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Here's How Baker Hughes Will Benefit From A Merger It Never Wanted In The First Place
Monday, May 2, 2016 - 2:10pm | 255Shares of Baker Hughes Incorporated (NYSE: BHI) were trading lower by around 4 percent early Monday afternoon, even though the company stands to collect $3.5 billion after its mega-merger with Halliburton Company (NYSE: HAL) was called off. Carl Weinberg, High Frequency Economics' chief economist,...
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Janet Yellen Expresses Optimism, But Says Economy Is Not 'Close to Full Recovery'
Tuesday, February 11, 2014 - 4:02pm | 560As testimony continued in a manner one blogger described as a "remarkably slow cadence," incoming Federal Reserve Chairwoman, Janet Yellen, told Congress Tuesday that the central bank remains optimistic on the economy and was determined to retreat from its stimulus program slowly. In prepared...
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Ian Shepherdson: Greece Has Crisis, US Just Has Deficit
Thursday, March 15, 2012 - 7:57am | 259High Frequency Economics Chief Economist Ian Shepherdson does not think the budget deficit will threaten US growth anytime soon. "US does not have a deficit crisis." he told CNBC's Squawk Box. "Greece has a crisis, the US just has deficit." he said, positing that revenues were on track to pick up...