Archive for December 31st, 2013:

Stocks Rise on the Final Day of 2013

Date: Dec 31 2013
Filed under: Market News, Stock Markets, InvestingAP/Seth Wenig NEW YORK -- The Standard & Poor's 500 index is closing out its best year since 1997 as traders wrap up a record-setting year on Wall Street. The S&P 500 increased nearly 30 ...Read More »

HP Confirms Deeper Layoffs Expected, Will Cut Another 5,000 Jobs

Date: Dec 31 2013
Filed under: Company News, Layoffs, Computer IndustryAlamy PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Personal computer giant Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) has confirmed that it expects layoffs at the upper end of a range that it outlined earlier this year, with 5,000 more workers than originally ...Read More »

Target Reveals Big Error on Gift Card Activations

Date: Dec 31 2013
Filed under: Retail, Holiday Shopping, Store Credit CardsAP By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO NEW YORK -- Target (TGT) is getting hit with another lump of coal this holiday season. The nation's second-largest discount retailer said Tuesday that an unidentified number of gift cards sold over ...Read More »

Oil rises 7% in 2013; gas prices less volatile

Date: Dec 31 2013
Average price for a gallon of gas is $3.32 at year end. http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/YXgLubvOGtc/ Read More »

Investors cheer record-setting year on Wall St.

Date: Dec 31 2013
"Great year" ends with Dow posting best gain since 1995, S&P 500 best since '97. http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/3XGkSZthxAo/ Read More »