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If you can count on the Europeans to invent one thing, it is the invention of taxation. The latest effort by the European Commission is one that is just baffling if you have been watching the...
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Imperial Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: IFT) is a company that many have never heard of, but the company is in the news in a manner it probably never wanted to be. On Tuesday evening it announced that it...
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The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced that the national securities exchanges and FINRA are filing proposals in a move to revise the current stock market circuit breakers in an effort...
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Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. (NASDAQ: OMEX) is far from your ordinary company. This is a public treasure hunting outfit. Really. The company is generally not much of an equity trading...
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When news hits the street of another patent lawsuit, the characteristic reaction of some investors is to dump the defendant’s stock as quickly as possible. Those sales inevitably depress the...
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If there is one single obvious trend you need to burn into your brain regarding retail it is this: DOLLAR STORES!!! After that it is discount stores. Even though dollar stores are no longer...
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The American Jobs Act is a bill which is supposed to be “fully paid for.” It isn’t. In the attack on wealth at all costs, the measure to tax municipal bond interest for the wealthy ($200K...
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The Census Bureau is out with the 2010 figures on income, poverty, and health insurance. About all you can hope for is that 2011 is magically better than 2010 because many of the figures are...
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It was just under ten years ago that I was in Spain and Portugal for a vacation and a day of running with the bulls in Pampalona. Unlike most trips to Europe, there was a handy difference. The...
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The Federal Reserve has released its reading on consumer credit with an increase for July showing an annual growth rate of 6%. What Ben Bernanke keeps talking about is lower household spending and...
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It is no secret that the market volatility has many investors rattled. What is very counter-intuitive is that many companies are continuing with most or all of their investor friendly plans...
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Groupon, Inc. has filed its second amendment to its initial public offering and the data contains some updates on the financials. The company will trade under the “GRPN” ticker. This remains...
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Financial markets have been reeling as investors grow more concerned about the economy: An S&P downgrade of the full faith and credit of the United States, dismal GDP data, and ongoing weak...
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You have now seen that the Senate followed the House in the vote to raise the debt ceiling. The credit ratings agencies are still lingering out there over how to rate the creditworthiness of the...
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If you have been a reader of 24/7 Wall St. for long, you know that we appreciate companies that pay dividends just about as much the investors who buy companies because of their great dividends. ...
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