borrowing costs, lifting shares of interest-rate sensitive companies such as banks and utilities.

Enron's Lay Hid Business Data, Stock Sales: Gov't

A federal prosecutor accused former Enron Corp. chief Kenneth Lay on Thursday of withholding key financial data from analysts and hiding his sales of millions of dollars of company stock in the months before Enron collapsed.

Fed might pause on rates: Bernanke

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Thursday said for the first time the central bank could at some point pause its 22-month interest-rate rising campaign to allow time to divine the economy's path.

Ethanol Sweetens Price Prospects for Sugar

World sugar prices are likely to defy gravity in the next 12 months as key producing countries churn out ethanol as an alternative fuel after oil prices spiked to stratospheric highs.

Stock Futures Down Ahead of Fed Testimony

U.S. stock futures fell Thursday as China's central bank lifted interest rates and on caution ahead of testimony from the chairman of the Federal Reserve.

Oil below $72 as Worries Over US Gasoline Ease

Oil fell below $72 on Thursday, deepening losses from the previous session, as worries over U.S. gasoline supplies eased slightly ahead of the summer driving season.

U.S. March New Home Sales Leap, but Prices Fall

Sales of new U.S. homes rose a much larger-than-expected 13.8 percent in March, the biggest one-month gain since April 1993, but prices fell sharply, a government report showed on Wednesday.

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