Pittsburgh Business News

Teen apparel retailer American Eagle Outfitters Inc . said Thursday that sales at stores open at least a year fell 2 percent in November as it experienced "choppy" store traffic through the month. Analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters , on...

The G-20 summit in Pittsburgh is agreed to be the world’s top economic forum. It is composed of the developed and developing countries. Originally, the G-8 ruled as the top economic summit since 1975. It was composed of the United...

The aluminum producer also posted sales that were slightly better than analysts' forecasts. Third-quarter income amounted to 8 cents per diluted share and came on revenue of $4.62 billion, down 34 percent from year-ago levels but topping the $4.55 billion...

American Eagle Outfitters reported October sales started off well and then slowed significantly the second half of the month, contributing to a 5 percent drop in sales at established stores. The South Side teen retailer said total sales for the...

Saab dealers will close as part of General Motors Corp.'s planned sale of the ailing Swedish car brand to Koenigsegg Group AB, a GM spokeswoman says. GM spokeswoman Ryndee Carney says the company had sent letters to 81 of the...

Investors pulled back on Dick's Sporting Goods shares yesterday after the Findlay retailer trounced third-quarter earnings expectations, then hurried to warn there's a lot to worry about in the fourth quarter...Dick's profit tripled to $18.9 million, or 16 cents per...

In the separate survey of payroll employment, the bureau found that 190,000 non-farm jobs were lost, with manufacturing, construction and retail trades all taking deep cuts. Washington correspondent Daniel Malloy writes the "Pittsburgh On The Potomac" blog exclusively at PG+...

American Eagle Outfitters, helped by a later back-to-school rush and a good reaction to styles and promotions introduced late in the month, reported that September sales were better than expected and third-quarter earnings should be better, too.

Shares of Tetra Tech Inc. slid Thursday, a day after the engineering consulting firm forecast earnings for fiscal 2010 that fell below of some Wall Street estimates. The Pasadena, Calif.-based company said Wednesday it expects fiscal 2010 earnings of $1.25...