Staff / TruthdigNov 21, 2008
In a little over two weeks, the Dow has tumbled more than 2,000 points as bad economic news continues to pile up. Word on Thursday that jobless claims hit a 16-year high, combined with a dreary outlook for Detroit and a lack of confidence in major financial institutions, helped drive the DJIA down to 7,552.29. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigOct 29, 2008
The Dow shot up 889.35 points on Tuesday, a welcome respite from Wall Street's month of plunges. Things could still get a lot worse: While some buyers snapped up what looked like bargain stocks, others said they expected a major drop before things get better. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigOct 13, 2008
The Dow shot up more than 900 points Monday after nations around the world pitched into the effort to resuscitate the dangerously flagging global marketplace by announcing their own rescue plans. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigOct 10, 2008
After seven straight drops, the Dow landed at 8579.19 on Thursday, a year to the day after hitting a record of more than 14,000 points. The owners of the national debt clock in New York, meanwhile, announced they will add two digits to the board in order to display a quadrillion -- because that's where we're headed. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigOct 8, 2008
There will hopefully come a day when the news from Wall Street is actually good (at the moment, anything better than utterly terrifying news would be nice), but Tuesday was not that day, despite Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's intimations that help could soon be on the way. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 22, 2008
Stock markets across the world Monday suffered the worst losses since Sept. 11, 2001. The drop prompted analysts to theorize that investors have major doubts about the ability of the proposed stimulus package to mend the American economy. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 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 )
Staff / TruthdigNov 2, 2007
Thursday was not a good day on Wall Street, with the Dow dropping over 362 points to close at 13,567.87. Meanwhile, the S&P 500, like the Dow, fell 2.6 percent, and the Nasdaq also took a hit, dipping 2.25 percent by day's end. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 13, 2007
John Mackey, the CEO of Whole Foods, apparently behaved in not so wholesome a manner when he spent time bashing Wild Oats stocks on a Yahoo stock-market forum under the pseudonym "Rahodeb" not long before his company bid to take over the competing natural foods market chain. The Federal Trade Commission is attempting to block the takeover on antitrust grounds. (Via BoingBoing) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 28, 2006
The 800-pound gorilla's rampage has started to slow down a bit, as evidenced by the chief financial officer's admission that the search company will have to find new ways to boost revenue.
Related: Check out Truthdig's eye-opening report on Google's grasp of the intimate details of your life. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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