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Randgold Resources Limited (NASDAQ: GOLD) is paying a price for where it does business. The political situation in the African nation Mali is in a coup. The gold mining outfit has extensive...
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Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has finally listened to the call from Wall Street and Main Street to start using its cash for dividends. With a yield of about 1.8% a the launch, Apple has left the...
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General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) has been trying to do everything it can to make its balance sheet better. It has sold units through time and has limited its acquisitions to bolt-on deals. The...
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Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has proven it has an ability to spend money on just about anything. Yesterday’s news that the online retail giant was going to spend some $775 million to acquire...
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By now, most investors know that the large hedge funds are run by billionaires rather than millionaires. What many investors might not know is that some hedge funds are reaching the size of large...
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The latest Reuters/Ipsos reports that over 60% of those asked favor the “Buffett” tax. This tax would make people who earn over $1 million a year to have a minimum tax rate of 30%. The...
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Whether or not the Greek debt deal is finally (finally, finally) reached, the next big question outside if Greece will default again is what exactly the implications are for the Credit Default Swap...
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2012 is a Leap Year and that means one more potential trading day with February 29 on the calendar. Stock market statisticians often try to look for patterns in anything, so 24/7 Wall St. wanted to...
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Greece has all but formally defaulted on its debt if you remove the winks and nods from the ‘exceptions to the rules’ of what constitutes a default. Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has...
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2011 was the year of the utility stocks offering investors high dividend yields of well over 4.0%. 2012 has not gone so well for the sector, with 25 of the 34 S&P 500 Index utilities down for...
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The annual letter for Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) is out and the discussion immediately jumps in about who will succeed Warren Buffett, book value, buybacks, and the portfolio. Berkshire...
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Dividend investors potentially have a lot to lose in the 2012 Presidential election. While the real crux of the matter may boil down to which party rules the House and/or Senate in 2013 and beyond,...
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If you want to know about bizarre versions counterfeit, this one takes the cake. A report out of Switzerland note that Italian anti-Mafia prosecutors ordered a seizure in Switzerland of… get...
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CME Group Inc. (NYSE: CME) is going to make it cheaper for traders to trade energy and metals futures, something which could make it easier and cheaper for traders, speculators, and investors to push...
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Caesars Entertainment Corporation (NASDAQ: CZR) is beyond weird when it comes to initial public offerings. This was one of our TOP 17 IPOS TO WATCH IN 2012. We also make no secret of the belief...
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