Americans choose savings at the pump over oil exports: Reuters/Ipsos poll
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The number of Americans who believe U.S. oil should be kept on U.S. soil to lower gasoline prices rose in the last four months, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll.
Energy boom to aid U.S. urban manufacturing jobs to 2020: report
(Reuters) – Energy-intensive manufacturing employment will increase by more than 1 percent a year in the United States through 2020, with 72 percent of those jobs going to metropolitan areas, according to a report released on Thursday.
Analysis: Rising prices, harsh winter may dampen U.S. home sales in spring
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Emily Hanson would like to buy a house, but she worries that she and her husband may have to move across the country to achieve their goal.
JPMorgan named top commodities bank, day after selling physical business
LONDON (Reuters) – JPMorgan commodity chief Blythe Masters laid out an ambitious plan four years ago to become the top Wall Street bank in energy and metals trading.
Existing home sales edge down in February
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. home resales dropped slightly in February to a 19 month-low as cold weather and a shortage of homes for sale continued to sideline potential buyers.
Fed may raise rates as soon as next spring, Yellen suggests
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Reserve will probably end its massive bond-buying program this fall, and could start raising interest rates around six months later, Fed Chair Janet Yellen said on Wednesday, in a comment which sent stocks and bo…
ConAgra quarterly profit beats analysts’ lowered expectations
(Reuters) – ConAgra Foods Inc’s quarterly profit beat analysts’ lowered estimates and the maker of Hunt’s tomato ketchup and Slim Jim beef jerky maintained its full-year earnings forecast.
Fed to release results of financial industry health check
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley and other banks will find out if the Federal Reserve thinks they can cope with the next financial crisis when it publishes the results of an annual health check on Thursday.
From dumb iron to Big Data: Caterpillar’s dealer sales push
(Reuters) – Caterpillar Inc has a long tradition of proudly – and publicly – proclaiming how much it loves its dealers.
Exclusive: SEC contacted investment companies with Russian exposure – sources
Washington (Reuters) – U.S. securities regulators contacted public funds with investments in Russia to make sure they are properly managing risks and disclosing their holdings to investors as political tensions rose over Crimea, according to several pe…
