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Best Buy 2Q Disappoints, Buybacks Suspended
08/21/2012 - 10:24am
Originally published on Fox Business Citing weakness in China and Europe, Best Buy (BBY: 17.30, -0.86, -4.74%) posted a sharp decline in second-quarter earnings and sales, leading the ailing retailer to suspend its fiscal 2013 earnings guidance and buyback plans. Shares of Best Buy fell nearly 10% to $16.30, a new 52-week low. The consumer electronics giant, which hired French bu
S&P Hits Four-Year High; Oil, Gold Rally
08/21/2012 - 10:23am
Originally published on Fox Business FOX Business: The Power to Prosper The broad S&P 500 climbed to its highest level in more than four years, while oil zoomed greater than 1% to the upside, helped by a weaker U.S. dollar. Today's Markets As of 9:32 a.m.
Tax-Soaked French Bankers Turn to London
08/20/2012 - 12:28pm
Originally published on Fox Business The City of London financial district, though diminished by scandals and job cuts, is proving irresistible to fed-up Parisian bankers fleeing France's rising taxes and the feeling that they're not best loved at home. French financial groups big and small, from advisory firms and private equity houses to big banks like Societe Generale, are lookin
Fed: Tight Credit Throttling Consumer Spending
08/20/2012 - 12:27pm
Originally published on Fox Business Bankers' reluctance to lend to people with less-than-pristine credit histories is restraining the U.S.
Consumer Sentiment Touches 3-Month High in Early August
08/17/2012 - 11:02am
Originally published on Fox Business U.S.
Philly Fed Factory Activity Shrinks for Fourth Straight Month
08/16/2012 - 10:38am
Originally published on Fox Business Factory activity in the U.S. mid-Atlantic region shrank in August for the fourth month in a row, though the pace of contraction eased, a survey showed on Thursday. The Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank said its business activity index rose to minus 7.1 from minus 12.9 in July, shy of economists' expectations for minus 5.
Facebook Shares Down in Premarket as Lockup Ends
08/16/2012 - 10:37am
Originally published on Fox Business Shares of Facebook Inc (FB: 19.80, -1.40, -6.60%) fell on Thursday as a lockup period that prevented some insider sales came to an end. More than 270 million shares have been unlocked - more than one-half of the 421 million shares sold in the May initial public offering of the social networking company.
Home Builder Sentiment Climbs to Highest Level in 5 Years
08/15/2012 - 12:31pm
Originally published on Fox Business U.S.
Mulling Economic Data, Markets Hug the Flatline
08/15/2012 - 12:29pm
Originally published on Fox Business FOX Business: The Power to Prosper Stocks drifted in and out of negative territory Wednesday afternoon as traders parse the latest conflicting headlines on the state of the U.S. economy. Today's Markets As of 12:20 p.m.
Retail Sales Data Give Wall Street a Lift
08/14/2012 - 12:56pm
Originally published on Fox Business FOX Business: The Power to Prosper A strong reading on U.S. retail sales, along with a smattering of mildly upbeat reports from the eurozone, pushed the markets into the green on Tuesday. Today's Markets As of 10:40 a.m.

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