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Cramer Remix: A stock double that isn't done
This stock has doubled over the past year, but "Mad Money" host Jim Cramer says it has a lot more room to run.
Valentine's Day: Behind the flower trade
Valentine's Day is the biggest day in the calendar for the global flower industry. Just how big is the industry, and who are the main players?
GM faces investor demand for slice of $25 billion cash hoard
An investor group demand that General Motors Co (GM.N) give back more of its $25 billion cash hoard confronts Chief Executive Mary Barra with a challenge to her plans for building the company and rewarding shareholders.
Nearly 64M vehicles were recalled last year, US gov't says
Automakers issued 803 recalls totaling almost 64 million vehicles, more than double the old record from a decade ago, according to government figures.
AIG earnings miss as corporate category underperforms
Insurer American International Group Inc (AIG.N) reported lower-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings on Thursday, hurt by the performance in its corporate category.
Expedia to Buy Orbitz for $1.34 Billion to Take on Priceline
(Updates with analyst’s comments from fourth paragraph.) (Bloomberg) -- Expedia Inc., the online-travel booking service, agreed...
United cancels thousands of dirt-cheap first-class tickets
A ticketing snafu on United Airlines allowed several thousand people to buy absurdly inexpensive first-class tickets from London to the United States yesterday—until the airline unceremoniously cancelled the fares. The dirt-cheap flights—as little as $44 for one-way first-class tickets between London and Newark—were only available for a few hours through United’s Danish website, but that was more […]
Wall Street to build on rally after Russia deal, oil at $60
U.S. stock index futures signaled a higher open on Friday, following forecast-beating growth data from the euro zone and a firming oil price.
Greek shares surge on hopes for debt deal with eurozone
Greek stocks are up strongly amid hopes that the new government is inching its way to a debt compromise...
Brent holds above $59, up more than 2 percent on week
Benchmark Brent crude held above $59 on Friday, up more than 2 percent this week as news of deeper industry spending cuts and a sinking U.S. dollar revived buying.
Is it time to get back into energy bonds?
Energy bonds took a hit from fears low oil prices would spur a surge in defaults, but most issuers should stay resilient, Goldman Sachs said.
Ukraine is heading for a total economic collapse
When IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde announced Ukraine’s new, $17.5 billion bailout package Thursday morning, she suggested it would be a “turning point for Ukraine,” which stands to receive $40 billion in relief funding from various sources over the next four years. “This new four-year arrangement would support immediate economic stabilization in Ukraine as well as a set of bold policy reforms aimed at restoring robust growth over the medium term and improving living standards for the Ukrainian people,” Lagarde said from Brussels.
Shopper pullback means soft start for U.S. retail
Americans eased up on purchases at retailers from department stores to clothing outlets in January, making for a disappointing start to the year after the strongest quarter of consumer spending since 2006.
Alibaba's Jack Ma seeks to reassure employees over U.S. lawsuits
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd Executive Chairman Jack Ma urged employees to relax about U.S. lawsuits against the firm over possible failure to disclose information to investors, in a letter to staff posted on his official microblog on Friday.
What Americans want in self-driving cars
What if you had a self-driving car that could drop you off and find a parking spot or adjust how it drives based on weather conditions?
It's time to choose your Facebook heir
In a change of heart, the world’s most popular social network will begin allowing its members to designate someone—what they call a “legacy contact”—to manage parts of their accounts posthumously. Members can also choose to have their presence deleted entirely.
Most of Zynga's money is now coming from mobile
Sixty percent in 2014, and the company hopes to make it 75 percent this year.
Windows 10 for phones preview now available to download
We’ve seen Windows 10 on PC and tablets, and now it’s time to preview Microsoft’s latest operating system on phones. Microsoft is making its Windows 10 for phones preview available today for anyone willing to sign-up to the company’s "Insider" program. If you’ve already got a handset running Windows Phone 8.1 then you can install a preview app to obtain the test builds. This is a very early preview of Windows 10 on phones, so it’s probably not wise to install this on your day-to-day device. You might not even be able to install it on your device of choice just yet.
Musk Makes Staggering Comment Comparing Tesla to Apple
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Comparisons between Tesla Motors and Apple have long been bandied about by the press, Wall Street and some in Silicon Valley. Both focus on cutting-edge technology, place a premium on aesthetics and have done well in the higher end of their respective markets. Now, Tesla CEO Elon Musk is getting in on the act. On the fourth-quarter earnings call, Musk noted that the company is "going to spend staggering amounts of money on ...
Home-Price Growth Picks Up Speed
The median sale price of an existing home was $208,700 last quarter, up 6% from a year earlier, according to the National Association of Realtors. That marked a quickening pace from the third quarter, when prices were up 4.8% from a year earlier.
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