Could This Intuit-ive Stock Mint Solid Returns?
Filed under: Investing Intuit dreams of becoming synonymous with all things personal finance. And with hugely popular (and helpful) products such as TurboTax, Mint, and Quicken, the company appears...
View ArticleDriverless Cars Aren't a Threat to Progressive
Filed under: Investing A Wall Street bigwig is currently claiming that driverless cars could put Progressive out of business. In fact, his firm is betting money on the demise of the entire...
View ArticleAir Canada Goes Holiday Shopping
Filed under: Investing Since recovering from another near-death experience in 2012, Air Canada has demonstrated a remarkable turnaround through cutting costs, improving earnings, controlling its...
View ArticleDear Poor People: This is Wal-Mart's World, You're Just Living in It
Filed under: Investing Source: The Motley Fool Henry Ford knew a self-serving opportunity when he saw one. In 1914, he announced that Ford Motor Company would pay its workers $5 a day or nearly double...
View ArticleUFO Spotted at Top-Secret "Area 51"
Filed under: Investing Source: Wikimedia Commons. For decades, conspiracy theorists have argued that the military's top secret Area 51 testing grounds in Nevada is home to UFOs. This week, they're...
View ArticleGeekstock: Comcast Bets on Red As Time Warner Fills Its Quiver
Filed under: Investing Broadcast television ratings are down significantly over the past several years. Some are responding with a variety of edgier fare, and the strategy seems to be working....
View ArticleMicrosoft's CEO Search Loses Its Brightest Star
Filed under: Investing As far as metaphors go, it's by no means a stretch to say tech giant Microsoft is opening a new chapter, in more ways than one. In the wake of longtime CEO Steve Ballmer's...
View ArticleBerkshire Hathaway Railroad Operator Gets a New CEO
Filed under: Investing There's a new man at the top of Berkshire Hathaway's freight railroad subsidiary BNSF Railway. The company announced that it has appointed Carl Ice to the position, effective...
View ArticleA Nokia Phone With Android?
Filed under: Investing With the final touches of Microsoft's $7.2 billion acquisition of Nokia's devices and services unit nearly complete, it seems outlandish that the Finnish device manufacturer...
View ArticleHewlett-Packard Joins the Platform Parade
Filed under: Investing In the tech world, products are giving way to platforms. Count Hewlett-Packard among those indulging the shift with new "converged" systems and storage platforms announced at...
View ArticleEli Lilly Sees Generic Competition for Cymbalta (x6)
Filed under: Investing As expected, the Food and Drug Administration has approved the first generic versions of Eli Lilly's depression drug Cymbalta. Six versions in fact. On Wednesday, Aurobindo...
View ArticleHow McDonald's Can Recover in 2014
Filed under: Investing The McRib sandwich couldn't save McDonald's this time. The fast-food giant just reported a nearly 1% dip in sales for the month of November. That follows a disappointing October,...
View ArticleDon't Panic, AMR Shareholders! Your Investment Is Still Intact
Filed under: Investing The bankruptcy of AMR , parent company of American Airlines, has been a wild ride for investors. After seeing shares become nearly worthless following the initial bankruptcy...
View ArticleToday's 3 Worst Stocks in the S&P 500
Filed under: Investing Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over daily movements, we do like to keep an eye on market changes -- just in case they're material to our investing...
View ArticleWhy Autohome, Demand Media, and Valero Energy Partners Soared Today
Filed under: Investing Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over daily movements, we do like to keep an eye on market changes -- just in case they're material to our investing...
View ArticleAnother PC Giant Joins the Chromebook Movement
Filed under: Investing Dell has announced that it will launch its first Chromebook early next year, following in the footsteps of its larger domestic rival Hewlett-Packard. Google has continued to...
View ArticleSunTrust to Sell Asset Management Arm
Filed under: Investing SunTrust Banks is about to let go of asset management firm RidgeWorth Capital Management. Both companies announced in separate press releases that they have signed an agreement...
View Article3 Japanese ADRs to Consider With the Nikkei at a Multiyear High
Filed under: Investing After the Nikkei reached a six-year high last week, many investors are wondering whether they should start a position in Japanese assets. Japan's massive monetary easing, fiscal...
View Article1 Huge Dividend Yield That's Actually Safe
Filed under: Investing When you see a high-yielding stock like Annaly Capital Management or American Capital Agency , you should immediately wonder whether it's too risky to invest in. In hindsight, I...
View ArticlePentagon Awards $5.18 Billion in Defense Contracts Wednesday
Filed under: Investing After a brief intermission from awarding defense contracts Tuesday, the Department of Defense got back to the business of awarding work to America's defense contractors Wednesday...
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