Friday's Top 50 Investing News & Stories
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Currency markets are steady on Friday after word that one of Portugal’s largest banks may be in dire straits initially drove investors toward safe-haven assets. The eurozone crisis flashback was prompted by concerns over the financial st...
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“Social impact investing as a model is working, but the world’s poorest people still pay the most for things like clean water and basic health services,” explained Dr. Rajiv Shah, Administrator of USAID. In an interview, we discussed Dr....
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Shares of the Lorillard Tobacco Company (LO) were up +3.41 or +5.40 percent to $66.50 per share in pre-market trading this morning. The stock is up after news early today that revealed Imperial Tobacco had confirmed it was in talks with ...
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As you likely know, conventional wisdom advocates the concept of delaying your Social Security benefit as long as possible. This shouldn’t be a surprise - many financial advisors have espoused this concept for maximizing the retirement ...
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Equity futures were off their best levels, but the stock market today still appeared headed for a higher start after being pressured by woes at a Portuguese bank Thursday. Nasdaq 100 futures rose 10 points vs. fair value, S&P 500 futures...
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Last month, Eugene Groysman made the case that Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ:GILD) can double its stock price because of high demand for its new Hepatitis-C drug, Sovaldi, even though it costs $84,000 per treatment. Eugene has an exceptional l...
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L'Oréal is the leading cosmetics and beauty care player globally and competes with other notable pure-play cosmetics manufacturers like Estee Lauder, Shiseido, Avon Products and Revlon. The company also competes with cosmetics products f...
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CVS Caremark opened its 35th MinuteClinic in Pennsylvania but its first in York County, earlier this week. The CVS MinuteClinic joins in a range of walk-in clinics that are offered in York County, including WellSpan’s ReadyCare, MedExpre...
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Yingli Green Energy is China's largest solar panel manufacturer by volumes. Although the company has seen its volumes soar over the last few years, driven by burgeoning demand for solar panels worldwide, it remains one of the few tier-1 ...
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The Affordable Care Act, signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23 2010, offers growth opportunity for companies like ADP and Paychex. The Employer Shared Responsibility provision of the ACA is of primary importance to these ...
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Qualcomm retained its lead position, accounting for 66% of the $4.7 billion (2.5% annual growth) global cellular baseband processor market, in Q1 2014. With a 15% and 5% market share, MediaTek and Spectrum Communications occupied the sec...
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You’ve heard that baby boomers, as well as Generations X and Y, are behind on their retirement savings, right? These demographics are regularly bludgeoned in the media and by the financial industry’s marketing machine for their negligenc...
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In the first of this two-part series, we discussed the amazing amount of leverage you can gain — even in the case of an apparently floundering retirement scenario — by moving from a higher cost-of-living area to a lower one. I fully rec...
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Carlos Slim, Latin America’s wealthiest businessman, is on the move. According to the Financial Times, “Carlos Slim is to break up the América Móvil empire he has built in Mexico over nearly a quarter of a century, selling a large chunk ...
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oo often we take a short-term approach, to our long-term detriment. There is a reason we don't see infomercials selling dividend growth investment strategies. For those looking to get rich now, a disciplined approach to investing that fo...
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The stories from around the Web that our market strategist is reading online
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A diversity of opinion and skills can create an environment that fosters innovative pension management and good governance.
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While Papa Murphy's was prepping its IPO, a quiet battle was in play behind the scenes to satisfy store owners unhappy with their low sales. Here's what the company's been doing to mend fences.
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Filed under: Investing It's no secret that airline profit margins are low -- around 2.4% worldwide -- or that first-class and business-class fares are where the airlines actually make money. That's why formerly all-egalitarian value carr...
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Filed under: Investing The Tile Shop 's shares fell 11% yesterday despite no news coming from the company. Instead, investors were spooked by a big profit warning from a seemingly unrelated retailer: Lumber Liquidators . The hardwood fl...
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Filed under: Investing Fantasy football is booming. An estimated 28 million people now play a game that less than two decades ago was enjoyed by only diehard fans and stat geeks. And real football is doing just fine, too. The NFL likely ...
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Filed under: Investing Answer this question in one word: what does Starbucks sell? Easy right, coffee. For the most part, you'd be right. In 2013, 74% of the sales in Starbucks' company-operated stores came from beverages. Another 6% c...
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Filed under: Investing There is plenty of debate about how Disney /Marvel's Universe should proceed into its third cinematic "phase," which kicks off with the release of Ant-Man in July 2015. There are plenty of rumors about solo films f...
