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What ‘The Scream’ Record Sale Means For Art & Collectibles (BID, AMZN, EBAY)

Posted: May 3, 2012 at 11:06 am

Sotheby's (NYSE: BID) is almost magically trading lower this morning on a sell-the-news reaction after the auction house (and oldest listed company on the NYSE) posted a record auction price of ...
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Thoratec Clarifies Recall News (THOR)

Posted: April 4, 2012 at 3:54 pm

There is good news and bad news on Thoratec Corporation (NASDAQ: THOR) today.  The bad news is that it did have a FDA news recall of its HeartMate II® Left Ventricular ...
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The Force: Star Wars Franchise Worth Over $30 Billion and Growing

Posted: February 10, 2012 at 4:17 pm

24/7 Wall St. has decided to calculate the total value of the Star Wars franchise ahead of the release of the 3D film "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace" and while ...
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The Most Valuable Movie Franchises Of All-Time

Posted: November 9, 2011 at 11:34 am

The movie industry grosses billions of dollars per year in box office sales. The amount of money invested on the top movie franchises is mind-boggling, but the largest films have ...
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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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Amazon’s New Kindle Touch: iPad Killer or Bookstore Killer? (AMZN, AAPL, BKS)

Posted: September 28, 2011 at 11:40 am

Many investors of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) may be worried that today marked the official launch notice of the new Kindle Touch and Kindle Fire from Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN).  It ...
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Census Data: Poverty Rates, Median Income Drops Get Worse & Worse

Posted: September 13, 2011 at 2:24 pm

The Census Bureau is out with the 2010 figures on income, poverty, and health insurance.  About all you can hope for is that 2011 is magically better than 2010 ...
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Whole Foods M&A Rumors: Reality Check, Weekend Food For Thought (WFM, KKR, KR, SWY, TFM)

Posted: August 19, 2011 at 11:07 am

If you have ever seen a private equity wish list if companies, Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: WFM) would be on it.  The stores are sleek, the products are at ...
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Reality Check: Walgreen’s Nice! Challenges Grocery & Convenience Stores (WAG, CVS, RAD, KR, SWY, WMT, TGT)

Posted: August 18, 2011 at 4:33 pm

Walgreen Co. (NYSE: WAG) is just a drugstore... Right?  Maybe not any longer in entirety.  As of last year, the company operated 7,650 drugstores and it owned 37 strip shopping ...
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What the Apple Online Store Outage Means Financially (AAPL, AMZN, EBAY)

Posted: August 17, 2011 at 10:25 am

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is supposed be invincible.  Apparently, as your size grows your problems can grow as well.  Apple's Online Store website is down.  http://store.apple.com is the failed site ...
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Can Wal-Mart Really Take On Amazon? (WMT, AMZN, TGT, COST, BBY)

Posted: August 15, 2011 at 10:34 am

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) has continued to be the most dominating brick and mortar force in retail, even if it is far from the most attractive and even if ...
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As Kodak Saves NOL Assets, It Screws Shareholder Ambitions (EK)

Posted: August 1, 2011 at 3:22 pm

Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE: EK) is a company that is in trouble.  Maybe that should read "is, has been, and will continue to be" in trouble.  For all practical purposes, ...
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NBA & NFL Risks Not Reflected in Several Key Stocks (BWLD, DPZ, PZZA, DRJ, CLCT, UA)

Posted: July 5, 2011 at 12:30 pm

Buffalo Wild Wings Inc. (NASDAQ: BWLD) has been a phenomenal stock and it is a very well-run company.  It arguably has a brand leadership role, at least for public ...
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Priciest Commodity Around: The $100,000 Razor (PG, HPQ, JMPLY, FCX)

Posted: June 27, 2011 at 2:57 pm

One of the great marketing rules of all time comes from the shaving business: give away the razor; charge a lot for the blades. Gillette, now part of Proctor & ...
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Trading Stocks in One-Billionth of a Second

Posted: June 14, 2011 at 6:09 pm

The pace at which the market trades stocks, bonds, currencies, and futures seems to have once again become faster than anyone could have ever imagined.  Forget a few hundred automated ...
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