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General Electric is expected to report its second quarter earnings before the markets open today . It’ll be longtime CEO Jeffrey Immelt’s last chance to seal his legacy at the company before stepping down at the end of the month. GE’s stock has earned the distinction of being the worst performer in the Dow Jones […]

Four big banks (JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, PNC, Wells Fargo) reported earnings today, all beating expectations, especially JPMorgan, which posted its best quarter ever. That wind in the banks’ sails comes in the form of higher interest rate levels after three straight rate hikes by the Federal Reserve. That means banks get to charge you more […]

Inflation has been consistently lower than the Federal Reserve’s target of 2 percent. Fed Chair Janet Yellen highlighted this fact in recent congressional testimony. Most consumers and business owners would just as soon see inflation remain low: consumers can afford more goods and services without having to earn higher wages, and businesses never like to […]

Analysts have questioned the company's ability to keep advertisers happy.

The Securities and Exchange Commission wants to encourage more companies to go public. More IPOs, the thinking goes, can be good for the economy. Starting today, the government has instituted a new rule allowing all companies, regardless of their size, to file IPO paperwork confidentially. The filings don’t become public until about 15 days before […]

The June unemployment report is out today, and we’re looking at which jobs are in demand in our near-full employment economy. How can you tell which occupations are hard to fill? One way is to see where employers are raising salaries to attract new workers. Pharmacy tech, registered nurse, software engineer, data scientist — if […]

We take a look at the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, or TTIP, the U.S. trade agreement with the European Union.