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Has Ben Bernanke Saved the Mortgage Market?
Filed under: Investing Freddie Mac released its weekly update on national mortgage rates Thursday morning, and once again, it appears that the Federal Reserve has saved the day (for homebuyers)....
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What Do Oil Refiners Have in Store This Quarter?
Filed under: Investing Oil refiners had a marvelous run in 2012. After Phillips 66 was spun off its parent company, ConocoPhillips, just over a year ago, shares in the company have shot up 70%....
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FTC Gives Preliminary OK for GE Acquisition of Avio's Aviation Unit
Filed under: Investing The Federal Trade Commission's concerns surrounding General Electric's bid to acquire the aviation unit of Italy-based Avio were mitigated following discussions involving GE,...
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Obamacare IT: Disaster, Opportunity, or Both?
Filed under: Investing Obamacare is more than a mandate that everyone buy insurance now that they can't be denied for pre-existing conditions. It's full of attempts to rein in long-term health-care...
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Which Recent Price Cut Makes More Sense?
Filed under: Investing In the following video, Fool contributor Matt Thalman discusses which recent price cut makes more sense: BlackBerry's recent move to lower the Z10's cost or Microsoft's move to...
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Amgen's Acquisition Ambition Leads Biotechs' Rise
Filed under: Investing Biotech's the biggest boom-or-bust business on the market, with regulatory approvals and clinical trial results routinely sending stocks hurtling up or down by significant...
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Google Keeps Bleeding Through Motorola
Filed under: Investing There is no bandage large enough to stop Google from bleeding through its Motorola subsidiary. The controversial acquisition hasn't exactly yielded the benefits that Google was...
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5 Surprising Stocks That Have More Than Doubled in 2013
Filed under: Investing Yes, the market's been on fire this year, but some stocks have been doing way better than the rest of the market. Forget about the stocks that have beaten the market with healthy...
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Last Week's Worst Performing Dow Components
Filed under: Investing The Dow Jones Industrial Average continues to amaze. After going on a run of record-breaking days back in the spring, than tanking and losing nearly 5%, the market has once again...
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Watch Out: 3 Reasons Your Home Value May Plateau
Filed under: Investing In this video, Motley Fool analyst Austin Smith talks with host Chris Hill about trends in the housing market and focuses on three reasons home values may plateau in the short...
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5 Drugmakers With a Lot on the Line Next Week
Filed under: Investing You may or may not have heard, but it's earnings season again. Contrary to popular belief, earnings season does actually take a break for a few weeks in between quarters;...
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Bizarre Protection Against Alzheimer's: Cancer
Filed under: Investing A new study came out before the Alzheimer's Association conference in Boston, showing that patients with cancer had a dramatically lower risk of developing Alzheimer's disease....
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Could the Obamacare Dream Turn Into a Nightmare for This Industry?
Filed under: Investing If we were to draw two columns -- one for winners from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or PPACA, and another for losers -- the word "hospitals" would probably be...
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Boeing's F-15 on Target for Largest Foreign Arms Sale in U.S. History
Filed under: Investing The U.S. is in the middle of major defense budget cuts because of sequestration, but Saudi Arabia is clearly not in the same predicament. In fact, the Royal Saudi Air Force, or...
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UnitedHealthcare IRONKIDS Lake Stevens Fun Run Energizes Youth About Healthy...
Filed under: Investing UnitedHealthcare IRONKIDS Lake Stevens Fun Run Energizes Youth About Healthy Living Through "IRONMAN" Races LAKE STEVENS, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The UnitedHealthcare IRONKIDS...
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The Future Cure for High Cholesterol
Filed under: Investing The Motley Fool's health-care show Market Checkup focuses this week on cholesterol, one of America's most notable health-care concerns. High cholesterol may not seem particularly...
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These Are the World's 10 Most Optimistic Countries
Filed under: Investing Have you ever had a bad day that was completely turned around because you were surrounding by a happy group of friends or co-workers? I know I have, and chances are you've...
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Middleby's CEO on How to Make Successful Acquisitions
Filed under: Investing In the following video interview, Motley Fool CEO Tom Gardner speaks with Middleby CEO Selim Bassoul. Since becoming CEO in 2000, Bassoul has led a remarkable transformation at...
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"The Walking Dead" and "Game of Thrones" Are Even More Popular Than You Think
Filed under: Investing Among all the San Diego Comic-Con rituals, none is so common or frustrating as waiting. Arriving at the show early Friday bought me a spot in line about eight hours away from...
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Microsoft's Timing Couldn't Be Worse
Filed under: Investing Last week, Microsoft reported earnings that sent shares reeling, thanks in large part to a disheartening $900 million inventory charge related to the software giant's Surface RT...
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