Moneynews RSS FeedThu, 23 May 2013 09:39:12 EDTStock prices are slightly lower at midday on Wall Street after manufacturing contracted unexpectedly in China this month.Thu, 23 May 2013 06:49:12 EDTFinancial markets around the world were roiled Thursday after Japanese stocks suffered their biggest slide since the country was hit by a devastating tsunami more than two years ago.Wed, 22 May 2013 13:09:06 EDTStocks jumped after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said it was too soon for the central bank to pull back on its economic stimulus programs.Wed, 22 May 2013 07:20:31 EDTFederal Reserve Bank of New York President William C. Dudley said policy makers will know in three to four months whether the economy is healthy enough to overcome federal budget cuts and allow the central bank to begin reducing record stimulus. I don t really understand...Tue, 21 May 2013 11:13:39 EDTApple's CEO is disputing assertions by a Senate panel that the company avoids billions of dollars in U.S. taxes by shifting profits to foreign affiliates.Mon, 20 May 2013 13:53:50 EDTU.S. policymakers must address debt loads projected to rise later this decade to avoid a 2013 downgrade, even as the latest budget projections are credit positive, according to Moody's Investors Service.Sun, 19 May 2013 19:15:42 EDTFinancial trading in world markets has grown so lightning-fast that effective regulation is growing tougher by the second, increasing the threat of crashes sparked by hoaxes, electronic glitches or yet-unknown causes.Sun, 19 May 2013 08:50:35 EDTThe Federal Reserve is pumping up the economy and financial markets with its massive easing tactics, and Chairman Ben Bernanke might not seek another term because he doesn't want to deal with the "hangover" aftermath of his policies, says legendary investor Jim Rogers.Sun, 19 May 2013 08:32:09 EDTThe dollar recently hit an almost six-week high against the euro, and that's just a prelude of what's in store for the common currency, says legendary investor Jim Rogers, chairman of Rogers Holdings.Sun, 19 May 2013 08:05:36 EDTThe Federal Reserve is artificially boosting the economy with its massive easing campaign, and it's all going to end in tears, says legendary investor Jim Rogers, chairman of Rogers Holdings.Fri, 17 May 2013 07:30:37 EDTGeneration X, the unlucky cohort of Americans who became young adults during the boom years of the 1990s only to suffer a midlife bust, is facing bleak retirement prospects, according to a new Pew Charitable Trusts study.Thu, 16 May 2013 20:29:33 EDTThe U.S. economy will continue to recover until at least 2015 without tumbling into a recession, achieving the sustained growth that has eluded it since the last slump ended four years ago, according to a Bloomberg poll.Thu, 16 May 2013 07:25:44 EDTWal-Mart Stores Inc posted a higher quarterly profit on Thursday even as sales fell 1.4 percent at its Walmart U.S. stores open at least a year because of a delay in income tax refund checks, cool weather, less grocery inflation than expected, and the payroll tax...Wed, 15 May 2013 09:21:38 EDTU.S. factories cut back sharply on production in April, as auto companies cranked out fewer cars and most other industries reduced output.The Federal Reserve says manufacturing output dropped 0.4 percent in April from March. It was the third decline in four months and the...Wed, 15 May 2013 07:12:02 EDTGermany's economy crept back into growth at the start of the year but not by enough to stop the eurozone from contracting for a record sixth straight quarter, and France slid into recession.Fri, 10 May 2013 11:38:22 EDTThe Federal Reserve's effort to boost the economy with quantitative easing (QE) has failed, says Harvard economist Martin Feldstein.Thu, 09 May 2013 13:22:03 EDTLittle over a week after Federal Reserve policymakers overwhelmingly endorsed a plan to keep buying bonds to spur economic growth and hiring, they are airing their differences over their super-easy policy.Thu, 09 May 2013 10:02:50 EDT"It's nice to see improvement in claims. We are not worried about the separation side of the equation. We continue to be worried about the hiring side," said Jacob Oubina, senior economist at RBC Capital Markets in New York.Thu, 09 May 2013 09:36:29 EDTFederal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Charles Plosser said it is “disturbing” to him that “more and more is being expected of central banks.”Tue, 07 May 2013 11:19:06 EDTInternational Monetary Fund head Christine Lagarde criticized the U.S. government's budget policies as too tight on Tuesday, in an appearance in Amsterdam that was interrupted by student protestors.