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Manhattan home sales slow, prices rise
Apr 1 2008 11:34PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Turmoil on Wall Street and a sluggish economy finally slowed home sales in the Big Apple in the first quarter, but a slew of big-ticket apartment sales bolstered prices, according to two reports released Wednesday.
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Oil steadies near $101 a barrel
Apr 1 2008 11:03PM (CT)
SINGAPORE (AP) - Oil prices were steady Wednesday ahead of the release of U.S. data expected to show crude stockpiles rose last week while gasoline inventories dropped.
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Oil steadies near $101 a barrel
Apr 1 2008 11:03PM (CT)
SINGAPORE (AP) - Oil prices were steady Wednesday ahead of the release of U.S. data expected to show crude stockpiles rose last week while gasoline inventories dropped.
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Court to hear appeal of Enron's Skilling
Apr 1 2008 11:02PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Former Enron Corp. CEO Jeffrey Skilling's best chance at overturning some of his convictions could hinge on a legal theory by the prosecution, which an appeals court has already decided was flawed.
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Traffic jam: Truckers protest fuel costs
Apr 1 2008 6:06PM (CT)
RIDGEFIELD, N.J. (AP) - Tons of freight idled across the country Tuesday as independent truckers pulled their rigs off the road while others slowed to a crawl on major highways in a loosely organized protest of high fuel prices.
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Traffic jam: Truckers protest fuel costs
Apr 1 2008 6:06PM (CT)
RIDGEFIELD, N.J. (AP) - Tons of freight idled across the country Tuesday as independent truckers pulled their rigs off the road while others slowed to a crawl on major highways in a loosely organized protest of high fuel prices.
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Traffic jam: Truckers protest fuel costs
Apr 1 2008 6:06PM (CT)
RIDGEFIELD, N.J. (AP) - Tons of freight idled across the country Tuesday as independent truckers pulled their rigs off the road while others slowed to a crawl on major highways in a loosely organized protest of high fuel prices.
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Traffic jam: Truckers protest fuel costs
Apr 1 2008 6:06PM (CT)
RIDGEFIELD, N.J. (AP) - Tons of freight idled across the country Tuesday as independent truckers pulled their rigs off the road while others slowed to a crawl on major highways in a loosely organized protest of high fuel prices.
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Traffic jam: Truckers protest fuel costs
Apr 1 2008 6:06PM (CT)
RIDGEFIELD, N.J. (AP) - Tons of freight idled across the country Tuesday as independent truckers pulled their rigs off the road while others slowed to a crawl on major highways in a loosely organized protest of high fuel prices.
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Traffic jam: Truckers protest fuel costs
Apr 1 2008 6:06PM (CT)
RIDGEFIELD, N.J. (AP) - Tons of freight idled across the country Tuesday as independent truckers pulled their rigs off the road while others slowed to a crawl on major highways in a loosely organized protest of high fuel prices.
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US auto sales fall in March
Apr 1 2008 4:39PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Automakers began 2008 expecting the worst year for U.S. auto sales in a decade. So far, they're getting what they anticipated.
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US auto sales fall in March
Apr 1 2008 4:39PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Automakers began 2008 expecting the worst year for U.S. auto sales in a decade. So far, they're getting what they anticipated.
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US auto sales fall in March
Apr 1 2008 4:39PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Automakers began 2008 expecting the worst year for U.S. auto sales in a decade. So far, they're getting what they anticipated.
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US auto sales fall in March
Apr 1 2008 4:39PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Automakers began 2008 expecting the worst year for U.S. auto sales in a decade. So far, they're getting what they anticipated.
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US auto sales fall in March
Apr 1 2008 4:39PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Automakers began 2008 expecting the worst year for U.S. auto sales in a decade. So far, they're getting what they anticipated.
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Treasurys sag as funds flow to stocks
Apr 1 2008 4:38PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Treasury prices sold off Tuesday when second-quarter trading began with investors showing a greater appetite for risk and placing bets on the stock market.
