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Alter Ego Alert: H&R Block With Wal-Mart (HRB, WMT, INTU)

Posted: October 31, 2011 at 9:03 am

H&R Block, Inc. (NYSE: HRB) comes under fire from time to time, and this morning may be an image-changing announcement.  The tax preparation service provider is going to start providing ...
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Does MF Global Get To Survive On Its Own? (MF, BCS, GS, JPM, C)

Posted: October 28, 2011 at 7:38 am

To say that MF Global Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: MF) is in trouble might be the understatement of the year.  The commodities and derivatives broker has reportedly been caught on the ...
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Business is Good for IT Outsourcers (INFY, WIT, IBM, CSC, CTSH, ACN)

Posted: October 12, 2011 at 12:32 pm

India's Infosys Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: INFY) reported second-quarter earnings today, and EPS came in more than 10% higher than in the same period a year ago. The company also lowered ...
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Peer-to-Peer Lending: Opportunity for Investors & Borrowers Alike

Posted: October 11, 2011 at 1:01 pm

There are two financial issues in America that have been developing simultaneously: many borrowers have been locked out from the ability to access capital, and investors can no longer rely on bonds ...
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BofA CEO Defense of Debit Card Fees: Logical Argument, Awful Delivery (BAC, C, WFC, JPM)

Posted: October 6, 2011 at 10:39 am

At times it seems that highly paid CEOs live in another universe that is barely related to the world the rest of us inhabit. And the CEOs of the largest ...
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E.U. Financial Transaction Tax: Stupid Idea From Stupid Leadership

Posted: September 28, 2011 at 10:27 am

If you can count on the Europeans to invent one thing, it is the invention of taxation.  The latest effort by the European Commission is one that is just baffling if ...
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The Most Mispriced IPOs of 2011 (ARCO, WIFI, DMD, EPOC, FSL, FFN, HCA, KIPS, LNKD, NQ, P, RENN, SKUL, FPX, IPOSX, TEA, CARB)

Posted: September 22, 2011 at 11:30 am

Everyone, or most everyone, loves initial public offerings and the allure of great gains on the great growth engines of the next decade.  Sometimes things just don't work out as ...
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Running Out of Room to Store Gold Supplies (BCS, DB, JPM, BCO, GLD, IAU, HBC)

Posted: September 21, 2011 at 12:50 pm

Demand for gold as a safe haven has driven demand for more places to store that gold. And it's getting harder more difficult to find that storage, resulting in a ...
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Patent Wars Cost Society $500 Billion (AAPL, GOOG, RIMM, SSNLF, SNE, ERIC, NOK, MMI, EK, RMBS, ACTG, IDCC, TSRA, WILN)

Posted: September 21, 2011 at 10:23 am

When news hits the street of another patent lawsuit, the characteristic reaction of some investors is to dump the defendant's stock as quickly as possible. Those sales inevitably depress the ...
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Stamps.com Becomes An Unlikely Winner (STMP, UPS, FDX)

Posted: September 19, 2011 at 2:41 pm

Stamps.com Inc. (NASDAQ: STMP) is not just up in the double-digit percentage gains today.  The company hit a 52-week high.  Actually, this is a high going back to 2006.  The ...
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Postal Service ‘Timing’ Changes, The Allure of FedEx & UPS (FDX, UPS)

Posted: September 15, 2011 at 10:57 am

The U.S. Postal Service is proposing "sweeping changes" to how the mail system works in America.  Some is good, and some is not enough.  The aim is to save up ...
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The BofA Split-Up? Up to 600 Branch Closings (BAC)

Posted: September 8, 2011 at 9:06 am

To say that Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) is under pressure remains the understatement of 2011.  The DJIA industrial average component is under attack from every angle.  It is ...
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Is IBM’s Growth Dying? (IBM, HPQ, DELL)

Posted: September 1, 2011 at 1:20 pm

International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE: IBM) might have been raised to "Buy" by Goldman Sachs in the middle of August, but the ongoing slowness in the economy may be taking ...
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Counter-Intuitive: Insurance Stocks Rising After Hurricane (ALL, TRV, CB, HIG, BRK-B, RE, PRE, CRD-B)

Posted: August 29, 2011 at 9:56 am

Any time a hurricane hits, it can cause billions of dollars in damage to homes, cars, businesses, and other properties.  The estimates for Hurricane Irene were growing higher and higher ...
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Jive Software Files for IPO, Helping Business in Social Media (JIVE)

Posted: August 25, 2011 at 12:41 pm

Jive Software, Inc. is the next social media oriented business filing to come public via an initial public offering.  The company did not list terms other than that the sale ...
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