The following is the prepared text of Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett's budget address:
The spreading unrest in the Middle East's oil exporting countries could push crude prices higher, resulting in a huge blow to the U.S. economy which is otherwise looking good, according to an analyst.
The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market gainers are: Atrinsic, BroadSoft, Repligen, RadNet and EMCORE. The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market losers are: Urban Outfitters, Hutchinson Technology, Casey's General Stores, TiVo, and Randgold Resources.
The list of breathtaking designs delivered by Apple, which include the translucent Mac computers, iPod, iPhone and iPad, bear their genesis to the alchemy between Apple's star CEO Steve Jobs and Jonathan Ive, Senior Vice President, Industrial Design.
A section of students at the University of Maryland are protesting the acceptance of research funds from Lockheed Martin, a Bethesda-based aerospace, security and defense technology company because of its engagement in arms manufacturing.
The best way to buy Gold is to aquire it as cheap as possible. There are several factors influencing the effective price, and one of them is of overpowering importance. Gold, and other precious metals, are the best performing asset class of all over the last decade and multiplied their nominal value by a factor of five.
Apple iPad 2 launch caught its rival's off-guard, as it upped the ante with a slimmer, faster and lighter rendition while retaining the virtues of the older iPad.
U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has exclusive authority under the Natural Gas Act to authorize the siting of facilities for imports or exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG), according to FBR Capital Markets.
Shares of Altera Corp. (NASDAQ: ALTR) touched a new 52-week high of $45 on Friday. The compay said March 1 that it still predicts first quarter sales to decline 1 percent to 5 percent sequentially.
A behemoth dragon-shaped shopping mall in the desert near Dubai has become a symbol of the deepening links between East Asia and the Middle East.
Mystery solved? For the first time in months, the Labor Department's job market assessment matches up with private surveys showing a pick-up in employment that is finally fast enough to put a substantial dent in the unemployment rate.
The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless aid hit the lowest level in more than 2-1/2 years last week and service sector hiring picked up in February, signs the labor market recovery was quickening. Another report on Thursday confirmed business productivity picked up a bit in the fourth quarter
Adecco (ADEN.VX), the world's biggest temporary staffing company, expects demand to improve as employers seek flexible labour to fill jobs in an uncertain recovery. This year got off to a good start, with sales rising 17 percent organically in January from a year earlier, Chief Executive Patrick De Maeseneire
One of the surprises that came out of the Apple iPad announcement was the price: $499 minus a wireless plan.
The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market gainers are: Global Defense Technology & Systems, DUSA Pharmaceuticals, BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Nova Measuring Instruments, and Novavax. The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market losers are: Fuel Systems Solutions, Sigma Designs, YRC Worldwide, Perry Ellis International, and The Bancorp.
Futures on major U.S. indices point to a higher opening on Thursday ahead of economic data including key weekly jobless claims and non-farm productivity.
U.S. stocks ended with modest gains on Wednesday after ADP National Employment report showed that the private sector employment rose more than expected in February, but shares came off their highs due to fears over the continued unrest in Libya and rising crude oil prices.
If you’ve followed the auto industry for a while you’ll know that automakers are always sharing technology and projects in cross-collaborations that would normally make any paranoid hard-nosed capitalist weep in fear. But the latest firms to receive official blessing for a joint project might not be the strange bedfellows they appear at first.
Aaron LeMieux grew up hearing his native Cleveland used as the punchline for jokes such as the mistake on the lake. But the city is attempting to shake its downtrodden image - enhanced by a history of sporting futility - and entrepreneurs like LeMieux are leading the charge.
March 2, 1011. Prepared at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and based on information collected on or before February 18, 2011.
U.S. stocks advanced in early trade on Wednesday after ADP National Employment report showed that the private sector employment rose more than expected in February.
Marcellus Shale gas will bring an estimated $250 billion in payments to Pennsylvania land owners and stronger economic activity, said FBR Capital Markets.
