BHP profit soars, returning $10B to shareholders

BHP Billiton Ltd., the world’s biggest mining company, said Wednesday it plans to return $10 billion to its shareholders after soaring iron ore and copper […]

December Isn’t Best Month for ADP to Get Job Report Right, Economists Say - Bloomberg

For those using data from ADP Employer Services to formulate a U.S. payroll forecast, beware of December, said economists like JPMorgan’s Michael Feroli and Barclays […]

New Iraqi parliament session focuses on procedure

Iraq’s lawmakers headed back to parliament Sunday for what was expected to be a lackluster session that won’t address the key decisions on who will […]

‘Black Friday’ deals arrive early

Canadian retailers are making a pre-emptive strike against ???Black Friday,??? the U.S. shopping bonanza that officially kick starts the holiday shopping season south of the […]

Amazon sales jump 40%

Amazon is still keeping mum about how many Kindles it has sold, but the online retailer’s business boomed last quarter.
Amazon’s sales rose 39% […]

Group aims to jump-start electric-car era in St. Louis

It’s more than a year before GM’s Volt and Nissan’s Leaf — the first mass market electric-powered vehicles — begin rolling into local showrooms. […]

Investor fear is back

What a difference a month makes.
Roughly four weeks ago, the Dow (INDU) was at an 18-month high, Wall Street’s fear gauge, the VIX […]

Consumer prices rise 2.6%

Consumer prices rose from a year ago amid climbing gasoline prices but the pace of price increases slowed, the government said Friday.
The Consumer Price […]

Top executives still raking it in

In his folksy blog, Tom Glocer likes to present himself as a regular working guy who in his off-hours listens to the Grateful Dead, spends […]

Financial trade tax faces uphill battle in U.S.

Proposed taxes on financial transactions face an uphill battle in the United States with powerful interests opposed and a lack of support among some […]