Oil prices made fresh gains above $55 a barrel on Monday led by record-breaking heating oil prices on fears of a winter supply crunch. U.S. light crude hit a new peak at $55.33 a barrel before...
The dollar steadied broadly on Friday after a swelling U.S. trade deficit and steep oil prices pushed it lower in the previous session, as investors awaited new data about the U.S. economy. Crude...
15/10/2004
Markets react to GM warnings, weakness in trade and jobs report. Stocks inched inched lower early Thursday as disappointing results from General Motors overshadowed improved earnings from Bank of...
14/10/2004
Citigroup Inc. (C.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Thursday said third-quarter profit rose 13 percent, topping most Wall Street forecasts, as growth in consumer businesses offset declining stock and...
14/10/2004
Stocks gained early Wednesday as investors cheered upbeat earnings from a pair of tech bellwethers and a drop in the price of oil. The Nasdaq composite (up 19.79 to 1,944.96, Charts) gained 1...
13/10/2004
Intel Corp. (INTC.O: Quote, Profile, Research) on Tuesday said quarterly profit rose 15 percent, helped by record sales in Asia and stronger demand for notebook and server computer chips, and gave an...
13/10/2004
A spike in oil prices and jitters about the first batch of third-quarter earnings sent stocks tumbling early Tuesday. After 10 minutes of trading, the Dow Jones industrial average (down 38.13 to 10...
12/10/2004
MICROSOFT, the world’s largest software company, has allocated more than $20 billion (£11.2 billion) to spend over the next six years in a drive to grab a share of the film and music entertainment...
12/10/2004
Oil prices set new record highs above $54 a barrel for U.S. crude Tuesday, with global supplies hounded by outages that are thwarting efforts to build winter heating oil inventories. U.S. crude (...
12/10/2004
Stocks inched higher in early trading Monday despite the latest rise in oil prices as investors geared up for a week heavy on earnings and economic news. The Dow Jones industrial average (down 70....
11/10/2004