Expansion plans for hot dog eatery

After more than 40 years in the hotdog restaurant business, Orange Tree Hot Dogs Inc. is expanding outside of the Jacksonville metropolitan area for the […]

ASK THE EXPERT: Steve Meeks senior vice president, Paric Corp.

All businesses — and particularly retailers — thinking of conserving costs by shrinking space should consider at least three factors to assure the maximum […]

Taiwan’s Export Orders Increase for Second Month

Taiwan’s export orders climbed for a second consecutive month in November as demand for the island’s semiconductors, television screens and computers rose.
Orders, an […]

Citibank prices equity offering at $20.5 billion

Citigroup said Wednesday it intends to raise $20.5 billion in the stock market as part of its plan to repay bailout money and free […]

Exxon to buy XTO in $41 billion deal

Exxon Mobil said Monday it will buy natural gas producer XTO Energy Inc. for $41 billion in a stock and debt transaction.
The world’s […]

RBC Dominion probed in hidden wealth audit

Canada’s largest brokerage firm says it has always acted within the law despite accusations by the Canada Revenue Agency that some of the firm’s […]

Gustaf resigns from Wichita Area Technical College

Pete Gustaf, president of the the Wichita Area Technical College and CEO of the Sedgwick County Technical Education and Training Authority, has resigned both positions, […]

GE to supply world’s largest wind farm

General Electric said Thursday it has secured a $1.4 billion contract to supply wind turbines and provide services for what will be the world’s […]

Geithner Dismisses Tax on Financial Transactions as Unworkable

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, throwing cold water on a plan by congressional Democrats to tax financial transactions, said banks and other market participants would […]

Treasurys slip on upbeat jobs data

U.S. government bond prices fell Thursday, sending yields to one-week highs, as signs of improvement in the dismal job market encouraged profit taking from […]