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Barron’s Guts 3D Printing – Maybe Only Half The Story

Posted: March 8, 2014 at 11:49 am

The 3-D printing sector is likely going to come in on Monday wishing that Barron's would have just kept picking on MLPs. Instead, the formerly-hot sector of 3D printing was ...
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AMD Could Still Double in 2014, At Intel’s Expense

Posted: March 8, 2014 at 11:22 am

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD) had an unusual end-of-week gain. It was a move that would have been missed by many investors. Still, this all fits in with the ...
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The 10 Most Expensive Concert Tickets

Posted: March 8, 2014 at 10:11 am

Iconic rock bands are in demand more than ever and are commanding ticket prices at least as expensive as the hottest current artists. Five of the top 10 bands with ...
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Apple’s iTunes Offers Free Music Festival

Posted: March 8, 2014 at 10:03 am

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has created a five day, five night iTunes music festival which will run for the five days of SXSW. It will run from March 11 to March ...
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Boeing Finds Wing Cracks on 787 Dreamliner

Posted: March 8, 2014 at 9:55 am

In the latest of a string of problems found on its 787 Dreamliner, The Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) said Friday evening that Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has told Boeing that hairline ...
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Icahn Adds Facebook Account to His Social Media Arsenal

Posted: March 8, 2014 at 9:45 am

Activist investor Carl Icahn said on Friday that Icahn Enterprises LP (NASDAQ: IEP) will begin using its Facebook page to disclose material non-public information. Icahn already uses Twitter and a ...
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Canada OKs First Pipeline to Carry Crude from Alberta to Montreal

Posted: March 8, 2014 at 9:30 am

The Canadian National Energy Board on Thursday approved a plan by Enbridge Inc. (NYSE: ENB) to reverse the east-to-west flow of crude oil and permit the company’s Line 9B pipeline ...
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T-Mobile Raises Unlimited Data Plan To $80

Posted: March 8, 2014 at 9:21 am

One of the keys to the recent success of T-Mobile US, Inc. (NASDAQ: TMUS) has been its aggressive pricing. The company's management believes it can draw customers for the N0. 4 ...
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Analysts Fight Over Coal Stocks, Low Downside – High Upside

Posted: March 8, 2014 at 8:45 am

Friday brought about a big drop in the coal miners. Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (NYSE: ANR) tanked after Goldman Sachs downgraded the coal player from an already cautious Neutral rating ...
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Why the FireEye Secondary Offering May Have Been a Gift

Posted: March 8, 2014 at 8:35 am

FireEye Inc. (NASDAQ: FEYE) may have given long-term investors a gift of chance on Friday. The network security hardware and software maker has been a stock on fire, hitting a ...
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Low-Priced Biotech Stocks That Could Double (or More)

Posted: March 8, 2014 at 8:01 am

The latter part of the week was difficult for the biotech and specialty pharmaceutical sector. Unsettling news out of Washington, D.C., on potential changes in the taxation of the sector ...
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The 4 Stocks That Dominated the Market on Friday

Posted: March 7, 2014 at 4:01 pm

March 7, 2014: Markets opened higher on Friday but the Nasdaq quickly turned south and spent the rest of the day in the red. As a group tech stocks were ...
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Is McDonald’s Setting Investors Up to Hike Wages for Employees?

Posted: March 7, 2014 at 2:33 pm

When McDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD filed its Form 10-K with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday, the company listed a new risk factor to its business. The company ...
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Dutch Company to Offer Single News Stories on iTunes Model

Posted: March 7, 2014 at 2:00 pm

Ever since the early days of the World Wide Web, people have talked about making individual news stories available for very small amounts of money. The so-called micro-payments idea never ...
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Rio Tinto Speculation Boosts Turquoise Hill Prospects

Posted: March 7, 2014 at 1:35 pm

Mining giant Rio Tinto PLC (NYSE: RIO) already owns 50.8% of Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. (NYSE: TRQ), and speculation that Rio Tinto will buy the other 49.2% has boosted Turquoise ...
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