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courtesy of NvidiaElectronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) is going to see if a new chief executive officer will get its growth fortunes back on track. The video game giant has now confirmed that CEO John...
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ThinkstockIn a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today, investor Kirk Kerkorian’s Tracinda Corp. indicated that it may boost its stake in MGM Resorts International Inc....
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Wikimedia CommonsIt is probably of little comfort to existing shareholders that Citadel Investment Group is selling its remaining stake in E*Trade Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: ETFC). The near 10% stake...
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Courtesy Herbalife Ltd.William Ackman and Pershing Square Capital Management have released another presentation backing Ackman’s claim that Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE: HLF) is indeed a pyramid scheme....
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ThinkstockThe home building industry may have been left for dead after the mortgage debacle and recession of 2008, but it continues to help lead markets higher and heal a very anemic economy. Because...
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Courtesy Herbalife Ltd.In a press release this morning, the National Consumers League (NCL) called on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to “investigate recent allegations that the multi-level...
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courtesy Dell Inc.In a terse press release this morning, Carl Icahn’s Icahn Enterprises L.P. (NASDAQ: IEP) said that it has entered a confidentiality agreement with Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) and...
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ThinkstockSmithfield Foods Inc. (NYSE: SFD) is trading higher on word that a top shareholder called Continental Grain Co. has sent a letter urging the company to consider strategic alternatives....
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ThinkstockYou have heard of all sorts of bubbles in the financial world. There are instances like the housing bubble, a bond bubble, the dot-com bubble, the tech bubble, the private equity bubble,...
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ThinkstockNow that Carl Icahn has a toehold at Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) and fired off a letter to that company’s board on how shareholders should be treated, he’s getting down to business with...
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courtesy of DellDell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) may have a new activist investor in the fray. CNBC’s David Faber has now reported that Carl Icahn has reportedly taken a stake of close to 100 million...
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Jon Ogg24/7 Wall St. has tracked many stocks on the move in the last week. Now it is the weekend and this can be considered your weekend cheat sheet for the stocks you need to have your eye on come...
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White House Photo by Pete SouzaWarren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) has released his annual letter to shareholders. Investors will want to review the book value metric before...
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Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B) is releasing its annual results and the widely read annual letter to shareholders on Friday afternoon. 24/7 Wall St. is looking at the tea leaves to see what...
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SmartBalanceBoulder Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ: BDBD) was the top winner of our daily “Market Winners and Losers” earlier today as the stock was up 16%. That was at 10:48. Now shortly after 1:00 PM...
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