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ThinkstockIf you ever wondered about a pay disparity between the top and the bottom, pay close attention here. CEOs and presidents are often paid very well at the big banks. SNL Financial has...
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Jon OggThe buyout of BMC Software Inc. (NASDAQ: BMC) sounds like a decent deal for shareholders on the surface. The problem is that the price peaks in the past have been higher, and what is left at...
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ThinkstockSmithfield Foods Inc. (NYSE: SFD) is seeing its shares surge this morning on news that it has received a big premium buyout offer. A Chinese firm called Shuanghui International Holdings,...
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wikicommons / SkimstaThe world of large corporate funeral homes and cemeteries is about to see the dominant player become even more dominant. Service Corp. International (NYSE: SCI) has made an...
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ThinkstockAffymax Inc. (NASDAQ: AFFY) has been in more than trouble. Its very future is at stake as far as investors (and speculators) are concerned. The company is restructuring, but this...
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Jon Ogg3D Systems Corporation (NYSE: DDD) has done something you do not see all that often these days. The 3D printing player announced on Tuesday that its shareholders approved an increase in the...
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ThinkstockNetApp Inc. (NASDAQ: NTAP) is reporting its fourth-quarter corporate earnings and it is throwing in a larger share buyback plan and is initiating a dividend payment to support the news. The...
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courtesy of AppleApple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) set a record for its $17 billion debt offering in the last month, but the entire borrowing could have been avoided if there was not such a high corporate...
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ThinkstockAlcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) remains a top stock to watch for US investors because the company has managed to hold on to its DJIA component status, and because it is the first DJIA component to...
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ThinkstockDodd-Frank, the Volcker Rule, and other bank regulations have been ongoing and increasing in the years after the great recession. Now we have a new communication from the Federal Reserve...
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Jon OggChemed Corp. (NYSE: CHE) is a very strange company. Imagine owning the Roto Rooter drain cleaning and plumbing company AND owning a for-profit hospice provider. Now a Department of Justice...
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courtesy of Apple Inc.Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) made news this week with a record $17 billion corporate bond offering. What is so different about this offering is that it is meant to fund its...
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Jon OggBiotech stocks come and go as far as the flavor of the day for investors. While many of these companies are risky, and while many are too risky for many investors, what investors need to know...
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ThinkstockThe latest recovery in the price of gold is not helping gold miners as much as some investors might think. In fact. Moody’s Investors Service just issued a corporate credit rating...
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Jon OggCitigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) is defying the market trends so far on Wednesday as the company’s annual shareholder meeting. The bank is still in what will be a multiyear turnaround. At the...
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