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Boeing Noses Down as the Dow Rises
Filed under: Investing The market was on an upswing in midafternoon, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising out of the red to go 32 points up as of 2:30 p.m. Twenty-one of the index's 30 member...
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McDonald's Has Bigger Problems Than Its Low-Wage Fight
Filed under: McDonald's, Earnings, Labor, Restaurants Nick Ut/AP You deserve a break today, McDonald's (MCD). The chain has posted three consecutive quarter of negative comparable-store sales for its...
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Chevron and Marathon Oil: A Match Made in Heaven?
Filed under: Investing Chevron and Marathon Oil sit at different ends of the market. Chevron is an oil behemoth, struggling to drive output growth and replace falling production. Marathon, on the...
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This Cisco Supplier's Outstanding Run Isn't Over Yet
Filed under: Investing As chipmaker Cavium's fortunes are closely tied to Cisco , the stock was in the doldrums earlier this year. Cisco finished 2013 on a weak note as it slashed its...
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The Fed Trims Bond-Buying Again and 2 Companies See Big Developments
Filed under: Investing The Dow Jones Industrial Average had bounced back 44 points in midafternoon trading after the Federal Open Market Committee formally trimmed its bond-buying program by $10...
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3 Reasons to Expect a Blizzard Later This Year
Filed under: Investing The gaming industry is the perfect example of a business where you are only as good as your last hit. Given the strength of sales momentum behind both the Xbox One and the...
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Congressional Democrats Propose Bill to Make Internet Fast Lanes Illegal
Filed under: Investing Congressional Democrats are attempting to force the Federal Communications Commission's hand on net neutrality. The proposed new rules would force the FCC to use its authority to...
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Microsoft Corporation Dips Its Toes in the Internet of Things
Filed under: Investing Though it's difficult to find one cut-and-dried definition of the Internet of Things, or IoT, just yet, most consider it to be what could be described as a connected world. The...
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2 Contrarian Investments for the Situation in Iraq
Filed under: Investing As both investors and non-investors know, violence in Iraq has been escalating as Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, fighters have captured major Iraqi cities and...
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Will General Electric Company Win a Duel With Siemens?
Filed under: Investing In the game of poker, a player is "on tilt" if he allows his emotions to cloud his otherwise better judgment. That's when big bets get blown. Right now, shareholders of General...
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Is BlackBerry's App Deal with Amazon Desperate or Brilliant?
Filed under: Investing BlackBerry just announced it will soon officially embrace Amazon Appstore for BB10 devices, Credit: BlackBerry BlackBerry has had plenty of trouble convincing developers to...
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Better Stock Today Challenge: Johnson & Johnson vs. SodaStream
Filed under: Investing In the spirit of World Cup competition, we're holding our own tournament in search of the Better Stock Today. We're pitting 32 companies against each other and you, the reader,...
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1 Undervalued Refiner Could Fatten Your Wallet
Filed under: Investing The refining business is a highly cyclical one, with profits determined largely by commodity prices -- specifically, by the price difference between domestic crude oil benchmarks...
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2 New MLPs Worth a Closer Look This Summer
Filed under: Investing For investors following the master limited partnership space, 2013 was an awfully busy year. An overwhelming 20 MLPs hit the market, raising billions of dollars in capital and...
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Dominion Resources to Buy 20 MW California Solar Farm
Filed under: Investing Dominion Resources, announced Thursday that it is buying a 20 megawatt California solar farm from privately held EDF Renewable Energy. Dominion is no stranger to solar. The...
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What Rite Aid's First Quarter Results Reveal About the Health of Its Business
Filed under: Investing Rite Aid reported its fiscal 2015 first-quarter earnings before the market opened today. Unfortunately for Rite Aid shareholders, Mr. Market was unimpressed. The stock fell more...
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Why Williams Companies' Purchase of Access Midstream Makes Sense
Filed under: Investing You probably heard that Williams will acquire all of the general partner of Access Midstream , as well as a 50% stake in Access itself. If you look at Access' financials, it's...
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This Dividend Stock Can Help You Beat Inflation in Retirement
Filed under: Investing Utility companies, such as electric, water, and gas providers, have long been a staple of income-focused investors. This is because of the nature of the companies in this...
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Will an Amazon Smartphone Be a Game-Changer?
Filed under: Investing The rumors were true. After weeks of speculation, Internet retailing giant Amazon.com unveiled its first smartphone ever on June 18 at a highly publicized event. Amazon shares...
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3 Key Opportunities for Medtronic and Covidien
Filed under: Investing Medtronic's purchase of Covidien will save the company millions annually in taxes once the two companies are combined under a newly created Irish shell, but that's not the only...
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