The S&P 500 rose for a sixth successive session, its best run since June of ‘07, as it and the Dow each ended at highs for the year, although an afternoon about-face on vacation volume mean

Yesterday, privately held Athabasca Oil Sands Corp., AOSC, announced that it was selling a 60% working interest in its MacKay River and Dover oil sands projects for a consideration of C$1.9 billion.

A lot of bullish commentators are talking about a recovery being in the works, and they may very well be right. But it’s not going to look like any recovery worthy of the name. This week we loo

NOTE: FIVE THINGS WILL RETURN MONDAY, JULY 20.1. The (Eventual) Upside of Risk AversionThey say four years is the equivalent of 1.2 days to a housefly. If you think about it, surviving 1.2 days is qu

World Bank Sees Higher Growth in China Today, the World Bank raised its economic forecast for China saying the world’s third largest economy will grow 7.2% this year due to the government&rsquo

The Securities and Exchange Commission may require some US companies to switch to international accounting rules by 2014. The SEC says the change will make American companies more competitive in the

As the pendulum swings between greed and fear, investors typically behave in 1 of 2 ways: They either become over-enthusiastic during bull markets and over-despondent as the bear’s growl grows

Dell (DELL) says price cuts boosted second quarter sales, but cut profits 17%. Dell’s profit dropped to $616 million, or $0.31 per share, from $746 million, or $0.32, for the same period a year

Marvell Lower on Slower SalesShares of Marvell Technology (MRVL) are lower this morning after the company gave a forecast that indicated sales growth is slowing. Bloomberg reports the maker of chips

As stockholders sweep up the remnants of IndyMac and the FDIC continues to add to its list of troubled banks (Wachovia (WB), Washington Mutual (WM) and Zions Bancorp (ZION)) financial insti