Bubbling oil prices are the stock market rally's new friend, for now.   Read More

Stocks could drift on low volume in the final weeks of summer, but traders increasingly believe a pull back is brewing in the not too distant future. Even short interest, a powerful market driver, is waning.    Read More

Following are today’s biggest winners and losers. Find out why President Bill Clinton popped while shares of Fluor and Sprint dropped.    Read More

Following are the week’s biggest winners and losers. Find out why shares of Priceline.com and Hormel popped while Best Buy and VMWare dropped.    Read More

Freddie Mac up nearly 100 percent after reporting its first quarterly profit in nearly two years (excluding the dividend payment to the government). A change in accounting rules, lower funding costs, lower provisions for credit losses, and gains on the company's derivative portfolio were all factors.    Read More

As the recession wears on, it gets hard coming up with new ideas for cheap eats, especially for those who are used to only making reservations for dinner. Enter Spam. Yes, the much-maligned canned meat-in-can wants to help get you out of your dinnertime rut.    Read More

Following are the day’s biggest winners and losers. Find out why shares of The Buckle and Hormel popped while Potash and Chesapeake Energy dropped.   Read More

Futures weakened a bit as initial jobless claims came in slightly higher than consensus.    Read More

The reflation trade - strong commodities, weak dollar - was back in vogue Wednesday, even as a revised economic forecast from the Fed took the steam out of stocks.   Read More

A growing number of food manufacturers are showing the staples in their portfolio a little more love these days in an attempt to remind frugal gourmets of the basics. How basic? Think butter and canned goods. This is not only because they want to cash in on consumers' newfound frugality, and defend against private label, but also because there have been fewer new product introductions vying for ad dollars.    Read More