Dow 10,000: Enjoy It While You Can
Category: Crisis | Listed: December 8, 2009
Dow 10,000 has arrived, so pop out the champagne, but be wary. Breaking the key psychological level of Dow 10,000 is one thing. Holding onto those gains is quite another....
Attention Shoppers: Food Prices Set to Rise
Category: Crisis | Listed: December 8, 2009
If there's any silver lining to a recession -- albeit a thin one -- it' s that consumer prices typically go down. Make no mistake, deflation is a sign of a sick economy, but at least the net effect of...
Worst Quarter on Record for Foreclosures
Category: Crisis | Listed: December 8, 2009
The number of households caught up in the foreclosure crisis rose more than 5 percent from summer to fall as rising unemployment causes more homeowners to fall behind on their mortgages. RealtyTrac sp...
Social Security Payments to Stay Flat
Category: Crisis | Listed: December 8, 2009
The Social Security Administration has some tough news for seniors. In 2010, there will be no cost of living increase for Social Security recipients, the first year without one since automatic adjustm...
Goldman Sachs Tops Profit Estimates
Category: Crisis | Listed: December 8, 2009
Goldman Sachs is the latest big bank to top Wall Street estimates, earning a profit of $5.25 a share. CEO Lloyd Blankfein says "although the world continues to face serious economic challenges, we are...
Citi Profit Report Disappoints Investors
Category: Crisis | Listed: December 8, 2009
Despite a better-than-expected profit report, Citigroup shares slide before the opening bell. Details to come....
US Inflation Up Modestly in September
Category: Crisis | Listed: December 8, 2009
U.S. inflation pressures remained modest in September even though gasoline prices edged higher....
New Jobless Claims Hit 514,000
Category: Crisis | Listed: December 8, 2009
The number of newly laid-off U.S. workers filing claims for unemployment insurance has fallen to the lowest level since early January, a sign the labor market is slowly improving....
BofA Struggles With Loan Losses
Category: Crisis | Listed: December 8, 2009
Bank of America Corp. says it lost more than $2 billion in the third quarter as its loan losses continued to rise....
Happy National Boss Day Steve Jobs
Category: Crisis | Listed: December 8, 2009
It's National Boss Day and to celebrate it, DailyFinance honors three company bosses who actually earned their pay and position by guiding their companies through the financial crisis....

