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Business: Washington Post Business Page, Business News
The Wayback Machine - https://web.archive.org/web/20111201172735/http://washpost.bloomberg.com/industries/
Compare:
IndustriesToday's Net ChangeToday's % Price Change
Basic Materials-0.5-0.3
Communications0.40.3
Consumer Cyclicals0.10.1
Consumer Non-Cyclicals0.40.3
Energy-0.8-0.3
Financial-0.6-0.8
Industrial0.00.0
Technology0.50.3
Utilities0.80.4
Click an industry to view its top companies on the right.
CompanyToday's
% Change
cf industries ho4.93
intrepid potash1.17
cliffs natural r1.15
huntsman corp1.05
newmarket corp0.84
kronos worldwide0.82
glatfelter0.76
solutia inc0.63
mosaic co/the0.45
carpenter tech0.26
12:12 pm ET 12/1/2011
Bloomberg Finance Index
  • 73.68
    Last
  • 0.83%
    Today's Change
  • 15.23%
    One Year Change
  • One Year Trend
  • Today
     
    65.17
    98.49
    52 Week Low - High
Finance News

Asian Stocks Advance as China Eases, Central Banks Act on Crisis

5:51 am ET

Asian stocks jumped, with the regional index set for its biggest gain in more than two months, after six central banks cut the cost of emergency dollar funding for European banks and China reduced curbs on lending.

Bloomberg Energy Index
  • 256.67
    Last
  • 0.30%
    Today's Change
  • 2.83%
    One Year Change
  • One Year Trend
  • Today
     
    205.03
    306.55
    52 Week Low - High
Energy News

Oil Falls on U.S. Jobless Claims Gain, Slowing Chinese Industry

11:33 am ET

Oil fell as more Americans filed applications for jobless benefits and Chinese manufacturing weakened, bolstering concern that the economies of two biggest crude-consuming countries are slowing.

Bloomberg Health Care Index
  • 267.59
    Last
  • 0.12%
    Today's Change
  • 20.80%
    One Year Change
  • One Year Trend
  • Today
     
    217.01
    299.04
    52 Week Low - High
Health Care News

Ranbaxy’s Lipitor Copy in U.S. Stores Threatens Pfizer Sales

9:52 am ET

Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. won approval to sell generic copies of the $10.7 billion cholesterol pill Lipitor in the U.S., threatening Pfizer Inc.’s sales.

Bloomberg Technology Index
  • 165.11
    Last
  • 0.33%
    Today's Change
  • 4.36%
    One Year Change
  • One Year Trend
  • Today
     
    143.63
    176.99
    52 Week Low - High
Technology News

Clearwire Surges After Making Payment, Striking Sprint Deal

11:05 am ET

Clearwire Corp., the money-losing wireless carrier, surged after making a $237 million interest payment to creditors and striking a new network-sharing agreement with partner Sprint Nextel Corp.

Bloomberg Transportation Index
  • 253.48
    Last
  • 0.34%
    Today's Change
  • 2.10%
    One Year Change
  • One Year Trend
  • Today
     
    205.07
    280.27
    52 Week Low - High
Transportation News

AMR Bonds Show Old Jets Ditched in Bankruptcy: Corporate Finance

11:50 am ET

AMR Corp. bonds signal its American Airlines unit will retire older jets in bankruptcy, punishing investors in debt backed by the planes while those secured by newer aircraft indicate lenders will be paid in full.

Bloomberg Insurance Index
  • 95.48
    Last
  • 1.00%
    Today's Change
  • 5.91%
    One Year Change
  • One Year Trend
  • Today
     
    80.05
    114.40
    52 Week Low - High
Insurance News

Greenberg’s ‘Audacious’ AIG Bailout Suits Pursue Unique Theories

12:26 am ET

Maurice R. Greenberg, the former American International Group Inc. chief executive officer, seeks to break new ground in lawsuits challenging the U.S. takeover of the insurer in a bailout that reached $182 billion.