Market Wrap: S&P 500 Closes Above 2,000 as Confidence Rises

Date: Aug 26 2014
Filed under: Market News, Economic Indicators, Investing AP/Richard Drew By ALEX VEIGA It was a big round-number day for the stock market. The Standard & Poor's 500 index closed a hair above 2,000 points Tuesday, 16 years after it closed above 1,000 points for ...Read More »

The Great Alaskan Bowl Co.: More Than Just Wooden Bowls

Date: Aug 26 2014
Filed under: Small Business, Manufacturing, Entrepreneurs, This Built America As a teenager in the 1960s, Lewis Bratcher would devour stories in Life magazine about Alaska and dream of visiting America's last frontier. By the time he graduated from the University of Tennessee ...Read More »

Hewlett-Packard Recalls 6 Million Power Cords Over Fire Risk

Date: Aug 26 2014
Filed under: Consumer Ally, Recalls, Computers, Consumer Electronics, Saving Eye-Stock/Alamy More than 6 million power cords that came with two popular notebook computers are being recalled because they could start fires or burn consumers, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said on Tuesday. Hewlett-Packard ...Read More »

US Med-Equip Ranked on Inc. Magazine’s List of America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies for the Fourth Year in a Row

Date: Aug 25 2014
1888PressRelease - An innovator in medical equipment rentals, sales, service and asset management solutions, US Med-Equip has earned a place on the Inc. 5000 list for four years running. Houston-based US Med-Equip, Inc., was just announced to be on Inc. magazine's ...Read More »

BetterTrades Announces Traders Super Summit in Las Vegas

Date: Aug 25 2014
1888PressRelease - BetterTrades is a highly regarded national stock market education company that will hold its annual Traders Super Summit in Las Vegas, Nevada. The annual meeting is the educational highlight of the year for BetterTrades, which hosts live events ...Read More »

Traverse City, MI Professional Photography Service & Virtual Tour Software Company Wins Motel 6 Contract

Date: Aug 25 2014
1888PressRelease - Traverse City virtual tour & professional photography company wins Motel 6 professional photography contract and is expected to deliver 500 hotel locations in sixty days. TRAVERSE CITY, MICHIGAN - RTV, Inc, (RTV) a Traverse City, MI based virtual tour ...Read More »

American Banking Emerges from the Latest Financial Crisis Even Stronger than It Was Before

Date: Aug 25 2014
1888PressRelease - Arnie Danielson, an expert on the evolution of American banking, helps readers to understand the historical impact of changes in the banking landscape and shows that the recent events have not only taken the largest banks beyond traditional ...Read More »

S&P 500 makes history, tops 2000 for first time

Date: Aug 25 2014
The benchmark index is now up 8% for the year as the record-setting rally continues.         http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~/72957309/0/usatodaycommoney-topstories~SP-makes-history-tops-for-first-time/ Read More »

2014’s new home market is ‘running in place’

Date: Aug 25 2014
New home sales since last fall show little change, disappointing forecasters.         http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~/72959818/0/usatodaycommoney-topstories~s-new-home-market-is-running-in-place/ Read More »

Burger King eyes Tim Hortons deal to cut taxes

Date: Aug 25 2014
Company could shave tax bill by moving headquarters to Canada.         http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~/72951876/0/usatodaycommoney-topstories~Burger-King-eyes-Tim-Hortons-deal-to-cut-taxes/ Read More »