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Oil prices slide, and the search for an explanation is on
Adriene Hill Sep 18, 2012
When oil prices fell sharply, the search for an explanation became almost as big a story as the slide itself. Unexplained fluctuations in markets have begun to reveal the anxiety left behind by 2008's financial crisis.
Staples loses sales, Target nabs a profit
Josh Brown Aug 15, 2012
Shares in the office supply store Staples are down 15 percent this morning after the company said its sales dropped 5.5 percent last quarter. Meanwhile, the discount retailer Target said it made a $700 million profit last quarter
Stock trading glitch spooks investors again
Heidi N. Moore Aug 2, 2012
Knight Capital’s faulty software sent trading haywire and could sink the brokerage firm. Is technology helping or hurting investor confidence?
Pfizer profits jump despite loss of Lipitor patent
Amy Scott Jul 31, 2012
Pfizer seems to be weathering the loss of its patent for Lipitor just fine. The drug company says its second quarter profit jumped 25 percent. That's despite lower revenue, and competition from generics for its cholesterol-fighting blockbuster.
BP oil earnings report shows signs of weakness
Stephen Beard Jul 31, 2012
The British oil company BP is reporting a sharp drop in profits. The company made just $238 million last quarter, compared with more than $5 billion a year ago.
GDP growth slows to 1.5%
Stacey Vanek Smith Jul 27, 2012
The Commerce Department announced Gross Domestic Product ticked up 1.5 percent in the second quarter. That's down from a growth rate of 2 percent in the first part of the year.
Facebook reports slowdown in revenue growth
Nancy Marshall-Genzer Jul 27, 2012
A lot of the earnings reports we've seen so far this week have been disappointing, including Facebook.
FarmVille creator Zynga reports loss in second quarter
Nancy Marshall-Genzer Jul 26, 2012
Yesterday after markets closed we got results from Zynga, the maker of Facebook games like FarmVille. And things ain't looking so good down on the farm.
Eurozone crisis hits Shell, other earnings
Karen Hoggan Jul 26, 2012
The crisis in the eurozone is hitting profits everywhere; Anglo-Dutch oil giant "Shell" is the latest. Shell says this morning earnings fell 13 percent compared to the same quarter last year. This follows a string of U.S. companies blaming Europe.
Facebook to report first earnings since IPO
Queena Kim Jul 26, 2012
Facebook has had a rocky road since it started selling shares and there are still big questions about Facebook's future. For instance: how, exactly, it plans to make money.
