As America prepares to tuck into turkeys, Byrd became our longest serving lawmaker, Birds Eye is being bought by Blackstone (BX) and yesterday’s equity action was one for the birds. With h

Yesterday, Dallas Federal Reserve President Richard Fisher threw a little cold water on the V-shaped recovery madness everyone seems to be buying into these days.Please consider Fed's Fisher: GDP Gro

An ocean of black led to a sea of red with Wall Street declining as EIA data showed oil inventories up and demand off. For related content see The Untapped Energy Riches of Uzbekistan. The Dow s

The past quarter century was a fun one for the American consumer. But after all that borrowing and spending, consumers have re-discovered the benefits of thrift and prudence. This is good news for pe

Equities ended mixed in unusually tight trading. Buffett was a buffer against broader declines with his big railroad bet, but a downgrade of the semiconductor sector left Intel (INTC) (-2.68%) e

The route was certainly circuitous but stocks ultimately staged a modest rebound from Friday’s ugly action. Ford’s (F) $997 million profit hoard, a three year high in manufacturing,

Cher sure got her wish last week, clocks (and stocks) both going back. Daylight -- and assorted other -- Savings disappeared as the Dow ended October with its worst one day point decline si

Absent an eve of Halloween horror show, stocks will avoid a red October after snapping a recent slide in emphatic fashion on GDP figures which showed the worst recession since the Second World War is

The S&P 500 fell for a fourth straight session -- its steepest drop since October 1st -- ensuring a close below the 50-day moving average as a 12% jump in the VIX had investors holding their

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