Taking Stock Dividend Play Breaks Out - Better Bets

TAKING STOCK: Dividend Play Breaks Out, But There Are Better Bets Published: Aug 17, 2011 By Tomi Kilgore A DOW JONES NEWSWIRES COLUMN When it comes to performance on Wall Street, it's all relative.…


Wall Street tumbles on economy, bank worries

(Reuters) - Stocks tumbled more than 4 percent on Thursday after data pointed to a stalled economyand as bank shares sank on a report regulators were scrutinizing the U.S. units of big European…


S&P Backs French Triple-A Rating

PARIS—A senior Standard & Poor's Corp. analyst Thursday confirmed France's triple-A rating and stable outlook for the country, dispelling investor fears that the top-notch grade of the euro…


Producer Prices Surge in July as Inflation Fears Ratchet Up

U.S. core producer prices rose at their fastest pace in six months in July, pushed up by higher tobacco and light truck costs, according to a government report on Wednesday that could stoke inflation…


U.S. Banks Won't Fail. They'll Fizzle

Financials look likely to survive, but that doesn't make their shares a good deal As U.S. stocks turned volatile this month, big bank shares got especially wild. The Dow Jones U.S. Financials Index…


Apple Vs Samsung

Court limits Apple’s ban on Samsung’s Galaxy tablet The ban on a Samsung Electronics Co. (KS:005930) tablet computer across Europe was lifted after the German court that granted Apple Inc.…