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The Missing Half of the Fraction

James Berman | Posted 04.03.2013 | Business
James Berman

No one would buy or sell real estate without knowing both sides of the fraction. I wouldn't recommend it with stocks either.

America Saves Week Should Put the Focus on Earning

Steve Siebold | Posted 05.04.2013 | Business
Steve Siebold

The greatest way to earn money is to find a problem to solve. And if you can find a problem to solve using your talents and what you're passionate about, building wealth will be a much easier process.

UBS Posts Major Loss On Scandals, Lawsuits

AP | JOHN HEILPRIN | Posted 04.07.2013 | Business

GENEVA — Switzerland's biggest bank, UBS AG, posted Tuesday a 1.9 billion francs ($2.1 billion) loss for the fourth quarter in the wake of a ser...

College Is Not Inoculation

Jared Bernstein | Posted 04.03.2013 | Business
Jared Bernstein

While college completion certainly gives you a solid leg up, both in terms of jobs and earnings, it doesn't inoculate you against global wage arbitrage, accelerating labor-saving technology, and high unemployment.

People Are Actually Buying This Thing

Reuters | Ritsuko Ando | Posted 03.12.2013 | Technology

* Shares rise 10.8 pct * Achieved underlying profitability in Q4, beating earlier forecast * CEO under pressure to show...

Walmart's Bribery Likely Not Limited To Mexico

AP | ANNE D'INNOCENZIO | Posted 01.15.2013 | Business

NEW YORK — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. reported a 9 percent increase in net income for the third quarter, but revenue for the world's largest retailer ...

Good News For Them Is Good News For Everyone

Reuters | Posted 01.13.2013 | Business

* Earnings of 74 cents a share beat 70-cent Wall Street view * Sales rise nearly 5 percent, exceed analysts' estimates *...

Time to Panic Over the Pullback?

Michael Farr | Posted 10.26.2012 | Business
Michael Farr

Is it likely that the Dow Jones Industrial Average is flirting with five-year highs right before we are about to go into recession? The answer is obviously no, but there is another factor that has been introduced into the equation.

There's A Crisis And For Once, It's Not America's Fault

The Huffington Post | Mark Gongloff | Posted 10.24.2012 | Business

Thing One: Rest Of World Gets Even With America For Financial Crisis: The global economy is a mess, and for once it's not America's fault. But Amer...

A Worried Investor Is a Bullish Investor

Michael Farr | Posted 10.19.2012 | Business
Michael Farr

That investors are far from bullish may indicate more life and potential upside to this market rally. But nobody really knows. The third quarter saw quality blue chips enjoy better relative performance. As our posture remains defensive, we hope that this beneficial trend will continue.

Corporate America Is Doing Terribly, But All Its CEOs Are Claiming 'We Made Good Progress'

Reuters | Posted 12.20.2012 | Business

* In latest 24 hours, most missed on revenue and/or profit * Most companies so far have missed on revenue estimates By B...

Nine Embarrassing Things That Should Never Have Been Published

Posted 10.19.2012 | Business

Google released its third quarter earnings Thursday afternoon. Too bad they came a few hours ahead of when the company had scheduled to publish them. ...

Good News For GE

AP | JONATHAN FAHEY | Posted 12.19.2012 | Business

NEW YORK — General Electric Co.'s transformation into a more simple industrial company seems to be helping its bottom line. The top line, thoug...

The Vampire Squid Is Doing Just Fine

AP | CHRISTINA REXRODE | Posted 12.16.2012 | Business

NEW YORK — Goldman Sachs turned in third-quarter earnings Tuesday that easily beat analysts' estimates, but the bank's mood seemed more cautious...

Move Over Libor, Corporate Earnings Are Manipulated Too

Posted 10.10.2012 | Business

A warning to those following earnings season closely: Don't trust what you read. About 20 percent of companies ā€œmanageā€ their books to mischar...

Jack Welch Has Some Experience With Dubious Numbers

Mark Gongloff | Posted 12.10.2012 | Business
Mark Gongloff

A little-remembered episode in General Electric history illustrates just how dangerous it is for former CEO Jack Welch to accuse the government of manipulating unemployment numbers.

You Won't Believe How Much Money It Takes For Americans To Feel Happy

The Huffington Post | Khadeeja Safdar | Posted 06.20.2012 | Business

To most, success doesn't mean a six-figure salary. In fact, the majority of American workers would be content with average level earnings, accordi...

Dimon Cutters

Michael Farr | Posted 06.14.2012 | Business
Michael Farr

No matter what anyone tells you, it stands to reason that this European crisis is significant and will be around for quite a while longer. What will markets do?

How JPMorgan Is Trying To Make Up For That Huge Trading Loss

Reuters | Posted 07.29.2012 | Business

(Repeating item with no changes to headline or text) * JPMorgan sold estimated $25 billion in securities * Sales to prop...

These High-Paying Jobs Don't Require A College Degree

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 07.13.2012 | Business

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that you can still make a boatload of money without a bachelor's degree. You don't even have to be Mark Zuk...

Toyota's Bold Predicition

AP | YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 05.09.2012 | Business

TOKYO -- Toyota's quarterly profit more than quadrupled to 121 billion yen ($1.5 billion), and the automaker gave upbeat forecasts as it recovers from...

April Employment Showers

Max Fraad Wolff | Posted 07.08.2012 | Business
Max Fraad Wolff

The first quarter of 2012 has been a wild ride. After an inexplicably strong late 2011 and early 2011 the flow of macro data has turned dramatically less encouraging.

Oil Spill Still Weighing On BP

Reuters | Posted 06.30.2012 | Business

* Q1 replacement cost net ex one-offs $4.80 bln vs f'cast $5.10 bln * To sell 50,000 bbls/day output in Gulf of Mexico ...

GE Profits Plunge

Reuters | Posted 06.20.2012 | Business

April 20 (Reuters) - General Electric Co posted an 11.6 percent decline in quarterly profit, weighed down by a charge for the company's exit of its ...

Further Gains for the Banks?

Michael Farr | Posted 06.19.2012 | Business
Michael Farr

The dramatic rebound in bank stocks is a reflection of just how depressed the sector had become. So has the opportunity passed, or should we continue to expect outsized gains from the sector?