Diane Alter – AHN News Reporter New York, NY, United States (AHN) – Stock index futures point to extended gains for Wall Street Friday as traders remain upbeat on the U.S. economy. Shortly before the opening bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 38 points to 13,209, the Standard & Poor’s 500 futures eked up [...]

Diane Alter – AHN News Reporter New York, NY, United States (AHN) – U.S. stocks celebrated Veteran’s Day will a strong rally. Helping markets advance was a report that showed a better than expected rise in the Consumer Confidence Index and a vote in Italy on its debt reduction plan. At 3 p.m., with just [...]

Diane Alter – AHN News Reporter New York, NY, United States (AHN) – U.S. stocks moved in and out of positive territory Friday after Thursday’s big gains, and finished the week substantially higher. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished the day at 12,231.02 up 22.48, the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index nudged up 50 cents [...]

Tom Ramstack – AHN News Legal Correspondent Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – The U.S. Postal Service might still have a chance to raise its rates by more than 5 percent after a federal court ruling this week. The Postal Service tried to raise its rates earlier this year but the plan was rejected by [...]

Anheuser-Busch InBev (NYSE: BUD) was trading down 3 percent at $61.75 a share Wednesday morning after reporting its first-quarter earnings. The world’s largest brewer doubled its profit to $964 million from $475 million. First-quarter sales increased 6 percent to $9 billion, but volume fell 0.4 percent. Beer volumes grew in all zones except North America, [...]

LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) — Japan’s core consumer price index rose 0.2% in March, while the unemployment rate remained steady at 4.6%, Japan’s Statistics Bureau said Thursday. The gain in the core CPI, which excludes food and energy prices, marked the first rise since March 2009, according to CNBC. The inflation reading, which matched the consensus [...]

Due to the massive hopes of the citizens about the operations of the debt consolidation loans, the citizens of America have mostly remained ignorant about their failure. It is a fact that debt consolidations loans do not work for most of the times. Whether it is a home equity loan or a credit card debt, [...]

Most of the borrowers who apply for consolidate debt loans through a government agency might not be aware that these agencies are not completely backed by the government. While loans for credit card debt consolidation allow you to combine all your outstanding credit dues in to one single manageable monthly payment, firms that offer these [...]

American incomes continued to rise in February, but not enough to offset rising prices at the gas pump and grocery stores. The unwelcome shift points to a potential danger spot in the economic recovery – the risk that inflation could chip away at consumer well-being. Overall, income from employment and other sources rose 0.3 percent [...]

By Mark Albright, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, March 8, 2011 Significantly more Americans (52 percent versus 45 percent last year) plan to celebrate next week’s St. Patrick’s Day. And more — an eight-year high of 31 percent — plan to hit a bar or restaurant, according to Big Research. With a budget of $33.97, revelers [...]

The current economic scenario in our country has been tough. Existing personal debts, compounded by lay-offs and/or stagnated salaries combined with the rising cost of living are plunging millions of Americans into further debt. According to official statistics, personal debt has risen from 65 percent of income in 1980 to 125 percent today. The Federal [...]