Weekly Jobless Claims Fall to Lowest in 4.5 Years

Date: Oct 11 2012
Filed under: Labor WASHINGTON, Oct 11 (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell sharply last week to the lowest level in more than four and a half years, according to government data on Thursday that ...Read More »

S&P cuts Spain rating to lowest investment grade

Date: Oct 11 2012
Grinding recession, high unemployment and social unrest are limiting the government's options, S&P says. http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/fkrwFSJk-So/ Read More »

Exchange traded funds: When are there too many?

Date: Oct 11 2012
There are 1,228 ETFs on the market now, up from 113 a decade ago. http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/WguVFW_J02g/ Read More »

What to watch: For stocks, where’s the floor?

Date: Oct 11 2012
Whenever stocks start falling, as they have the past four trading sessions, the question becomes: Where's the floor? http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/NMlYSS0s5kw/ Read More »

Does Cracker Barrel Have Something to Hide?

Date: Oct 11 2012
Filed under: Company NewsIf you take enough swings, eventually you'll land a punch. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL) is doing a little backpedalling after activist investor Sardar Biglari caught what appears to be an oversight in the restaurant chain's proxy ...Read More »

Dow Posts Largest Percentage Drop Since July

Date: Oct 11 2012
Filed under: Alcoa, Chevron, Market NewsBy Rodrigo Campos NEW YORK, Oct 10 (Reuters) - The S&P 500 fell for a fourth day on Wednesday, weighed down by disappointing news from Chevron (CVX) and Alcoa (AA) as earnings season got under way. Chevron ...Read More »

European Central Bank’s Outright Monetary Transactions (OMT): The Bazooka Approach

Date: Oct 11 2012
1888PressRelease - Does the deployment of the European Central Bank's unlimited monetary firepower to save a single currency outweigh its potential impact on the rest of the world's economic infrastructure? On September 6th, 2012, the Chairman of the European Central Bank, ...Read More »

Earnings: Story of not-so-great expectations

Date: Oct 10 2012
What Corporate America banks on is setting the bar low for earnings and beating it, which sends stocks higher. http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/I5v2p_knPQk/ Read More »

Stocks lower despite good start to earnings season

Date: Oct 10 2012
Wall Street analysts warn this could be the first quarter of shrinking profits since the July-September quarter of 2009. http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/BFXPrTdPwxs/ Read More »

Number of job openings showed little change in August

Date: Oct 10 2012
There were 3.5 people available for every openings. http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/meI7Cbw9U1s/ Read More »