Volume up at Express Scripts

Express Scripts Holding Co., the U.S.’s largest pharmacy benefit manager after buying Medco Health Solutions Inc., rose the most in five weeks after the company […]

Nokia launches China smartphone, hopes for rebound

Struggling cellphone maker Nokia launched its first smartphone design for China on Wednesday, looking to the world’s biggest mobile market to help drive a turnaround.
Nokia […]

UK media scandal: Senior officer now investigated

A serving senior London police officer in is being investigated as part of the corruption inquiry spawned by the British phone hacking scandal, Scotland Yard […]

Payroll tax cut bill facing Senate opposition

Capitol Hill negotiators Thursday officially unveiled hard-fought compromise legislation to prevent 160 million workers from getting slapped with a payroll tax hike, but it ran […]

Home Prices in 20 U.S. Cities Probably Fell at a Slower Rate - Bloomberg

Home prices in 20 U.S. cities probably fell at a slower pace in the year to November, pointing to limited improvement in the residential real […]

Harvard

U.S. economic growth may not top 2 percent this year and a third round of quantitative easing by the Federal Reserve would have little effect, […]

Jobless Claims in U.S. Rise, Displaying Seasonal Volatility - Bloomberg

Claims for U.S. jobless benefits rose last week, displaying the usual volatility around holidays that has masked an improvement in the labor market.
Applications (INJCJC) […]

French Business Confidence Climbs From Low - Bloomberg

French business confidence climbed from a two-year low last month and industrial output increased in November, indicating the euro-region

Rail-Freight Surge Before Holiday Shows U.S. Skirting Recession - Bloomberg

North American railroads

Here’s the campaign. Where are the ads?

The 2012 Republican primary campaign has already produced its share of carefully crafted messages, political drama and mudslinging.
But not much of that action has […]