Investment

Budget Battles

  • Fed Could Be Moving Closer to New Stimulus

    By Edward Krudy, Reuters

    The S&P 500 and the Dow industrials were poised to rise on Wednesday on a report the Federal Reserve was moving closer toward further stimulus for the sluggish economy, though a revenue miss at...

  • Higher Costs Bring Some U.S. Manufacturers Home

    By Scott Malone and Ernest Scheyder, Reuters

    With just $11 million in revenue last year, Seesmart is a tiny company, but it is one of many manufacturers of all sizes – from Master Lock to blue-chips General Electric Co and Caterpillar Inc –...

  • 'NewsBeast' Loses Harman Funding; IAC Gets It All

    By Peter Laurie, Reuters

    The family of late billionaire stereo magnate Sidney Harman has stopped investing in the Newsweek Daily Beast Co joint venture that it co-owns with Barry Diller's IAC/InterActiveCorp, according to...

  • After the Massacre: Guns Win, Theaters Lose

    By Suzanne McGee, The Fiscal Times

    While the rest of the economy struggled to add jobs and grow, employment within the firearms and ammunition industry exploded by 30.6 percent between 2008 and 2011. The industry's federal tax...

  • The Pentagon Mantra: Cut Defense, Slaughter Jobs

    By Eric Pianin

    Studies prepared by defense industry analysts and the Bipartisan Policy Center conclude that the budget deal reached at the 11th hour last year by Congress could cost the economy between one million...