Walgreen Co , the largest U.S. drugstore chain, posted a sharply higher quarterly profit on Tuesday, helped by rising sales of general merchandise and prescriptions.
It's hard to be upbeat about gold these days, but technical analysts are keeping their faith in the long-term bull run -- just barely.
Despite Chris Christie, and those who sometimes speak for him, reiterating his line of not running for president, that, “no means no, and he means it,” that, “short of suicide” he won’t be doing it, speculation has renewed.
Others have pondered that perhaps Warren Buffett – who's now 81 years old – is simply preparing for his exit and planning to bequeath his legendary company’s management to younger warriors.
Apple’s most anticipated iPhone 5, safe to say, has broken all kinds of records when talking about rumors surrounding the device.
Gold prices rose more than 4 percent Tuesday, breaking a three-day losing streak, on optimism that Germany this week will approve an expansion of Europe's bailout fund and a decline in the U.S. dollar.
The Amazon Kindle Fire tablet will be revealed in New York on Wednesday, according to reports. Already, media types are proclaiming that Amazon will throw down a competitive gauntlet against Apple and its industry-leading iPad tablet with an expected October Kindle Fire release.
JPMorgan Chase & Co is asking to move to federal court a lawsuit from Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc accusing it of siphoning $8.6 billion from Lehman's estate in the days leading up to its record bankruptcy.
One thing is clear. There's nothing like a gold standard when it comes to analyzing the way the precious metal prices have behaved in the past three months. Gold's decade-long bull run peaked in the last three months when the prices went up by around 30 percent.
Stock index futures were lifted on Tuesday by a wave of hope that euro zone officials were working to add measures to cut Greece's debt and shore up the region's banks.
Spot gold rallied more than 1 percent and U.S. gold futures as much as 4 percent on Tuesday, snapping four consecutive sessions of losses as a weaker dollar helped battered commodities stage a comeback.
Gold prices rose more than 3 percent on Tuesday as a drop in the dollar index helped the precious metal snap a four-day run of losses and after an early rout in the previous session tempted price-sensitive physical buyers back to the market.
Gold tumbled nearly 4 percent Monday, hit by momentum selling and heavy liquidation by commodity hedge funds triggered by another sharp margin hike.
With the evidence increasing that Amazon will release a tablet computer for the holiday season, including recent comments from CEO Jeff Bezos to stay tuned when asked about the possibility, there are enough reasons for Apple to worry.
NEW YORK Stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wall Street on Tuesday, with futures for the S&P 500 up 0.93 percent, Dow Jones futures up 0.81 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures up 0.98 percent at 5 a.m.
As noted earlier, if Sprint (S) snares Apple’s iPhone 5 this autumn, it could give the cell phone service provider a fighting chance versus AT&T (T) and Verizon (VZ). And that would bode well for Sprint's stock.
Euro-zone officials are working to magnify the firepower of the region's rescue fund, European Central Bank policymakers said on Monday, while President Barack Obama piled on pressure for Europe to staunch a sovereign debt crisis that threatens the world economy.
China's property developers are facing increasing liquidity pressure over the next six to 12 months and tightening credit conditions may see some cut prices, Standard and Poor's said on Tuesday.
HTC is yet to announce its upcoming project Amaze 4G, but rumored specs seem good enough to stand a chance up against big names.
China is moving to choke off funding avenues to developers across the country, tightening or eliminating credit options in a bid to slow the rampant property market and bring down prices without sending the broader economy into a crash.
European stock index futures rose sharply on Tuesday, after Asian shares rebounded from multi-month lows and as the euro clung to gains on hopes that euro zone officials will act to corral Greece's debt woes and prevent a financial meltdown.
The business model of the big four accounting firms of Deloitte
, PwC , Ernst & Young and KPMG is under attack from the European Commission, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.Asian shares rose on Tuesday on hopes that euro zone officials will act to corral Greece's debt woes and prevent another full-blown banking crisis, but the euro failed to hold on to all its gains.
European Central Bank officials said on Monday they were keeping their options for a rate cut open, lifting markets, even as Luxembourg's Yves Mersch warned speculation of a sharp move next month was wild.
When somebody who has been played by Justin Timberlake in a Hollywood movie decides to throw a party, the expectations are pretty high.
Apple Inc shares slipped on Monday following an analyst report that said the company was cutting orders from suppliers of parts for its iPad tablet.
Preemptively acting would reduce the pressure needed to get euro zone politicians to tackle the region's debt crisis, European Central Bank Governing Council member Jens Weidmann said on Monday.
Top heavyweights from the $1.3 trillion exchange-traded fund industry are bracing themselves for a shift in how their fast-growing but relatively opaque products are marketed, distributed and regulated.
Warren Buffett's conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway will launch a share buyback program, an unprecedented move from Buffett that comes after months of investor complaints that the stock is undervalued.
Three hedge funds run by New York financier and philanthropist Ezra Merkin won dismissal of civil lawsuits accusing them of being part of swindler Bernard Madoff's massive fraud.
