The improving labor market has had a beneficial effect on the staffing industry. Shares of staffing companies have been on the rise after employment services company Manpower Inc. released better than expected first-quarter net earnings and an analyst predicted Monster Worldwide Inc. would post strong first-quarter results. Coupled with public company performance...

Fresh off of a five day rally, the market has been treading water in anticipation of Ben Bernanke’s speaking engagement at the Economic Club of New York Monday night. Although Bernanke is not expected to reveal much ahead of next week’s Federal Reserve policy meeting, his comments regarding the yield curve and monetary policy will be eagerly....

Regulatory issues that have prevented the mergers and acquisitions of many utility companies have recently disappeared, thanks to the repeal of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935. Without the regulatory hurdles that used to exist in the industry, activity in the space...

The end of 2005 marked the second consecutive year of solid M&A activity. The value of ’05 transactions totaled $2.14 trillion, the highest since the 2000 high water mark. We tracked 6,528 middle-market transactions, up from...

As energy prices continue to dominate the headlines, several large players have made aggressive bets on energy continuing to provide attractive long term gains. ConocoPhillips recently agreed to buy Burlington Resources, a major independent producer of natural gas...