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Apr 12, 2014

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.

Nov 20, 2013

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 […]

Nov 19, 2013

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
Oct 24, 2013

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.

Oct 17, 2013

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 […]

Oct 17, 2013

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 […]

Oct 16, 2013

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 […]

Oct 4, 2013

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 […]

Sep 18, 2013

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 […]

Jun 24, 2013

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.

Jun 19, 2013

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 […]

May 17, 2013

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 […]

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