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Treasurys sag as funds flow to stocks
Apr 1 2008 4:38PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Treasury prices sold off Tuesday when second-quarter trading began with investors showing a greater appetite for risk and placing bets on the stock market.
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Gold falls on Wall Street rally
Apr 1 2008 3:55PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Gold prices tumbled Tuesday, dropping below $900 as a stronger dollar and hopes that the credit crisis may finally be easing led investors to shed hard assets in favor of stocks.
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Celent: 200,000 US banking jobs at risk
Apr 1 2008 2:31PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. financial industry has been shedding jobs at a record clip, and some analysts predict the pace will only accelerate over the next year-and-a-half as banks cut costs in the face of the housing market slump and the weak economy.
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UBS, Deutsche Bank wallow in write-downs
Apr 1 2008 2:28PM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - Two of Europe's largest banks, UBS and Deutsche Bank, disclosed Tuesday that they are writing down billions more in bad investments, reflecting the unrelenting wave of woe from the U.S. subprime crisis.
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UBS, Deutsche Bank wallow in write-downs
Apr 1 2008 2:28PM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - Two of Europe's largest banks, UBS and Deutsche Bank, disclosed Tuesday that they are writing down billions more in bad investments, reflecting the unrelenting wave of woe from the U.S. subprime crisis.
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UBS, Deutsche Bank wallow in write-downs
Apr 1 2008 2:28PM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - Two of Europe's largest banks, UBS and Deutsche Bank, disclosed Tuesday that they are writing down billions more in bad investments, reflecting the unrelenting wave of woe from the U.S. subprime crisis.
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UBS, Deutsche Bank wallow in write-downs
Apr 1 2008 2:28PM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - Two of Europe's largest banks, UBS and Deutsche Bank, disclosed Tuesday that they are writing down billions more in bad investments, reflecting the unrelenting wave of woe from the U.S. subprime crisis.
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UBS, Deutsche Bank wallow in write-downs
Apr 1 2008 2:28PM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - Two of Europe's largest banks, UBS and Deutsche Bank, disclosed Tuesday that they are writing down billions more in bad investments, reflecting the unrelenting wave of woe from the U.S. subprime crisis.
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UBS, Deutsche Bank wallow in write-downs
Apr 1 2008 2:28PM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - Two of Europe's largest banks, UBS and Deutsche Bank, disclosed Tuesday that they are writing down billions more in bad investments, reflecting the unrelenting wave of woe from the U.S. subprime crisis.
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Market watchdog targets EADS
Apr 1 2008 1:33PM (CT)
PARIS (AP) - Airbus' parent company vowed to defend top executives against charges of insider trading and violating market disclosure rules as French regulators readied charges and broadened their investigation.
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Market watchdog targets EADS
Apr 1 2008 1:33PM (CT)
PARIS (AP) - Airbus' parent company vowed to defend top executives against charges of insider trading and violating market disclosure rules as French regulators readied charges and broadened their investigation.
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Manufacturing, construction weaken
Apr 1 2008 1:03PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Further weakness in the manufacturing sector and construction industry underscored concerns that the U.S. economy has fallen into recession, though most analysts believe a downturn will be mild and relatively short-lived.
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Manufacturing, construction weaken
Apr 1 2008 1:03PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Further weakness in the manufacturing sector and construction industry underscored concerns that the U.S. economy has fallen into recession, though most analysts believe a downturn will be mild and relatively short-lived.
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Manufacturing, construction weaken
Apr 1 2008 1:03PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Further weakness in the manufacturing sector and construction industry underscored concerns that the U.S. economy has fallen into recession, though most analysts believe a downturn will be mild and relatively short-lived.
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Manufacturing, construction weaken
Apr 1 2008 1:03PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Further weakness in the manufacturing sector and construction industry underscored concerns that the U.S. economy has fallen into recession, though most analysts believe a downturn will be mild and relatively short-lived.
