Sprint Nextel Shares (S) Jump 7 Percent

Shares for Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE:S) jumped 7 percent, or $0.17, Thursday to close the stock market trading session at $2.60. Wells Fargo Sec...

Apple (AAPL) Unveils New iPad

After months of anxious anticipation from tablet computer fans worldwide, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) finally unveiled its highly anticipated iPad 3 Wedn...

BP Settles Oil Spill Claim For $7.8 Billion

Nearly two years following the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico which killed 11 workers and took three months to ...

Big Lots Inc. (BIG) Reports Record 2011 Earnings

Big Lots Inc. (NYSE:BIG), one of the nation's leading closeout retailers, reported Record 4Q and Full Year 2011 Earnings last Friday, adding to the co...

Sara Lee (SLE) Will Spin Off Coffee & Tea Business

Sara Lee Corp. (NYSE:SLE) announced Friday that it has reached a new milestone in its pending process to spin-off its Coffee & Tea Business into a sep...

Hiring Improves As New Jobs Grow

The job numbers are getting better and so are the revisions to previous month's figures.  The ADP National Employment Report prepared jointly with Ma...

IBM Shares Reach New High

Big Blue continued its upward march to follow on its impressive 24 percent increase in share price over the past 12 months.  It recently closed above...

Voters in 11 States Participate in Super Tuesday

Voters in 11 states head to the polls March 6th as part of the Super Tuesday presidential primary election. With President Barack Obama uncontested as...

Costco Earnings Climb Higher By Offering Lower Prices

The wholesale club operator reported that net income increased to $394 million for the second quarter-ended February 12th, up from $348 million one ye...

Dow Jones (DJIA) Loses Traction, Ends Week at Loss

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) index retreated slightly this week, representing a halt to the upward trend that has marked its Year To Date g...