Regional differences in taxes, environmental rules and access to energy infrastructure can translate into large seasonal swings in gasoline prices. Prices have surged this fall in California and other West Coast states.
Stocks ended slightly higher Wednesday as traders assessed earnings reports from Caterpillar and Boeing.
The construction equipment titan — a bellwether for global industry — posted a 6% drop in sales and an 8% drop in profit per share.
Microsoft easily trumped expectations with an earnings report Wednesday afternoon that displayed double-digit percentage gains in profit and sales.
After a 2013 factory collapse killed over 1,100 in Bangladesh, most big U.S. apparel companies agreed not to sell goods from plants violating worker-safety standards. Not Amazon.
Ford Motor on Wednesday posted a lower quarterly profit as it took charges for its global restructuring and reduced its full-year operating profit forecast on higher warranty and incentive costs, as well as lower-than-expected sales in China.
President Donald Trump boasted on Monday that American incomes have skyrocketed during his presidency, surpassing gains under his predecessors, a claim that isn’t supported by official government data.
With many state and local agencies unable to fully fund their pensions and healthcare benefits, some states' debt is mounting beyond that of some nations. According to the OECD's most recent debt-to-GDP rankings, Estonia had the lowest debt of any OECD country at 13% of GDP, or a total of $2.5 billion. As you'll see, each state on this list has far more debt than Estonia, and for some states, more than several other countries too. Read on to find out which states are heavily in the red and how much they owe, according to the Census Bureau’s most recent figures.
Caterpillar missed Wall Street's estimates on earnings, even though the Street has been well aware of Caterpillar's problems, said Nick Raich of the Earnings Scout.
A slowing economy is forcing companies to spend less on information technology services, pressuring the high-flying software stocks that rely heavily on corporate dollars.
Chip stocks are sliding Wednesday after Texas Instruments Inc. issued weak results and a below-seasonal forecast that sparked fears of deepening problems for semiconductor names.
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People in more than 180,000 homes and businesses in California could find themselves in the dark as Pacific Gas & Electric again plans to shut off power for up to two days. Jillian Kitchener has more.
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