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Affymax Asset Auction Coming Soon: How Low Does It Go?

Posted: May 23, 2013 at 3:02 pm

Affymax Inc. (NASDAQ: AFFY) has been in more than trouble. Its very future is at stake as far as investors (and speculators) are concerned. The company is restructuring, but this ...
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3D Systems Sets Stage for Another Stock Split, 3D Printing Buyout, or Both

Posted: May 21, 2013 at 5:15 pm

3D Systems Corporation (NYSE: DDD) has done something you do not see all that often these days. The 3D printing player announced on Tuesday that its shareholders approved an increase in ...
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NetApp Masks Company Earnings and Poor Guidance with Layoffs, Dividend, and Buyback

Posted: May 21, 2013 at 4:29 pm

NetApp Inc. (NASDAQ: NTAP) is reporting its fourth-quarter corporate earnings and it is throwing in a larger share buyback plan and is initiating a dividend payment to support the news. ...
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Apple Joins Overseas Corporate Tax and Repatriation Debate in Washington D.C.

Posted: May 20, 2013 at 3:41 pm

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) set a record for its $17 billion debt offering in the last month, but the entire borrowing could have been avoided if there was not such ...
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Alcoa Faces Hefty Charges on Facility Potline Closure and Demolition

Posted: May 20, 2013 at 3:06 pm

Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) remains a top stock to watch for US investors because the company has managed to hold on to its DJIA component status, and because it is ...
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New Bank Stress Tests Coming, Generated Under Self-Direction

Posted: May 13, 2013 at 3:17 pm

Dodd-Frank, the Volcker Rule, and other bank regulations have been ongoing and increasing in the years after the great recession. Now we have a new communication from the Federal Reserve ...
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Roto-Rooter Owner Destroyed as DOJ Goes After Hospice Fraud

Posted: May 3, 2013 at 12:05 pm

Chemed Corp. (NYSE: CHE) is a very strange company. Imagine owning the Roto Rooter drain cleaning and plumbing company AND owning a for-profit hospice provider. Now a Department of Justice ...
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Apple Avoids Tax with Debt Offering: Only About $9 Billion or So

Posted: May 3, 2013 at 9:50 am

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) made news this week with a record $17 billion corporate bond offering. What is so different about this offering is that it is meant to fund ...
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After the Run-Up and Sell-Off, Are Biotechs in a Bubble Against Big Pharma Valuations?

Posted: May 1, 2013 at 10:45 am

Biotech stocks come and go as far as the flavor of the day for investors. While many of these companies are risky, and while many are too risky for many ...
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Gold Miner Takes Corporate Credit Downgrade, Gold Price Risk

Posted: April 29, 2013 at 2:57 pm

The latest recovery in the price of gold is not helping gold miners as much as some investors might think. In fact. Moody's Investors Service just issued a corporate credit ...
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Why Citigroup Will Favor Stock Buybacks over Dividends

Posted: April 24, 2013 at 12:49 pm

Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) is defying the market trends so far on Wednesday as the company's annual shareholder meeting. The bank is still in what will be a multiyear turnaround. ...
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Expect Dividend Hikes After Exxon and Chevron Earnings

Posted: April 24, 2013 at 12:00 pm

24/7 Wall St. has been tracking companies that raise their dividends for quite some time. This week both oil giants Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) and Chevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX) ...
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Ralph Lauren Gets Off Cheap in Argentina Bribery Charges

Posted: April 22, 2013 at 11:30 am

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced on Monday that it has entered into a what is a called a non-prosecution agreement (NPA) with Ralph Lauren Corp. (NYSE: RL). What ...
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The Real Cost of Terrorism for Nations, Billions and Trillions

Posted: April 19, 2013 at 3:20 pm

This last week was a reminder that terrorism is far from gone. The dual bombs at the Boston Marathon were followed by ricin poison letters in the Senate and the ...
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Are MLP Payouts at Risk of Losing Tax Advantages?

Posted: April 19, 2013 at 1:32 pm

The world of Master Limited Partnerships (or MLPs) has to go through adjustments from time to time as investors sometimes wonder about their tax consequences at a time when the ...
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