This Supreme Court Case Just Saved the IRS Billions
Filed under: Investing The U.S. government relies on trillions of dollars in tax revenue to finance its operations. A key Supreme Court decision recently helped preserve billions of dollars in tax...
View ArticleThis Microsoft Corporation Deal May Trump Office for iOS
Filed under: Investing It's taken a while, but patient fans of Microsoft are finally beginning to see some signs of life, both from a new product and services perspective, as well as its stock price....
View ArticleEnergy XXI: Buying Accretive Growth Whether the Market Likes It or Not
Filed under: Investing A couple of weeks ago, Energy XXI bought EPL Oil & Gas in an accretive deal that initially sent the stock down. The stock has recovered to pre-announcement levels, but the...
View ArticleMost Americans Pay Their Children an Allowance. Here's Why You Should, Too.
Filed under: Investing Do you pay your children an allowance? If you do, you're not alone. According to a Harris Interactive poll released earlier this year, approximately 60% of parents with children...
View ArticleTesla Motors, Inc. Stock This Week: Titanium Armor and Concerned Analysts
Filed under: Investing A Tesla Motors stock sell-off continued this week, with the stock falling 7% -- down 13% for the month of March. The stock closed on Friday at $212.37. Notably, the decline...
View ArticleFiling Taxes in 2014: The Important Dates to Remember
Filed under: Investing Source: Wikimedia Commons. Have you ever tried reading the entire U.S. tax code? I hope not -- it's close to 74,000 pages long. While simplifying the document to a few pages is...
View ArticleCheck Off One More Task on Cliffs Natural Resources' Chromite Project
Filed under: Investing Let's just say it's but one checkbox ticked off in a long list of boxes needing checks. The Ontario government said it's signed an agreement with Matawa First Nations laying out...
View ArticleWhere Are the AMD Tablets?
Filed under: Investing It seems that every year AMD makes a pretty large fuss about a next-generation mobile product, but year after year these products don't materialize in many shipping designs....
View ArticleObamacare Deadline Nears: What You Need to Know
Filed under: Health Care, Personal Finance, U.S. Government, Barack Obama, Health Insurance Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images Monday is the deadline to sign up for private health insurance in...
View ArticleYellen Says Extraordinary Support Needed for 'Some Time'
Filed under: Economic Recovery, Job Market, Federal Reserve, Interest Rates, Investing The Asahi Shimbun via Getty ImagesFederal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen By Jeff Kearns and Craig Torres Federal...
View ArticleApple Drags Google Into the Courtroom With Samsung
Filed under: Investing The S&P 500 and the narrower Dow Jones Industrial Average were up 0.84% and 0.87%, respectively, as of 10:15 a.m. EDT. Despite some volatility, stocks have not strayed far...
View ArticleWeekend Box Office: 'Noah' Rides to Top Spot; Schwarzenegger's 'Sabotage' Flops
Filed under: Investing Despite controversy on a few fronts, Paramount's Noah managed to over-perform and battle its way to a strong opening weekend. Fellow new release Sabotage couldn't break the top...
View ArticleYellen Speech: Backing Away From Rate Hike Timeline
Filed under: EconomyJanet Yellen is still in her getting to know you phase of her tenure as Fed chairman. After spooking the markets at the last FOMC meeting on the timing of when interest rates will...
View Article3 Companies Leading the Charge in the U.S. Railroad Resurgence
Filed under: Investing A combination of both the domestic economic recovery and the oil-by-rail boom has been a shot in the arm for rail companies during the past year or so. This surging demand shows...
View ArticleThis Is the Biggest Week of 2014 for the U.S. Airline Industry
Filed under: Investing The past few days have been momentous for the U.S. airline industry. American Airlines and US Airways have just reached another key milestone in their merger integration, as US...
View ArticleIs Taco Bell Breakfast a True Challenge to McDonald's?
Filed under: Investing Taco Bell has started a breakfast war. If there was any question as to what company the Yum Brands' chain has targeted, those questions were answered when Taco Bell began...
View ArticleObamacare Website Stumbles on Last Day
Filed under: Health Care, Personal Finance, U.S. Government, Barack Obama, Health Insurance J. David Ake/AP By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration's health care website...
View ArticleHow These 3 Oil and Gas Companies Are Banking on Bakken Oil
Filed under: Investing When you think of the biggest oil-producing regions in the United States, the usual suspects come to mind. These might include the deep-water Gulf of Mexico, or onshore plays...
View ArticleThese 3 Quotes Show Why GameStop Is in Trouble
Filed under: Investing "We are often a really poorly understood company," Paul Raines, GameStop's CEO told CNBC on Friday. Raines is right -- if investors understood GameStop, they wouldn't have bid up...
View ArticleFalling Production and Rising Costs Put Pressure on Alamos Gold Inc
Filed under: Investing In times of falling gold prices, gold producers can sustain their cash flow levels by battling costs and increasing production levels. However, this is not the case for Alamos...
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