If we measure competitiveness by profits and cash balances, domestic companies have never been stronger. Unfortunately, that competitiveness has come out of the hides of the country’s workers — nearly 15 million of whom are ou…
Stocks closed sharply higher Monday with the Dow Jones posting a triple-digit gain as technology stocks rallied after Intel raised its dividend and expanded its share buybacks by $10 billion. The index last saw 12,000 in June 2…
President Obama brought executives from 13 major U.S. firms to the White House Wednesday to meet with Chinese Premier Hu Jintao. The corporate leaders will surely be angling for better access to China’s markets, which could boo…
Apple, BofA, Morgan Stanley, IBM, GE, Goldman and Google are among the names reporting this week. And if last week’s numbers are any guide, the market should have plenty of reasons to rally — especially because expectations ar…
Three years into a recession and a lumpy recovery, consumers aren’t getting comfort from retail therapy. They’re price-shopping online and jumping in and out of stores. So, bricks-and-motor merchants are looking for ways to mak…