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Xerox Tries to Dazzle Investors with Buybacks, Higher Dividends

Posted: November 13, 2012 at 8:24 am

At the company’s annual investor conference today, Xerox Corp. (NYSE: XRX) plans to discuss its forecast for 2013, among other things. According to chairman and CEO Ursula Burns: Transforming Xerox ...
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MasterCard Revenues Light, Profits Beat Estimates

Posted: October 31, 2012 at 8:56 am

MasterCard Inc. (NYSE: MA) reported third quarter 2012 results before markets opened this morning. The credit card issuer posted adjusted earnings of $6.17 per share on revenues of $1.9 billion. ...
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Small Business Optimism Falls, Optimism and Employment Sag

Posted: October 9, 2012 at 7:42 am

The National Federation of Independent Business has released its survey results for the month of September and the month was described as yet another month of low expectations and pessimism ...
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Staples Reorganizes to Reaccelerate — No Easy Button

Posted: September 25, 2012 at 8:37 am

Staples Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLS) is going to try to turn its ship around all on its own. The company has announced a formal strategic plan to accelerate growth and to ...
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Paychex at New High on Earnings (PAYX, ADP, NSP, MAN)

Posted: September 24, 2012 at 4:28 pm

Paychex Inc. (NASDAQ: PAYX) reported fiscal first quarter 2013 earnings per share (EPS) of $0.42 on revenue of $578.2 million. In the same period a year ago, the homebuilder reported ...
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OfficeMax Settles Lehman Claim

Posted: September 14, 2012 at 7:47 am

When Lehman Bros. filed for bankruptcy in September 2008, among the many claimants was office supply retailer OfficeMax Inc. (NYSE: OMX). The retailer had acquired a Lehman-backed note for $817.5 ...
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The Best States to Sue a Company

Posted: September 13, 2012 at 10:48 am

According to the in-house lawyers of America’s biggest companies, the court system is making things easier for them. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for Legal Reform (ILR), a lobbying ...
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Travel Websites at Risk (PCLN, OWW, EXPE, TRIP, KYAK, RJET, JBLU, SAVE, LUV)

Posted: September 12, 2012 at 11:43 am

A number of airlines are trying to take back their booking business from travel websites like Priceline.com Inc. (NASDAQ: PCLN), Orbitz Worldwide Inc. (NYSE: OWW), Expedia Inc. (NASDAQ: EXPE), TripAdvisor ...
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The Best Companies of the First Half

Posted: September 7, 2012 at 6:24 am

The end of summer stock market run-up pushed the S&P 500 index above 1,400, a 12% gain year-to-date. But are businesses better off in 2012 than in 2011? To find ...
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Revenue Woes for VeriFone

Posted: September 5, 2012 at 4:36 pm

VeriFone Systems Inc. (NYSE: PAY) reported adjusted third quarter 2012 EPS of $0.75 on $493 million in non-GAAP after markets closed today. In the same period a year ago, the ...
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Another Tech IPO in the Hopper (GOOG, KMB, FLEX, ORCL, SAP, PANW, NOW, SPLK)

Posted: August 31, 2012 at 8:21 am

Business software maker Workday Inc. has filed an initial Form S-1 saying it plans an initial public offering to raise up to $400 million. No date or share price is ...
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More Ads Coming to Facebook

Posted: August 15, 2012 at 10:12 am

Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) is testing an advertising service that allows companies to place more promotional messages in the News Feeds of users, even if those members or their friends ...
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New Mobile Payments Network to Rival Google Wallet

Posted: August 15, 2012 at 7:09 am

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT), CVS Caremark Corp. (NYSE: CVS), 7-Eleven Inc., Sunoco Inc. (NYSE: SUN) and other well-known retailers are expected to announce that they have banded together to ...
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Interpublic Buyout Will Have to Wait

Posted: August 6, 2012 at 9:39 am

The Interpublic Group of Companies Inc. (NYSE: IPG) is giving back on Friday's gains after hopes of an acquisition have been put on the back burner. Publicis was quoted over ...
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Interpublic Ad Woes May Be Isolated

Posted: July 26, 2012 at 12:08 pm

The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (NYSE: IPG) may not be at a 52-week low but its shares are now trading at a low for all of 2012.  The advertising ...
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