You Got Into College! Now, Let's Figure Out How to Pay For It
Filed under: College, Financial Aid, Education Shutterstock / zimmytws Congratulations! Your high school senior just got accepted into college. Yours, and quite a few others -- a large fraction of...
View ArticleHigh Court Grounds Plaintiff's Frequent Flier Lawsuit
Filed under: U.S. Government, Transportation & Logistics, Travel Industry, Scandals and Lawsuits, Investing Justin Sullivan/Getty Images WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a...
View ArticleDon't Panic: 5 Tips for Stress-Free Last-Minute Tax Returns
Filed under: Taxes, Income Tax, IRS, Tax Refunds Alamy It happens every year. You promise yourself that you won't wait until the last moment to file your federal tax return. But then life intrudes, and...
View ArticleAfter Market: Onward and Upward as We Wait for Jobs Numbers
Filed under: Earnings, Market News, Mergers & Acquisitions, Investing Stocks drifted in and out of the plus column Wednesday, but ended with solid gains. Investors pulled in the reins a bit in...
View Article3 Stocks That Escaped Biotech's March Madness
Filed under: Investing March was pretty rough for the biotech sector, but there were a few biotech stocks that soared. Among them were Agios Pharmaceuticals , Chimerix, Inc. , and Portola...
View ArticleUniversal Display Corporation Will Benefit As OLED TV Prices Fall
Filed under: Investing When LG first released its first curved, 55-inch OLED television in stores last August, its picture wasn't the only stunning thing about it. That beautiful screen also came with...
View Article3 Reasons Amazon Fire TV Should Crush Apple TV
Filed under: Investing Amazon.com introduced its new Fire TV streaming device yesterday at a media event in New York. The Fire TV is the same price as Apple's market-leading Apple TV device at $99 a...
View ArticleInvestors Drop Barnes & Noble, Following Liberty Media
Filed under: Investing U.S. stocks were little changed on Thursday, as the benchmark S&P 500 climbed down a bit from yesterday's record high with an 0.1% loss. The narrower Dow Jones Industrial...
View ArticleHow Far Will Barnes and Noble Fall?
Filed under: Investing Barnes and Noble was the biggest loser on the New York Stock Exchange today, with shares falling more than 13% on news that Liberty Media , which purchased a large stake in...
View ArticleMemo to Apple: Here's Your Next Big Thing
Filed under: Investing Apple has the opportunity to build share and boost margins by creating a new smartphone market -- the super-premium segment -- a strategy that aligns with the company's history...
View ArticleWhy E*Trade, Facebook, and First Solar Are Today's 3 Worst Stocks
Filed under: Investing The stock market was nearly unchanged on Thursday, as five market sectors advanced, and five sectors declined. All three major indexes ended the day nearly precisely where they...
View ArticleMicrosoft Rips a Page From Android's Playbook, Blows the Tablet Market Wide Open
Filed under: Investing Microsoft is not a big name in mobile computing today. Sure, the company made its own line of Surface tablets running Microsoft Windows, and Nokia has long spearheaded Redmond's...
View ArticleWhy Kellogg, Intuitive Surgical, and King Digital Entertainment Jumped Today
Filed under: Investing Thursday was a disappointing day for investors, as early flirtations with all-time record highs for the Dow and S&P 500 eventually gave way to modest losses for the two...
View ArticleGeneral Motors Company's Latest Move to Out-Do Ford
Filed under: Investing GM's new engine family, which includes the 1.5-liter, 1.4-liter, and 1.0-liter models shown, is aimed squarely at GM's biggest rivals. Photo credit: General Motors Co. A few...
View ArticleYelp's Day in Court
Filed under: Investing Shares of the consumer review website Yelp are falling today, after the Federal Trade Commission said it has received more than 2,000 complaints about the company during the past...
View ArticleCarMax's Earnings: What to Watch
Filed under: Investing In this segment from Thursday's Investor Beat, Motley Fool analyst Jason Moser tells investors what he'll be looking for when CarMax reports earnings tomorrow morning. The...
View ArticleInvestor Beat -- The Failure of the Nook
Filed under: Investing Barnes and Noble was the biggest loser on the New York Stock Exchange today, with shares falling more than 13% on news that Liberty Media, which purchased a large stake in Barnes...
View ArticlePlug Power's Smart Buy
Filed under: Investing Shares of Plug Power are up yet again today, after the fuel-cell company that many investors see as a play in electric vehicles garnered massive returns, and showed investors an...
View ArticleWhy Barnes & Noble, Liquidity Services, and Facebook Tumbled Today
Filed under: Investing Investors began the day Thursday hoping for a record close for both the S&P 500 and the Dow, and early on, it looked like the market would deliver on those hopes. Yet, by the...
View ArticleDown 20%: Plummeting Pot Stock Scandal
Filed under: Investing For investors continuing to search for a dominant player to invest in to get early exposure to the nascent marijuana industry in the U.S., today's crash for Cannavest may serve...
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