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ThinkstockMerely mentioning the word “union” along with labor can become a controversial and heated topic. We are going to leave the union versus non-union debate up to the readers, but new data...
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ThinkstockIf you have heard of the growing burden of student loans on society, there is a new report out from the U.S. Census Bureau that coincides with this trend. This is the growing rates of...
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ThinkstockMany investors follow and track inflows and outflows of investor funds. After all, following the trends where the money is headed is nothing new. But what about not worrying about all of...
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The nation does not know what is coming down the pipe on gun control. After the Newtown massacre, everyone knows and is braced for some form of gun control. President Obama appointed Vice President...
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Earlier this morning we ran a piece showing that gun and ammunition sales have blasted off since the Newtown massacre. The reality is that gun, ammo and magazine sales went into an overdrive, and...
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Thinkstock The outcry about overpaid CEOs has gone on for years as the financial press combs SEC statements for outlandish pay packages that sometime run into the tens of millions of dollars. Often...
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ThinkstockThere is a nearly endless number of criteria that measure how well CEOs perform, whether they are paid fairly, and what metrics should be used for determining chief executive compensation....
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ThinkstockAbercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF) posted an unusually strong quarter, and its stock rose from $31 to $42 in two days as a result. CEO Mike Jeffries took much of the credit, as he should...
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ThinkstockIf you have ever heard of retailers getting more and more desperate to capture your Christmas and holiday spending dollars, 2012 is going to take the cake. Two holidays have generally been...
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Former Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) CEO Vikram Pandit will be paid approximately $6.7 million as he departs the company. Former chief operating officer John Havens, will receive slightly more, according...
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ThinkstockIn 2011, men working full-time earned a median of $48,765. Women earned just $38,373. That difference of more than $10,000 only tells part of the story of the continuing gender wage gap in...
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As corporate earnings are disappointing and as the economy remains very sluggish, companies are announcing big waves of layoffs. Some have said that the layoffs this time of year are seasonal, as...
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It was twenty-five years ago today that the 1987 stock market crash came. Fortunes were lost on that day, but fortunes were also made in the aftermath. The NYSE was said to be capable of trading...
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This is no case of Bernie Madoff, but the Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a former $1 billion hedge fund advisory firm and two executives with “scheming to overvalue assets under...
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If the brand of Lance Armstrong was a stock, let’s just be nice say that the value would have tanked. The reality is that the exchange would have probably halted trading if it was public. After the...
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