China National Complete Plant Import & Export Co Ltd signed a US$9 million agreement on Friday to buy three Jamaican government-owned sugar factories.
Following are the week s biggest movers. Find out why shares of Arch Coal and Teradyne popped while Netflix and Eastman Kodak dropped.
The solar electrical power industry may be ready for its moment in the sun. It s still true that solar sources generate less than 1% of total U.S. electricity vs. the 70% generated from industrial-age fuels such as coal, petroleum and natural gas.
Gold prices have retreated from an earlier gain Friday morning.
Wheat prices surged in July by the biggest amount in more than a half century as severe drought conditions in Russia and other former Soviet republics destroyed grain crops.
Spot gold prices have been popping after a weak U.S. GDP report.
Crude oil prices reverse higher and notch their best month since March.
The number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. increased by one this week to 1,586. Houston-based Baker Hughes Inc. said Friday that 972 rigs were exploring for natural gas and 603 for oil.