Though market indices have been hitting record lows for the year, one area is seeing new highs: mergers and acquisitions. So far in 2000, around $1.65 trillion worth of merger and acquisition deals have been announced, according to Thomson Financial Securities Data. That’s a record,…
If you think the high cost of oil is hurting you only at the pump and in the airline stocks in your portfolio, think again. Oil prices hit a 10-year high of $38 a barrel Wednesday, prompting Vice President Al Gore to urge President Clinton…
San Francisco, CA, USA — It is not too late. Those are five words that apply to most of us when it comes to saving for our retirement. Joe Ducey reports on how we should invest now in order to build a comfortable retirement. It…
Every Tuesday Stock options, once the province of the corner-office crowd, are becoming as common as paid vacations at many companies. Midlevel workers are going home at night with a fistful of stock options and a head full of dreams. But before you get carried…
By TIM TOWNSEND Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL Maybe you’re a procrastinator, or maybe you just worry about money. Either way, you have that uneasy feeling that, with the end of the year looming, you should be doing something about your finances. Well,…
By Sandra Block FINAL EDITION Section: MONEY Page 3B If you’ve ever been stuck on an Amtrak train that has run out of sandwiches, you may have difficulty imagining a time when railways were heralded as an innovation that would forever change the way we…
3:28 EDT WASHINGTON (AP) — So where does Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, who knows more about the economy than almost anybody, put his own money? No irrational exuberance for him. He shuns the stock market for the safest investment of all — short-term Treasury…
By RICHARD C. TEN WOLDE Dow Jones Newswires NEW YORK — Science and technology mutual funds have risen from their ashes this year, but whether they can maintain their current climb is far from certain. After crumbling in the fourth quarter, science and technology funds…
San Francisco Examiner/Chronicle, Tuesday, January 23, 1996, by Edward Iwata THE LOVE OF MONEY MAY not be the root of all evil. But it sure influences our values, our behaviors, our psychologies – for better or worse. Look at the San Francisco lawyer who foolishly…