AT&T In Talks to Buy DirecTV for Nearly $50 Billion
Filed under: Technology, Media, Mergers & Acquisitions, Entertainment Industry, Investing Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg via Getty Images By Soyoung Kim and Ronald Grover NEW YORK and LOS ANGELES --...
View ArticleNetflix at $8.99 is Still a Bargain
Filed under: Company News, Netflix, Amazon.com, Stocks, Music & Entertainment Paul Schiraldi/Netflix/APThe second season of "Orange Is the New Black" debuts on Netflix on June 6. Binge viewing is...
View ArticleSmall-Business Confidence Springs Back to Pre-Crisis Levels
Filed under: Small Business, Economic Indicators, GDP, Economic Recovery, Small Business Advice M. Spencer Green/AP By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON --U.S. small-business sentiment jumped to its highest...
View ArticleCredit Suisse Deal to Settle Tax Probe Could Top $2 Billion
Filed under: Company News, U.S. Government, Banks, Scandals and Lawsuits Anja Niedringhaus/APCredit Suisse Group Chairman Urs Rohner By Karen Freifeld and Aruna Viswanatha NEW YORK and WASHINGTON --...
View ArticleWeak Retail Sales Cast Shadow on U.S. Growth Outlook
Filed under: Retail, Economic Indicators, Inflation, Economic Recovery, Investing LM Otero/AP By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON -- U.S. retail sales barely rose in April, tempering hopes of a sharp...
View ArticleMoney Minute: Price of Beer Hops Up; Google Loses EU Battle
Filed under: Market News, Housing Market, Food & Beverage, Internet, Scandals and Lawsuits The cost of increasingly popular craft beers could be hopping higher. If you're a beer aficionado, you...
View Article3 Ways to Create Better Financial Habits
Filed under: Budgeting, Planning, Financial Education Alamy There's a wildly popular notion that it takes just 21 days for a person to build a new habit. But since the idea first went viral back in the...
View ArticleWhy Sears Should Just Call It Quits
Filed under: Company News, Amazon.com, Retail, Shopping, Consumer Goods Scott Olson/Getty ImagesCustomers leave Sears' flagship store in downtown Chicago in January. The store closed last month. By...
View ArticlePlease Sir, Can We Pay Some More? Why Swedes Love High Taxes
Filed under: Global Economy, Government Spending, Economy Rolf_52/Shutterstock Imagine a land where politicians regularly propose tax increases at election time to get votes. That's Sweden, with its...
View ArticleWarren Buffett's Win-Win Deal with Bank of America Corp
Filed under: Investing Given its size and importance to the U.S. economy, is always in the news. Recently, the company came under scrutiny for revealing a miscalculation of its assets -- the result,...
View ArticleMeet the Analyst Who Upgraded Whole Foods
Filed under: Investing Last week was not a pleasant time to be a Whole Foods Market shareholder. On Wednesday, Whole Foods reported fiscal second-quarter earnings that missed analyst estimates on both...
View ArticleWhy Does Clean Energy Fuels Own a Compressor Company? CEO Andrew Littlefair...
Filed under: Investing Clean Energy Fuels doesn't have to manufacture its own compressors, but co-founder and CEO Andrew Littlefair says owning the source of a major component makes strategic sense....
View ArticlePPI Shows a Tick Up in Wholesale Inflation
Filed under: EconomyThe Producer Price Index (PPI) measures wholesale inflation, and the April readings are mostly in line with those from March. The headline PPI for final demand was up 0.6% in April,...
View ArticleWednesday's Top Health Care Stories: Isis Pharmaceuticals, Enzymotec, Incyte,...
Filed under: Investing Let's take a look at four stocks -- Isis Pharmaceuticals , Enzymotec , Incyte , and AstraZeneca -- that could make waves across the health-care sector this Wednesday morning....
View ArticleMarathon Oil Corporation Is Sprinting Back to America
Filed under: Investing It was another great quarter for Marathon Oil , as investments in American operations resulted in strong liquids production growth. Three shale plays in particular, the Eagle...
View ArticleWhy Comcast Should Be Happy About the AT&T Deal
Filed under: Investing Telecom giant AT&T might acquire satellite TV company DIRECTV . Should investors fear this deal? Today on Investor Beat, Chris Hill and Motley Fool analyst Mike Olsen talk...
View ArticleBlackBerry Is Taking New Aim at Old Territory
Filed under: Investing BlackBerry's Z3 on the company's Indonesia website. Source: BlackBerry. This week, BlackBerry launched the new Z3 in Indonesia, focusing on a previously lucrative market for the...
View ArticleMicrosoft Corporation Just Saved the Xbox One
Filed under: Investing Microsoft announced several major changes to its Xbox One video game console on Tuesday, all of which should make the device far more attractive to gamers. Although Microsoft has...
View ArticleAs U.S. Oil Imports Decline, Questions About Oil Exports Are Raised
Filed under: Investing This article was written by Oilprice.com -- the leading provider of energy news in the world. U.S. crude oil imports are down 23 percent since production from tight oil plays...
View Article1 More Connected Car Threat for Sirius XM
Filed under: Investing General Motors is about to throw some serious weight behind the connected car revolution, and Ma Bell is calling shotgun. Starting with the 2015 Chevy Malibu that hits showrooms...
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