Investment

Budget Battles

  • The Stunning Collapse in Business Confidence

    By Samuel Ro, The Fiscal Times

    Morgan Stanley just published its November read on its proprietary Business Conditions Index, and it dropped 6 points to 35%. This follows last month's stunning 14 point plunge.

  • Business Claims a Stake in Obama's Cliff Deal

    By Josh Boak, The Fiscal Times

    Following his first news conference since the election, President Obama met with a dozen CEOs on Wednesday afternoon to signal a new start with a group that has viewed his administration as hostile...

  • Investment Bank Jefferies Guns for the Big Leagues

    By Suzanne McGee, The Fiscal Times

    News of a deal by Leucadia National Corp. (LUK) – a conglomerate that has earned the moniker “Baby Berkshire” for the similarity of its value-based approached to building a portfolio of assets – to...

  • Groupon Fights for Its Life As Daily Deals Fade

    By Reuters

    Groupon and its compatriots in the much-hyped daily deals business were supposed to change the very nature of small-business advertising. Instead, it is the daily deal vendors that are racing to...

  • Fiscal Cliff 'Blues' May Lead to Market Correction

    By Caroline Valetkevitch and Ryan Vlastelica, Reuters

    Wall Street's post-election sell-off may gather steam in the coming weeks as worries mount about the looming "fiscal cliff" and technical weakness suggests a possible correction ahead. The benchmark...