European stock markets have been tumbling all week over fears of the damage a Greek exit from the euro zone could do to the single currency and even the European Union. Yet through it all, Germany's borrowing costs keep going down—so much ...
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL: Nasdaq) By Argus ($59.47, May 25, 2012) We are upgrading Cracker Barrel Old Country Store to Buy from Hold, and setting a target price of $72.
From the Media Research Center Chris Matthews managed to keep a straight face, Wednesday, when he seriously repeated the "fact" that Barack Obama is "not" a "reckless spender." Highlighting a seriously flawed analysis by MarketWatch, ...
RBC Capital Markets With our concerns related to corporate IT (information technology) spending, we're proactively reducing our revenue and earnings expectations for several companies in our industry coverage.
Humans are quickly becoming an indoor species. In part, this is a byproduct of urbanization, as most people now live in big cities. Our increasing reliance on technology is also driving the trend, with a recent study concluding that American ...
SHENYANG, China—BMW AG and its joint-venture partner Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Ltd. will invest €500 million ($628.6 million) to increase production capacity in China, the German car maker said Thursday, suggesting that ...
After H.J. Heinz pared its forecasts on Thursday, Wall Street analysts lost their taste for the ketchup-maker. Though sales in emerging markets are growing at a nice clip, lagging U.S. operations remain a big challenge for Heinz (ticker: ...
A roundup of economic news from around the Web. -- Government Spending: There's been a lot of debate over the figures used by Rex Nutting in a post arguing that there has been no spending binge under President Obama. Evan Soltas has an ...
MUMBAI – Citigroup Inc. is planning to expand its Indian consumer banking operations by ramping up its credit card business and adding one million new customers from the urban middle class over the next two-three years.
My husband, Ralph, and I have been spending time in the Hamptons, a string of beautiful beach towns on the far eastern end of New York's Long Island, since the 1970s. Over the years, we've been lucky enough to experience several different ...
U.S. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R., Va.) has set a vote on extending the 2001 and 2003 Bush tax cuts "before we leave for August," the first time House Republicans have set a clear timetable for beginning action on the tax cuts that ...
SALT LAKE CITY—Six-term U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch finds himself in the race of his life against former state Sen. Dan Liljenquist. Mr. Hatch came within a whisker of winning the GOP nomination outright at the party convention several weeks ago, ...
From the Reason Foundation Gov. Scott Walker leads Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett 50-42 among those likely to vote in Wisconsin's June 5 recall election, according to a new Reason-Rupe poll of 708 Wisconsin adults on cell phones and landlines.
"Obama Spending Binge Never Happened," announces the headline of a column by MarketWatch.com's Rex Nutting, which the president's supporters have received gratefully and eagerly. The Hill reports Jay Carney, the White House press secretary, ...
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch)—Investors are reeling from Europe’s deepening economic crisis, but they may soon find themselves battered closer to home as the U.S. economy closes in on another debt-ceiling debate and teeters toward the edge of ...