Author: Jeff Cox

Despite an eyebrow-raising 27,000 layoffs, Hewlett-Packard CEO said the company is in just the early stages of an ambitious reorganization to turn around a slide in profit.   Read More

"When all the parties to a transaction are greedy, this is the kind of outcome you can expect," the leader of the Vanguard Group said of the Facebook IPO.   Read More

"All the buy-side institutions are shorting it," says one pro. "So there's no reason to jump in here. You're catching a falling knife."   Read More

Facebook set a record for volume on its first day of trading, but the stock otherwise failed to live up to all the hype.   Read More

Stocks are at their most oversold levels since the doom days of the financial crisis and bound for a rally, according to one measure.   Read More

For Facebook to live up to its larger-than-life public image, it will have to withstand a broader stock market where the overwhelming pressure is heading downward.   Read More

Facebook priced its historic initial public offering at $38, a share at the high end of the expected range of $34-$38, becoming the largest internet IPO in history.    Read More

"We do not see the doomsday scenario playing out," says one economist. "Policymakers are unlikely to drive the US economy off the fiscal cliff."    Read More

The boisterous musical parade of Occupy Wall Street protesters took an unfortunate right turn in Manhattan Tuesday and wound up in some unfriendly territory.   Read More

After spending 2011 near the top of the news headlines, Occupy Wall Street finds itself in a struggle to regain relevance as a grassroots protest against corporate greed and Washington corruption.   Read More