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February 16, 2009
Leadership Forecasting
I don’t have to tell you about the toll the recession is having on people around the country. Companies are closing, layoffs abound, and politicians in Washington continue to work on viable solutions. Times are tough.
February 12, 2009
NC university teaches students how to start a small business
A North Carolina university plans programs this fall to teach students how to start the small businesses. The University of North Carolina at Greensboro program is aimed at small business because professors think those will create more jobs over the next 30 years.
February 04, 2009
Stocks fall on worries about consumer companies
Wall Street is now worrying about the companies usually seen as safe havens.
February 02, 2009
Tech stocks rise but broader market declines
Investors worrying about a deepening recession have been cherry-picking stocks, sending tech shares higher and financials and blue chips lower.
January 28, 2009
Fed pledges to use all tools to help economy
The Federal Reserve says the economy has weakened further and signaled it will keep a key interest rate near zero for quite “some time” to cushion the fallout.
January 27, 2009
Stocks rise following US Steel, Amex earnings
Some of Wall Street’s earnings anxiety is easing - at least for the time being.
January 26, 2009
Stocks fluctuate on anxiety over earnings reports
Wall Street has managed an advance the hard way - zigzagging in response to a mix of earnings and economic news before closing moderately higher.
January 21, 2009
Tech, financial stocks lead Wall Street higher
IBM has given Wall Street a reprieve from bad news and investors have responded by giving stocks a big rebound from their Inauguration Day plunge.
January 19, 2009
Rescue efforts show difficulty of fixing bank woes
The day before President-elect Barack Obama takes office, the escalating problems facing major banks around the world couldn’t be clearer.
January 16, 2009
Bank of America announces earnings early
Bank of America is announcing its fourth-quarter results ahead of the previously scheduled date.
January 14, 2009
Stocks fall on retail sales news
Stock prices have finished the day lower yet again, with the Dow losing about 250 points on the day.
January 13, 2009
Citigroup, Morgan Stanley merge brokerages
Citigroup and Morgan Stanley are combining their brokerages in a deal that shows how much Citigroup wants to slim down and build up cash.
Stocks settle mixed
Stock prices bounced off their lows of the session to close mixed.
January 12, 2009
The Dow slips again, down 125
Wall Street has extended last week’s slide on worries that the quarterly results companies begin releasing this week will signal the economy is in worse shape than feared.
A somber mood at this year’s Detroit auto show
Automakers are faced with the difficult challenge of revving up business during tough economic times
January 10, 2009
Citigroup, Morgan Stanley talk about merging units
A person familiar with the talks says negotiations are underway between Citigroup and Morgan Stanley about a deal one economist says could be the unraveling of the Citi monolith.
January 06, 2009
Stocks finish moderately higher on Fed minutes
Wall Street has dismissed more bad economic news and is finishing with a moderate advance that leaves stocks at their highest levels in two months.
Apple’s Steve Jobs quells health rumors
Apple founder and Chief Executive Steve Jobs, looking to quell rumors about his health, said his doctors have discovered a hormonal imbalance that has been causing his weight loss.
January 05, 2009
Dec. auto sales fall more than 30 percent for GM, Ford,
U.S. auto sales plummeted last month.
January 02, 2009
Wall Street enjoys upbeat start to 2009
Wall Street started the new year with a big rally, sending the Dow Jones industrials up more than 250 points and to their first close above 9,000 in two months.
