Showing posts with label newsbriefs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label newsbriefs. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Money Minute: Banks, Home Prices, Adidas

The apparent end of the recession and stabilizing financial markets have not cured the banking industry.

Friday, October 2, 2009

Money Minute: Jobs, Eminem, Clean Technology

Unemployment is now at the highest level since June of 1983. Employers cut 263,000 jobs last month, pushing the jobless rate to 9.8 percent.

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Money Minute: GM, Intel, Yahoo

General Motors will go to 24-hour operations at factories in Kansas, Michigan and Indiana.

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Money Minute: Job Openings, Fed Report, Homes

A new report by the Labor Department found 2.4 million open positions were posted in July, down from 2.5 million in June.


Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Money Minute: Homes, Mortgages, Flash Orders

The government's $50 billion program to ease the foreclosure crisis is helping only a tiny fraction of struggling homeowners.

Monday, July 27, 2009

Money Minute: Short Selling, Home Sales, eBay

"Naked" short selling is now a thing of the past. The SEC has permanently banned the abusive form of short-selling, which was temporarily banned at the height of last fall's market turmoil.

Thursday, July 2, 2009

Money Minute: Digital TV, Profiling, Factories

The transition to digital TV didn't go as smoothly as planned.

Monday, June 22, 2009

Money Minute: Car Quality, Teens, Android

New vehicle quality has improved at Ford, General Motors and Chrysler, but they still lag behind foreign competitors.

Friday, June 19, 2009

Money Minute: Cell Contracts, Jobs, GM

The FCC says it will investigate whether exclusive cell phone deals, such as the one that locks the iPhone to AT&T, are good for consumers.

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Money Minute: TARP, Eddie Bauer, Ti02

Ten U.S. banks will finish repaying about $68 billion in bailout money Wednesday.

Monday, June 15, 2009

Money Minute: Loans, Gas, Expedia

While some economic indicators are pointing to better days ahead, new data shows consumers continued to struggle to make loan payments in the first quarter.

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Money Minute: Net Worth, Bank of America, MSFT

If you're feeling less well off, you're not alone. American households lost $1.33 trillion of their wealth in the first three months of the year. The AP's David Melendy reports.

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Money Minute: CEO Pay, P and G, Starbucks

Friday, June 5, 2009

Money Minute: Borrowing, Mowing, Phones

Consumer borrowing plunged by $15.7 billion in April, the second largest amount on record.

Friday, May 22, 2009

Money Minute: Bourbon, FDIC, GM

Federal regulators are adopting a new system to help replenish the deposit insurance fund. The new fee system - which will shift more of the burden to bigger banks - is intended to raise $5.6 billion.

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Money Minute: Exxon, GMAC, Oil

A bankruptcy judge has ruled that GMAC Financial Services can become Chrysler's preferred lender.

Monday, May 11, 2009

Money Minute: Antitrust, Windows 7, Oil

The Obama administration has warned corporate America that the government will more aggressively investigate big firms that hurt smaller competitors.

Friday, May 8, 2009

Money Minute: Fannie Mae, Toyota, Chrysler

Fannie Mae has posted a quarterly loss of more than $23 billion.

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Money Minute: Jobs, Sales, GM Loss

The Labor Department says the number newly laid off workers applying for benefits dropped to 601,000 last week -- the lowest level in 14 weeks. The AP's Mark Hamrick reports.

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Money Minute: Stress Tests, Ford, Chrysler

Leaked results of the government's stress tests of 19 large banks are boosting investor confidence in the financial sector.