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Filed under: Investing Let's take a look at today's top stories in biotech and health care. Keep an eye out for Johnson & Johnson and Sarepta Therapeutics . Analysts are optimistic about Johnson & Johnson's second quarter earni...
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Filed under: Investing Author J.K. Rowling has said she won't write another book about Harry Potter, but recent actions suggest she might change her mind sooner rather than later. The author, who went from unknown to one of the best-sell...
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Filed under: Investing In its early days, Starbucks sold only coffee beans. The company's original owners fretted about adding coffee by the cup, and they likely would have been appalled by a Double Chocolaty Chip Frappuccino. But since ...
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Filed under: Investing Spectra Energy Partners has a pretty big appetite for growth right now. With more than $3 billion in gas transmission projects slated to come online between now and 2016, it's positioning itself to be one of the do...
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Filed under: Investing Apple reports earnings on July 22, after market close. As usual, the event will be closely watched. While there will be a number of hot metrics to watch, one will tell the story of Apple stock better than any other...
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Filed under: Investing The year 2008 and beyond has been an investing paradise for long term, buy-and-hold types -- aka Fools. But as the saying goes, what got you here won't necessarily get you there. What should investors do as the sto...
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Lost IRS Emails? Turns Out Lois Lerner's Texts Might Show Even More. When Lerner Asked If Texts Were Saved, They Said No. "Perfect," said Lerner.
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Filed under: Investing Think PayPal is going to takeover the payments industry? It turns out there's one area of Visa 's business that isn't discussed often, but could be exactly what it needs to further ensure its industry dominanc...
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Filed under: Investing Soccer is the most popular sport on the planet, and FIFA is its gatekeeper. The international body has governed the beautiful game for more than a century, though its grip may be loosening. Between match-fixing all...
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Filed under: Investing Warning: This article contains Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 1 spoilers! B.J. Britt as Agent Triplett (second from left) has been spotted on the set of The Avengers: Age of Ultron , Credit: Disney/ABC Season 2 of...
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Caesars Entertainment missed out on the Asia boom and has paid a heavy price. The company, whose flagship Caesars Palace became synonymous with Las Vegas decadent luxury, has been surpassed by Strip rivals that got Macau licenses and is ...
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Jia Yueting of Leshi Internet Information and Technology topped the new annual list of China’s best CEOs announced on Monday by Forbes China, the licensed Chinese-language edition of Forbes. Jia, the chairman and CEO, has turned the co...
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China’s large corporations are continuing their multi-year ascent in the global economy. According to this year’s list of Fortune Global 500 Companies, 95 Chinese corporations made the list, up from 89 last year, 73 two years ago, and 34...
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Drug maker may look to an acquisition of its own in bid to fend of Valeant
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Retirees have no control over the market but they can tailor their strategy to minimize the risks
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Silver hit a three-month high of $21.55 per ounce this morning, seemingly due to Iraq tension and the release of the Fed's June meeting minutes.
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Will a last-minute bid from the London Metal Exchange and Autilla be able to oust the one put forward by Thomson Reuters and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange?
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Stocks recovered from an ugly start Thursday but couldn't erase all of the day's losses. The Nasdaq lost 0.5%, an improvement from a 1.5% skid early in the day. The S&P 500 fell 0.4%. The IBD 50 slid 0.6%. Volume fell on the Nasdaq but r...
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The Utah Division of Oil, Gas and Mining added some wind to Potash Ridge's sails this week with its approval of the company's notice of intention to start large mining operations at the Blawn Mountain potash project in Utah.
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The Omega Advisors founder barely missed matching the S&P’s performance with his picks from last year’s Delivering Alpha conference.
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There is more than just one type of lithium ion-battery, and not all are created equal. Lithium Investing News looks at six types of lithium-ion batteries, as well as their compositions and common uses.
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We look for Canadian financial stocks with long-term upside potential
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Filed under: Investing Well... that was awkward. Just when you thought it was fine to go back in the water and all the European debt crisis worries of 2012 were behind us, a Portuguese bank made a bigger "oops" than the Portuguese nation...
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Filed under: Investing It is admittedly surprising to see that Intel is having such a tough time ramping its upcoming Broadwell processor into high volumes. It's clear that Intel's aggressive goals for pursuing significantly improved tra...
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After sifting through results from 3 retailers, Cramer thinks the takeaway for investors is clear.
