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Executives of Al Jazeera America (AJAM) held a meeting at 2 p.m. Eastern Time to tell their employees that the company is terminating all news and digital operations in the U.S. as of April 2016, resulting in the loss of hundreds of jobs.
Global shipping traffic is awful. Worse yet, US rail traffic is downright recessionary looking.
Wang Jianlin, the Chinese tycoon who just agreed to acquire the co-producer of "Jurassic World" for $3.5 billion in cash, signaled bigger deals may be in the works as he builds Dalian Wanda Group Co.'s influence in the global film industry.
In some gas stations around the country, the price of a gallon of regular has dropped below $1.42.
Another algo-induced stop-run has tried and failed to maintain its gains this morning as Morgan Stanley becomes the latest (after Goldman) to join the "oil in the $20s is possible" bandwagon.
Crude oil is crashing.
If you followed the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week, you might conclude that with new electric cars launching left and right, Tesla is worried.
MAJOR STOCK INDEXES ENTER CORRECTION TERRITORY…
'Something's Wrong--Sell! Sell!'
In recent years, this apparatus has become one of the most powerful avenues of influence for wealthy Americans of all political stripes, including Mr. Loeb and Mr. Cohen, who give heavily to Republicans, and the liberal billionaire George Soros, who
We ended 2015 as yet another year when most investors felt safe with their stocks, bonds, property and other investments.
Editor's Comment: The conditions for the next great economic collapse have been mounting over the past several months, and many experts and observers have warned, and watched as risks approach the toppling-over point. Just how much more can things
The world's largest soup maker also said it supports federal legislation for mandatory labeling of genetically modified organisms on food packaging
The Commodity Bust Intensifies---Index Of Global Miners Now Down 80%, At 11-Year Low
With WTI trading with a $32 handle, collapsing below December 2008's $32.40 lows briefly overnight, OPEC's broad basket price for crude has also reached a worrisome milestone.
"2015 was unsually poor."
Greg Fleming, the president of Morgan Stanley's wealth-management business, suddenly departed the firm on Wednesday after Colm Kelleher was tapped to become the sole president of the bank.
Oil prices cratered to a 14-year low on Thursday.
40 Macy's stores are closing -- find out if yours is one of them and when the clearance sales start
The Economist is reporting in its upcoming January 9 print edition that Saudi Aramco, the Saudi state-owned oil company believed to be the world's most valuable company, might issue shares for the first time in its history.
This story originally appeared on the Guardian and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Scott Slater has a plan.
Emotient technology is used to assess emotions by reading facial expressions
Reflections on Value, Volume, Other Ideas
Netflix shocked the tech community on Wednesday when it announced that it had begun operating in 130 more countries, bringing its streaming service to nearly every country in the world.
Think of the word "money" for moment. What's the first image that comes to mind?
American big business has now officially endorsed the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), giving many all the proof they need that the 12-nation deal--poised to be the largest ever--is bad news for people and the planet.
American big business has now officially endorsed the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), giving many all the proof they need that the 12-nation deal--poised to be the largest ever--is bad news for people and the planet.
We're now in the final countdown to the official start of CES 2016 -- the Superbowl of the gadget world --
Walmart announced this week that they will be recalling 90,000 pounds of beef because they could possibly contain "extraneous wood materials." Read More: http://www.trueactivist.com/walmart-recalling-90000-pounds-of-beef-for-containing-extra
The US Economy: Still on Track? ... Raw materials and goods need to be transported regardless of how modern or sophisticated an economy is. Every week the Association of American Railways ("AAR") posts a free report on rail volumes transported across
