3 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...
View ArticleShould You Bet on the Action at Elizabeth Arden?
Filed under: Investing Source: Elizabeth Arden. Shareholders in cosmetics giant Elizabeth Arden have been waiting for any sliver of good news to send the company's share price higher, after it has...
View ArticleMicrosoft Slashes Xbox One Price and Frees Netflix From Xbox Live
Filed under: Investing Microsoft recently made two bold moves addressing two common complaints about the Xbox One -- its high price tag and the Xbox Live Gold requirement to access popular apps like...
View ArticleObama's on a Winning Streak in Drive to Curb Air Pollution
Filed under: Investing This article was written by Oilprice.com -- the leading provider of energy news in the world. The Obama administration has won its third court victory on air pollution...
View ArticleFreeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc Makes First Step Toward Debt Reduction
Filed under: Investing Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold's ambitious goal to reduce its debt from the current $19.8 billion to $12 billion in 2016 needs robust action. Falling copper prices and...
View ArticleTobacco Becomes a Hub of M&A Rumor Activity
Filed under: Investing Despite the growth of the electronic cigarette market, the tobacco industry must still deal with the immediacy of declining sales of traditional combustibles. That's leading to...
View ArticleSodaStream's U.S. Sales Take a Hit in Q1
Filed under: Investing SodaStream reported its first-quarter earnings before the market opened today. For the three-month period ended March 31, SodaStream posted a profit of $0.08 per diluted share,...
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