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Thinkstock24/7 Wall St. has been tracking companies that raise their dividends for quite some time. This week both oil giants Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) and Chevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX) are reporting...
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ThinkstockThe Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced on Monday that it has entered into a what is a called a non-prosecution agreement (NPA) with Ralph Lauren Corp. (NYSE: RL). What is...
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This last week was a reminder that terrorism is far from gone. The dual bombs at the Boston Marathon were followed by ricin poison letters in the Senate and the White House mail rooms in Washington...
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Jon OggThe world of Master Limited Partnerships (or MLPs) has to go through adjustments from time to time as investors sometimes wonder about their tax consequences at a time when the government is...
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Jon OggThe great mystery and puzzlement behind Bitcoin may already be fading or disappearing. We recently questioned what the value would be for the price of gold or the price silver, based on...
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courtesy of IBMInternational Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) is set to report earnings this Thursday, and we have Big Blue as one of our top DJIA expected dividend hikes for the month of April....
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ThinkstockIf you have been following the coverage of Bitcoin this week, you have seen a frenzy level come about. The reality is that someone is trying to tell you that the value of a virtual buck may...
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Jon OggSo far, 2013 has been a great year for equity investors. With both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 Index trading up in the double-digits, we wanted to take a look at those...
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Courtesy of Tesla MotorsBuying a Tesla sports car or a Model S sedan is truly a privilege. The cost of the nearly zero-emission electric vehicle is not ridiculous on the surface but is certainly not...
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ThinkstockIf you were as actively monitoring the financial giants as we were during the financial meltdown, you know all about the woes of Fannie Mae (FNMA). So when news came out this morning that...
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courtesy Dell Inc.Michael Dell may walk out on his partnership with Silver Lake, a marriage created to make a leveraged buyout (LBO) of Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL), to join a rival bid from Blackstone...
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Thinkstock24/7 Wall St. tries to evaluate what the cost of each major holiday will be, or what the economic contribution is. The National Retail Federation tallies each holiday up using data from...
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thinkstockLDK Solar Co. Ltd. (NYSE: LDK) remains a very challenged company. This is to the point that the Chinese solar players is raising cash yet again in an amount that is small enough that you...
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24/7 Wall St. has been delivering readers many lists of stocks that offer upside as the S&P 500 Index and Dow Jones Industrial Average are within striking distance of all-time highs. The DJIA an...
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ThinkstockIt is very frequent that companies get a boost from a novel series or from a movie series. It can be huge business. It can also be a sword that cuts two ways, and that is what we are...
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