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The following is an excerpt from Brendan Conway | March 11, 2013 | Barrons.com |
The technology sector as a source of dividends? It’s no substitute for higher-yielding stocks and bonds. It’s no “staid” investment. But it’s the reason there’s a Nasdaq Technology Dividend Index.
A week from today the technology-dividend index ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from Leah Schnurr | March 5, 2013 | Reuters.com |
(Reuters) - Market professionals sometimes deride it as a relic, deeply flawed in its structure, useful mostly as the man-on-the-street's window on the stock market.
But the old man of Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrial average ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from David Zielenziger | February 17, 2013 | ibtimes.com |
When Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL) reports fourth-quarter results late Tuesday, millions of customers as well as investors might come to understand why Chairman Michael S. Dell is so determined to complete the $24.4 billion leveraged buyout of ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from KOPIN TAN | February 16, 2013 | Barrons.com |
If a bargain is something you don't need at a price you can't resist, then buyout firms' circling of Nasdaq suggests one thing: The exchange operator's price tag is tempting.
The Carlyle Group —whose shares (ticker: CG) ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from Tiernan Ray | February 13, 2013 | Barrons.com |
Networking equipment titan Cisco Systems (CSCO) this afternoon reported fiscal Q2 revenue in line and earnings per share that topped consensus.
Revenue in the three months ended in January rose to $12.1 billion, yielding EPS of 51 ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from Reuters.com | February 5, 2013 |
(Reuters) - The government is seeking $5 billion in its civil lawsuit against Standard & Poor's, accusing the ratings service of defrauding investors, in one of the most ambitious cases yet from the Justice Department over conduct tied to ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from ANDREW BARY | January 19, 2013 | Barrons.com |
Thanks to a second-half flourish, Barron's stock selections finished 2012 comfortably ahead of the market.
Shares of the 121 companies that were the subject of favorable articles during 2012 rose an average of 9%, more than double ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from Matt Nesto | January 17, 2013 | Yahoo.com |
It has been a hard six weeks for Boeing (BA). The world's largest commercial airplane manufacturer has been besieged by a growing list of malfunctions and mishaps on its brand new Dreamliner 787 and has also ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from Michael Aneiro | January 11, 2013 | Barrons.com |
Loomis Sayles today echoes the popular sentiment that bond investors can expect decent, albeit very modest, returns in 2013. From Loomis macro strategist Thomas Fahey:
The math of fixed income returns becomes more difficult with a steady ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from Ian Salisbury | January 8, 2013 | Smartmoney.com |
Dividend investors came out of the fiscal-cliff deal relatively unscathed — a development experts say may spur companies to make bigger payments in 2013.
Investors applauded the compromise in Congress, which kept the dividend tax rate at ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from David Zielenziger | January 7, 2013 | IBtimes.com |
When the current head of the services unit of International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) retires next quarter, CEO Virginia Rometty has determined two heads will be better than one.
Michael E. Daniels, 57, who’s been senior ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from Maria Konnikova | January 3, 2012 | Slate.com |
I do not think like Sherlock Holmes. Not in the least. That was the rather disheartening conclusion I reached while researching a book on the detective’s mental prowess. I’d hoped to discover that I had the ... Read More
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