Plans for Steel Tariffs Sink U.S. Stocks

The Associated Press Mar 1, 2018 The Dow Jones industrial average falls 420 points, or 1.7 percent, to 24,608, on worries that the president's planned tariffs will lead to retaliation from other countries. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Stocks Power Higher After Bad Week; Dow Jumps 410

MARLEY JAY / The Associated Press Feb 12, 2018 The market claws back more of its massive losses from the previous two weeks. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Dow Closes Up 330 Points on a Turbulent Trading Day

ALEX VEIGA / The Associated Press Feb 9, 2018 On Wall Street, many companies that rose the most over the last year have borne the brunt of this week's selling. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Drone Bites the Dust

Staff / Truthdig Jun 28, 2013 Police shoot down an activist's tiny flying video camera capturing footage of the uprising in Turkey; new documents reveal the role of rating agencies such as Moody's and Standard & Poor's in the 2008 meltdown; and you know things are bad in the U.S. when rather than pay for new car tires, people are renting them instead. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Lawmakers Seek to Legalize Pot, Trump Sues Maher, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Feb 5, 2013 A look at the day's political happenings, including the government's pending legal action against S&P and Joe Scarborough becomes the latest conservative to smack down the NRA. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

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It’s a Good Time to Be a Corporation

Staff / Truthdig Jun 16, 2011 With the American corporations in Standard & Poor's 500-stock index holding a record $960 billion in hard cash and taxes on corporate profits the lowest they have been since the 1950s, the Obama administration appears ready to give them even more in the way of economic breaks. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Dow Drops Over 300 Points

Staff / Truthdig Jan 18, 2008 Winter 2008 is shaping up to be a gloomy season for the American economy, with mounting concerns over subprime mortgage prices and a plunging stock market. Thursday was a particularly dreary day on Wall Street, with the Dow Jones industrial average down 307 points and the Standard & Poor's 500 falling almost 3 percent. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )