Tesla CEO plugs into new market with home battery system
Elon Musk hopes to park hundreds of millions of large, solar panel-connected batteries in homes and businesses so the world can disconnect from power plants — and he can profit.
Stocks face leadership crisis as May begins
The stock market is struggling with a sudden leadership crisis, and, as a new month gets underway, U.S. investors will lack the usual clues from European stocks.
US construction spending drops 0.6 percent in March
U.S. construction fell in March as an increase in nonresidential construction was offset by declines in home building and government projects. Construction spending dropped 0.6 percent to a seasonally …
Oil retreats off 2015 highs, Iraq exports hit record
Oil prices edged lower on Friday, easing off 2015 highs after Iraq said its crude oil exports hit a record in April, keeping Middle East production well above demand. The two global crude benchmarks rose between 20 and 25 percent in April, helped by a weaker dollar and bets that a supply glut would ease, following the June-to-January sell-off that halved prices from above $100 a barrel.
Chevron profit beats expectations, cost cuts offset cheap oil
The reliance on refining operations mirrored results at large, integrated rivals Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) and Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L), as such companies tend to lean on their refining divisions for profit during times of cheap oil. Oil prices (CLc1) (LCOc1) have slumped more than 40 percent since June amid a glut of global supply. “The good thing about the quarter is that it’s over,” said Fadel Gheit, an oil
Police in southern China raid office of car-hailing app Uber
Police in southern China raided the office of U.S. car-hailing app Uber after the Chinese government in January banned drivers of private cars from offering such services through apps. A statement by the …
How millennials could damage the U.S. economy
Even America’s top-performing millennials are not measuring up to their counterparts overseas when it comes to numeracy, literacy and problem-solving skills.
Goldman Sachs buys into Bitcoin and McDonald's got a new DIY burger
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Goldman Sachs buys into Bitcoin and McDonald's new DIY burger
Yahoo Finance’s Midday Movers is live each weekday at 12pm ET, covering all the latest news on the markets, the economy and the biggest stories of the day.
Carly Fiorina’s record at Hewlett-Packard, by the numbers
The likely 2016 candidate argues her time at HP qualifies her to be president. Not so fast.
