Producer Price Index Unchanged in July
The unchanged PPI follows a 0.6% rise in June.
10:25AM 08/11/00
Flextronics to Merge With JIT Holdings
It's Flextronic's second major aquisition in less than two weeks.
04:26PM 08/10/00
Beige Book Suggests Fed Won't Raise Rates in August
The report says the heady levels of economic activity seen earlier in the year seem to have slowed.
04:52PM 08/09/00
Lower Crude Inventory Data Send Oil Prices Higher
The rally in oil prices helped to boost a bevy of oil-related equities.
02:44PM 08/09/00
Update: Cisco Beats Estimates by a Penny
Shares of the networking giant are slightly up in after-hours trading in reation to the report.
06:09PM 08/08/00
Update: Productivity Rose 5.3% in 2nd Quarter, Labor Costs Fell 0.1%
The surprising gain in productivity and drop in labor costs may ease pressure on the Fed to raise rates.
12:42PM 08/08/00
The growth in borrowing in June was slower than in May, but it remains near historically high levels.
05:24PM 08/07/00
Soft Earnings Numbers Expected for Retail Sector
May Department Stores reported Monday second-quarter profits dropped 12%.
04:21PM 08/07/00
Update: Economy Lost Jobs in July; Unemployment Rate Steady at 4%
Layoffs of government census workers contributed to the decline in nonfarm payrolls.
11:22AM 08/04/00
Factory Orders Surged 5.5% in June
Data suggest that some portions of the economy bounced back from what some called preliminary signs of slowing.
11:41AM 08/03/00
