Holiday hangover: Best Buy dives 15%

Related: Target shuts down in Canada Fleeting holiday cheer: Some investors are hopping off that treadmill. Best Buy’s shares plummeted 15% Thursday morning, knocking them into the red for the…

Why the new Cold War matters

Related: Russia is buying weapons – a lot of them So too is cutting off ties, refusing to engage, reaching for sticks and forgetting the carrots, and writing into law…

Target shuts down in Canada

Target is seeking a court’s approval to set aside 70 million Canadian dollars, or $59 million, to cover the cost of providing 16-weeks of compensation and benefits for affected employees….

U.S. airlines eager to fly to Cuba

Related: The promise for American businesses if Cuba sanctions are lifted – Chicago Mercantile Association: Certain market data is the property of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. and its licensors. All…

Caesars unit files for bankruptcy

In its 2013 annual report the group said the extent of its debt problems would require the company to “ultimately seek a restructuring, amendment, or refinancing of our debt.” –…

States where taxes hit the poor hardest

“No-income-tax states like Washington, Texas and Florida do, in fact, have average-to-low taxes overall. However, they are far from ‘low-tax’ for poor families,” the report notes. In Illinois, there is…