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Gas Prices Shoot Higher With No End in Sight

ThinkstockGasoline prices may not have reached the $4 a gallon level, which is often considered the point at which anxiety about the price creates large cracks in consumer spending. However, the price is roaring…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 12 years ago

The 10 Best Part-Time Jobs

ThinkstockThe government calls them “people who are employed part time for economic reasons.” In other words, these people want full-time jobs, but cannot get them. More than seven million Americans fell into the category…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 12 years ago

Ray-Ban Maker Cuts Deal for Google Glass

Google Glass has a tech-heavy appearance, almost futuristic. So the search company has set a deal with Luxottica Group that will make the product more appealing, at least to wearers of traditional sunglasses.

Douglas A. McIntyre · 12 years ago

America’s Most Content (and Miserable) Cities

ThinkstockProvo, Utah, is the metro area with the most content residents in America, according to the recent Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index. The area with the most miserable residents is Huntington, West Virginia. To determine the…

247alex · 12 years ago

Brazil Credit Rating Downgraded by Standard & Poor’s

If you want proof that the emerging market BRIC trade strategy of Brazil, Russia, India and China is less and less opportunistic now, what does it tell you when a credit rating agency downgrades…

Jon C. Ogg · 12 years ago

Box Files for IPO

ThinkstockBox Inc. has filed its SEC paperwork for an initial public offering. The company filed to sell up to $250 million in common stock, although that figure can rise or fall based upon a…

Jon C. Ogg · 12 years ago

Why Apple Should Just Buy Netflix

courtesy of NetflixNetflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) investors felt some real pressure on Monday after reports have come out that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has held talks with Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ: AAPL) over a new…

Jon C. Ogg · 12 years ago

The 4 Stocks That Pushed Stocks Lower on Monday

thinkstockMarch 24, 2014: Markets opened slightly higher on Monday but soon took a turn south and spent most of the day solidly down. Biotechs, healthcare, discretionary, and tech stocks were all weaker today. In…

Paul Ausick · 12 years ago

Apple iPhone 6 Likely Due Late Summer or Early Fall

Courtesy of Apple Inc.The launch of the next iPhone from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) dominates the conversation about Apple practically from the date the latest iPhone is launched. The expected release of the iPhone…

Paul Ausick · 12 years ago

Carl Icahn’s Top Holdings: A Look Forward

Carl Icahn is proving to be a winner for investors. Despite a public battle with Bill Ackman over Herbalife, and despite what appears to be a non-victory for Icahn at eBay, investors have done…

Jon C. Ogg · 12 years ago

Boeing Over Budget on Air Force Tanker: Reuters

The KC-46A aerial tanker contract that Boeing won in 2011 just suffered another budget increase. The program's development costs have risen by nearly $1.1 billion, according to an exclusive report by Reuters.

Paul Ausick · 12 years ago

Four Defensive Stocks for Cautious Investors

Wikimedia CommonsInvestors have to start asking themselves if it is time to start getting defensive. The stock market keeps hitting new highs, only to sell off. Uncertainty in China and Russia continue. The speculative…

Jon C. Ogg · 12 years ago

Credit Card Giants Resume Russia Transaction Processing

After saying last Friday that they would not be processing transactions for Russian banks, Visa and MasterCard resumed such processing on Saturday. Bank owners were on a list of Russian officials and businesspeople targeted…

Paul Ausick · 12 years ago

Green Bonds Now Out for Auto Industry Financing

ThinkstockCitigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) and Toyota Motors Corp. (NYSE: TM) are said to be making history with the first “green bond” of asset-backed securities in the auto industry. Green bonds are securities or contracts…

Jon C. Ogg · 12 years ago

EPA Wins in Coal Mine Dispute: Is Keystone XL Next?

The EPA last year invalidated a 2007 permit issued by the Army Corps of Engineers to a subsidiary of Arch Coal allowing the company to build a mountaintop mine in West Virginia. The U.S.…

Paul Ausick · 12 years ago