US Companies

U.S. Companies Feeling The Pain From European Crisis

AP | JONATHAN FAHEY, CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER and MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 01.13.2012

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NEW YORK — The tremors from Europe's financial upheaval have reached U.S. shores, rattling consumers and companies. The consequences have been ...

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10 Companies Whose Highest-Ever Stock Prices Are Behind Them

24/7 Wall St. | Posted 09.23.2011

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Some of the best known publicly traded companies in the world have stocks that will never reach their all-time highs again. Many of them are not troub...

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Despite Profits, Surveyed Corporations Paid Far Less Than Legally-Imposed Tax Rate

Posted 08.01.2011

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WASHINGTON (Kevin Drawbaugh) - Twelve big U.S. companies paid far less than the statutory corporate tax rate from 2008 to 2010, despite making sub...

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U.S. Companies Say Violence In Mexico Is A Dealbreaker

AP | By MARTHA MENDOZA | Posted 07.16.2011

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MCALLEN, Texas -- Dozens of Mattel Inc. employees were on their way to another day of work making Power Wheels in Mexico's industrial heartland when g...

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U.S. Exports Most Goods, Services In Nearly Two Decades

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 07.11.2011

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WASHINGTON — U.S. companies in March sold the most goods and services overseas in nearly two decades. But a big jump in oil prices pushed the na...

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State-Owned Firms, Not Currency, Is Biggest Chinese Threat, Business Group Says

Posted 07.03.2011

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WASHINGTON (Doug Palmer) - The United States should focus less on China's currency practices and more on the threat to U.S. companies posed by Bei...

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Dividends Coming Back At Record Pace, S&P Says

AP | RACHEL BECK and DAVID K. RANDALL | Posted 06.01.2011

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NEW YORK — Big companies increased their dividends by a record amount in the first quarter. Since the start of the year, 117 companies in the S...

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Is Their 'Pent Up' Demand In The Economy?

Bloomberg News | Alex Kowalski | Posted 05.25.2011

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U.S. companies expect the economy to grow faster than previously estimated as demand from consumers, businesses and other countries picks up, a survey...

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