Editor's Note: Welcome to Love It or Hate It, a regular dual-column feature that will capture the love-hate relationship America has with some of its biggest, most controversial companies. For past c

Editors Note: Welcome to Love It or Hate It, a regular dual-column feature that will capture the love-hate relationship America has with some of its biggest, most controversial companies. For past co

Fears that rising oil prices will strangle the economic recovery and produce a double-dip recession appear overblown.A barrel of oil on the New York Mercantile Exchange recently fetched $78.55, 4.2%

The world’s wealthiest man turns 54 this morning with his net worth having been boosted by the past week’s jump into Windows 7. By contrast, jumping out of windows was the order of the da

Stocks rebounded sharply on upbeat earnings and economics, with Leading Indicators posting their strongest six month performance since 1983. Amazon.com’s (AMZN) after-hours surge on stella

The S&P 500 posted its best third quarter performance since the breakup of The Beatles but fell for a second successive week after the unemployment rate rose to a level last seen in 1983. Stocks

Crude oil spent the last quarter range-bound at around $70, but energy prices moved sharply higher on Wednesday with the December futures contract rising from $66.60 to $71.05, or nearly 7% -- the la

positioned itself as a “green” company -- never mind that it’s in the same business as Chevron.When Chevron learned that 60 Minutes planned a potentially damning report ab

Minyan Morning Memo One to Watch: Time Warner (TWX) today reported Q2 earnings which exceeded estimates even as its revenue fell short.The media conglomerate benefited from cost cuts, strength i

While I haven't mentioned it much, one of my favorite sectors to invest in is energy. 1. And when it comes to energy ETFs, the 800-pound gorilla is XLE, the energy-select sector SPDR, which trades ov