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Since it began tracking US economic confidence in 2008, Gallup has never gotten a net positive result. A reading above zero indicates that Americans are gaining confidence in the country’s economic...
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Even if the growth is muted and even if employment remains pressured, things have continued to improve in America. It turns out that not everyone expects the recovery to last. A release from...
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While not breaking news at this point, there is something that is front and center in banking when it comes to overdraft fees. To many consumers, overdraft fees are simply nothing more than a tax...
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The long slow death march at Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: SHLD) is turning into a case study of what not do. Putting a hedge fund manager in charge of a huge retailer, and then letting the...
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Does the euro live or die? That is the question of a 24/7 Wall St. poll that we are asking our readers to participate in. This is a million dollar question (or maybe 5 trillion euro question). The...
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Thursday was such a great day and the markets cheered endlessly as if the world is suddenly saved. With the DJIA having gone back over 12,000 and with the freshest economic data showing a less-bad...
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Russell Investments conducts investment fund manager surveys routinely, and there may be some good news for the cautious and timid bulls out there. In short, Russell’s survey noted that U.S....
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Investors and economists vary on how much credence they are willing to give to any single survey. The excessive bearishness of last week’s AAII survey came as the Dow Jones Industrial...
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Edited for closing bell levels… The Dow Jones Industrial Average went under 12,000 today for the first time since March 23, 2011 and we are now looking at six straight weeks of losses in...
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Sometimes press releases have the strangest things in them. Many individuals complain about corporate welfare, but we are curious to know if shareholders actually care about when the companies they...
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LinkedIn Corporation (NYSE: LNKD) is the IPO of the day in the U.S. and it is one more check-mark on our own TOP 17 IPOs TO WATCH IN 2011. The deal has priced and after it was raised by about...
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We are awaiting the upcoming initial public offering of LinkedIn Corporation. Apparently, investors are waiting as well. The new IPO range has been hiked and the company is looking to sell some...
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The most recent White House news is that no photos of Osama Bin Laden’s corpse will be released to the public. We have heard mixed reports all week about whether or not a photograph would be...
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Multiple reports are out that Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A)(NYSE: BRK-B) has been sued by a shareholder who is seeking disgorgement of David Sokol’s profits from Lubrizol Corporation (NYSE:...
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The extremely cold and snowy winter of 2010-2011 may be challenging the core case of global warming. The earth is warming, the greenhouse gases are rising, and the oceans are rising… Right? ...
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