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NASDAQ Joins NYSE & CME In Paying Dividends, Finally (NDAQ, NYX, CME, CBOE, ICE)

Posted: April 25, 2012 at 6:55 am

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NDAQ) is finally going to start paying out a cash dividend to its shareholders.  The company announced its plans to initiate a quarterly cash ...
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IBM Shows Why $230 Is A Reasonable Stock Target (IBM)

Posted: April 24, 2012 at 11:19 am

International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE: IBM) is trying to become a beast when it comes to dividends and share buybacks.  It was just yesterday that we demonstrated a report calling ...
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Dividend Hikes To Continue in 2012 (T, XOM, GE, PFE, CVX, JNJ, MSFT, PG, CSCO, JPM, WMT, KO, MMM)

Posted: April 23, 2012 at 12:05 pm

Dividends have continued to rise.  Better yet, they are expected to keep rising for the rest of the year.  A study from Dow Jones Indexes showed a rise of almost ...
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Canadian Pacific Railroad Hopes to Stare Down Ackman with Strong Performance (CP, CSX, UP)

Posted: April 20, 2012 at 9:14 am

If any of the major US railroads needed a good quarter, it was Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. (NYSE: CP). The company has been fighting a running battle with activist investor ...
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The Shameful State of Chesapeake’s Board (CHK, BRK-A, UNP, NOV)

Posted: April 19, 2012 at 7:10 am

The revelation that the CEO of Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK), Aubrey McClendon, was borrowing money from a private equity firm that did business with Chesapeake to finance his personal ...
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Chesapeake CEO Fails to Disclose $1.1 Billion in Loans — Reuters (CHK)

Posted: April 18, 2012 at 9:37 am

Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK) CEO Aubrey McClendon has received loans totaling $1.1 billion in the last three years backed by his share in Chesapeake’s wells. Under the terms of ...
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What Happens to Warren Buffett’s Top 10 Performing Stocks of 2012? (BRK-B, BRK-A, USG, IR, MCO, AXP, WFC, V, BK, VRSK, INTC, MA, AAPL, JNJ, BAC)

Posted: April 18, 2012 at 6:46 am

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) will be in the news quite a bit now that the world's most famous investor, chairman Warren Buffett, has been diagnosed with prostate ...
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What To Expect As Warren Buffett Battles Prostate Cancer (BRK-A, BRK-B, AXP, KO, KFT, PG, WFC)

Posted: April 17, 2012 at 5:46 pm

Warren Buffett is supposed to be invincible.  Unfortunately the world is finding out that this is not the case.  A disclosure letter came from Mr. Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. ...
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When Solar Giants Try To Shrink Their Way To Prosperity (FSLR)

Posted: April 17, 2012 at 9:52 am

What happens when you are the de facto king of solar, get an analyst downgrade, have no full-time CEO, announce factory closures, and announce broad layoffs?  It might not be ...
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Corporate Board Members Optimistic on US Economy

Posted: April 13, 2012 at 11:52 am

The National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) has released its Board Confidence Index for the first quarter of 2012, and the results indicate the corporate directors’ confidence in the US ...
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Blankfein Takes 35% Pay Cut (GS, JPM, MS, C)

Posted: April 13, 2012 at 11:35 am

The total 2011 compensation package for Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) CEO Lloyd Blankfein was chopped by $6.7 million to $12.4 million, 35% below his 2010 total pay of ...
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Does New Liquidity Save Primo’s Water Future? (PRMW)

Posted: April 13, 2012 at 10:37 am

Primo Water Corporation (NASDAQ: PRMW) is one of the water investments out there for the public to try to play the long-term water trends.  The problem is that it hasn't ...
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Why No One Is Impressed With Adobe’s $2 Billion Share Buyback (ADBE, AAPL, MSFT)

Posted: April 13, 2012 at 10:07 am

Adobe Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ: ADBE) made what might seem like a startling announcement on Thursday evening with a new share buyback plan of up to $2 billion.  With a market ...
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Obama Speech Attacks Oil & Gas Subsidies (XOM, VLO, CHK, FSLR, USO)

Posted: March 29, 2012 at 11:34 am

In a "we versus them" speech today, President Obama again called for the end of subsidies for oil and gas companies.  His speech talked about the global opportunities that the ...
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Swisher’s Accounting Swish… Sticky Fingers (SWSH)

Posted: March 28, 2012 at 4:05 pm

Swisher Hygiene Inc. (NASDAQ: SWSH) is having a bad day and it has to have shareholders more than just a bit worried.  The company has said that it will file ...
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