Zoe’s Kitchen has strongest debut among IPOs
A Mediterranean-style restaurant chain, a maker of animal nutritional supplements and the owner of natural gas and oil pipelines rose in their stock market debuts Friday.
Fed wrestled in Oct. with conveying rate policy
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve wrestled at its October meeting with how to assure investors that even after it started to pull back on its economic stimulus, it still intends […]
Soup’s getting cold: Campbell’s profit off 30% in quarter
NEW YORK — Americans’ shift toward fresh foods is kicking Campbell Soup right in the can. The company on Tuesday said its quarterly profit fell 30 percent as U.S. sales […]
Under Armour earnings jump; investors not wowed
Baltimore-based Under Armour Inc. reported favorable third-quarter earnings on Thursday, but they were met with a slight drop in the market.
Wall Street puts its focus back on earnings, not D.C.
NEW YORK — The stock market hit an all-time high Thursday as investors put the government shutdown and debt ceiling crisis behind them and focused on corporate earnings. The Standard […]
Stocks lower on weak corporate earnings
NEW YORK — The stock market fell in early trading Thursday, dragged down by disappointing earnings from IBM and other major U.S. companies. The weak corporate results were more than […]
With deal in Washington, Wall Street’s numbers soar
NEW YORK — Wall Street finally got the deal it’s been waiting for. A last-minute agreement to keep the U.S. from defaulting on its debt and reopen the government sent […]
Twitter dishes tantalizing tidbits in IPO treatise
SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter, a privately held company built on blurbs, has finally laid itself bare in documents that read more like a treatise than a tweet. The roughly 800-page […]
CEOs less optimistic about the U.S. economy
NEW YORK — U.S. chief executives are less optimistic about the economy, according to a survey released Wednesday. The survey also indicates that disagreements over the 2014 budget and raising […]
Neiman Marcus plans to raise up to $100M in IPO
Luxury retailer Neiman Marcus plans to raise up to $100 million by returning to the stock market with an initial public offering.
Fed suggests it’s closer to slowing bond purchases
WASHINGTON — Chairman Ben Bernanke ended weeks of speculation Wednesday by saying the Federal Reserve will likely slow its bond-buying program later this year and end it next year if […]
Market rally being driven by buybacks
NEW YORK — It’s the narcissist rally. Sure, there are plenty of forces pushing stocks higher — record corporate earnings, small investors finally buying again, signs the U.S. economy may […]