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UBS will write down $19 billion
Apr 1 2008 12:20PM (CT)
ZURICH, Switzerland (AP) - UBS AG's chairman abruptly resigned Tuesday as the Swiss bank reported a first-quarter loss of $12.1 billion and said it would seek $15.1 billion in new capital.
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UBS will write down $19 billion
Apr 1 2008 12:20PM (CT)
ZURICH, Switzerland (AP) - UBS AG's chairman abruptly resigned Tuesday as the Swiss bank reported a first-quarter loss of $12.1 billion and said it would seek $15.1 billion in new capital.
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UBS will write down $19 billion
Apr 1 2008 12:20PM (CT)
ZURICH, Switzerland (AP) - UBS AG's chairman abruptly resigned Tuesday as the Swiss bank reported a first-quarter loss of $12.1 billion and said it would seek $15.1 billion in new capital.
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Manufacturing sector contracts in March
Apr 1 2008 10:35AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. industrial sector contracted for a second consecutive month in March, though at a slower pace than in February, as manufacturers grappled with weakening order books and rising prices for raw materials.
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World Bank trims China growth outlook
Apr 1 2008 10:17AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The World Bank on Tuesday trimmed its 2008 growth forecast for China to 9.4 percent from 9.6 percent but said it should be robust enough to help drive the global economy as the United States and other industrialized countries slow.
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Deutsche Bank expects $4B subprime hit
Apr 1 2008 6:58AM (CT)
BERLIN (AP) - Deutsche Bank AG said Tuesday that it expects first-quarter write-downs of $4 billion due to "significantly more challenging" market conditions triggered by the U.S. subprime collapse.
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Airline profit guidance lowered again
Apr 1 2008 6:10AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The slowing U.S. economy and surging jet fuel prices have forced an international trade group to lower its outlook on airline profits for the second time in four months, with domestic carriers expected to take the biggest earnings hit.
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Airline profit guidance lowered again
Apr 1 2008 6:10AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The slowing U.S. economy and surging jet fuel prices have forced an international trade group to lower its outlook on airline profits for the second time in four months, with domestic carriers expected to take the biggest earnings hit.
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East Asia economies pressed by inflation
Apr 1 2008 6:00AM (CT)
SINGAPORE (AP) - East Asian nations must act promptly to ease the burden of mounting food and fuel prices on the region's poor, the World Bank said Tuesday. Inflation poses a greater challenge to the region's economies than the current financial turmoil, it said.
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Japan corporate sentiment at 4-year low
Apr 1 2008 5:56AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Confidence at major Japanese manufacturers worsened to its lowest in more than four years as the plunging dollar, soaring fuel prices and fears of a U.S. slowdown weighed on the economy.
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Japan corporate sentiment at 4-year low
Apr 1 2008 5:56AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Confidence at major Japanese manufacturers worsened to its lowest in more than four years as the plunging dollar, soaring fuel prices and fears of a U.S. slowdown weighed on the economy.
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Congress: Vytorin makers held bad news
Apr 1 2008 3:26AM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Allegations from Congress that drug makers Schering-Plough Corp. and Merck & Co. hid negative research results to boost sales have cast a shadow over the companies' futures.
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Mystery die-off worries beekeepers
Apr 1 2008 3:07AM (CT)
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - The California winter has been a tough one on South Dakota beekeepers like Richard Adee.
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Workers strike at Nike contract factory
Apr 1 2008 3:04AM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - More than 20,000 Vietnamese workers have walked off the job at a Taiwanese-owned plant that makes shoes for Nike Inc., demanding higher pay to keep pace with skyrocketing prices, officials said Tuesday.
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Workers strike at Nike contract factory
Apr 1 2008 3:04AM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - More than 20,000 Vietnamese workers have walked off the job at a Taiwanese-owned plant that makes shoes for Nike Inc., demanding higher pay to keep pace with skyrocketing prices, officials said Tuesday.
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