by - September 11, 2012 6:54 pm
China’s holdings of more than $1 trillion in U.S. debt and the prospect that it might “suddenly and significantly” withdraw funds don’t pose a national security threat, according to a…
by - September 11, 2012 6:34 pm
The U.S. trade deficit widened in July for the first time in four months as the global economic slowdown took a toll on American exports. The gap grew to $42…
by - September 10, 2012 5:05 pm
Consumer borrowing in the U.S. unexpectedly decreased in July for the first time in almost a year, restrained by a second straight decline in credit-card debt. The $3.28 billion drop…
by - September 10, 2012 4:07 pm
Hewlett-Packard Co., the world’s largest personal-computer maker, expanded the total job cuts under its reorganization plan announced in May to 29,000, more than it had originally disclosed.] The cuts, exceeding…
by - September 5, 2012 12:39 pm
Democrats are holding their political convention in the urban landscape of Charlotte, North Carolina, which is studded with more than $800 million worth of public projects that wouldn’t exist without…
by - September 4, 2012 1:03 pm
U.S. manufacturing shrank for a third month in August in the longest decline since the recession ended in 2009, threatening to deprive the world’s largest economy of a driver of…
by - September 3, 2012 4:01 pm
A series of Gallup polls finds no sign yet that the Republican National Convention provided a bounce in support for presidential nominee Mitt Romney. The contest between President Barack Obama…
by - August 31, 2012 4:59 pm
Isaac, the storm drenching Arkansas after making landfall in Louisiana as a hurricane, may cost insurers as much as $2 billion in the U.S., risk-modeling firm AIR Worldwide said. The…
by - August 31, 2012 12:10 pm
Donna Thornton made sure to include a no-cost provision in her contract with Chesapeake Energy Corp. that let the driller harvest natural gas beneath 2.5 acres of her property in…
by - August 30, 2012 4:33 pm
Americans stepped up spending in July for the first time in three months as an increase in incomes helped make up for a jobless rate stuck above 8%. Purchases increased…
by - August 28, 2012 12:24 pm
The worst U.S. drought in more than five decades is forecast to raise farm profits to a record $122.2 billion this year as higher prices and insurance payments outweigh crop…
by - August 28, 2012 12:18 pm
U.S. banks had net income of $34.5 billion in the second quarter, increasing earnings 21% over the year-earlier period on improved asset quality, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said. Industry…
by - August 27, 2012 2:55 pm
The worst U.S. drought in at least 50 years may restrain consumer confidence and spending as it pushes Americans’ grocery bills higher later this year. Food prices will increase an…
by - August 22, 2012 8:00 pm
Wal-Mart-owned Massmart Holdings Ltd., South Africa’s biggest food and goods wholesaler, will spend about 2.6 billion rand ($313 million) in the second half of this year and 2013 as it…
by - August 21, 2012 2:02 pm
Private crop insurers, a group led by Wells Fargo & Co. and Ace Ltd., may face losses that exceed $5 billion if this year’s U.S. drought is worse than one…
by - August 21, 2012 1:57 pm
Regulations on U.S. manufacturing may reduce output by as much as $500 billion this year, according to an industry-sponsored study that cast doubts on President Barack Obama’s efforts to trim…
by - August 21, 2012 7:10 am
When Whole Foods Market Inc. announced last year it was opening a store in downtown Detroit, the reaction was predictable: Whole Foods? In Detroit? The move reflects a new direction…
by - August 20, 2012 5:35 pm
About 1 in 2 doctors are burned out, showing signs of emotional exhaustion and little interest in work as patient loads increase, U.S. researchers found. Doctors working in emergency, family…
by - August 20, 2012 1:44 pm
Augusta National Golf Club admitted former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Darla Moore, a partner at private investment firm Rainwater Inc., as its first female members. “We are…
by - August 18, 2012 4:27 pm
An unidentified farm in southwestern Indiana is withdrawing cantaloupe from the marketplace following a salmonella outbreak that has sickened 141 people and killed two in 20 U.S. states, federal regulators…
