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Shares of employment site Monster Worldwide were up big on Thursday, thanks to the announcement of better-than-expected results. That could bode well for results due from LinkedIn after the close.
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The economy continues to add jobs, the ADP National Employment Index said Wednesday, just not a lot of them. The report also hints that ADP and others in payroll processing and the uniforms business...
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Dow component 3M is confident enough about its future that it announced late Tuesday a new, open-ended $12 billion stock buyback plan. The announcement did not say how the buyback will be financed.
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Source: courtesy of Sony Corp.Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE) says it is not true, but investors and traders aren’t buying the company’s denial that it is in talks either to sell its Vaio personal...
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Many great stocks have fallen from their peaks, and some Dow Jones Industrial Average stocks are actually challenging their 52-week lows. Often it is the stocks that sold off the most that also...
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Source: Jon OggStocks were crushed Monday, with the Dow closing down 326 points to 15,732.80 and with the S&P 500 down 40 points to 1,741.89. A very weak Institute for Supply Management...
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Late last year, a merger of Sprint and T-Mobile US seemed likely. In the wake of comments by William Baer, the U.S. Justice Department's antitrust chief, it looks like there may not be a deal.
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Zynga was one of Friday's few hot stocks after announcing a sizable deal and a 15% cut in its workforce. The freemium video game and social gaming maker pre-announced a narrower-than-expected loss...
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Coffee-house giant Starbucks has a new chief operating officer. The question that investors and company fans should be asking is if Howard Schultz is thinking about stepping aside as CEO any time...
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Source: thinkstockThis week’s cold snap and freak snow storms pushed natural gas futures up more than 10% on Wednesday. That is terrible for consumers who may see their heating bills soar from more...
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Source: ThinkstockHome foreclosures are still high, but they’re falling and falling fast. That’s potentially good news for the economy.Real estate research firm CoreLogic reported on Wednesday...
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Biogen Idec surprised investors Wednesday with weaker-than-expected guidance for 2014 earnings. Amgen beat estimates late Tuesday. Celgene and Gilead Sciences report earnings on Thursday.
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Source: courtesy of Apple Inc.Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) disappointed investors on Monday with sales of iPhones that weren’t as strong as expected and then weaker-than-expected guidance for the...
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Embattled teen retailer Abercrombie & Fitch announced Tuesday it is separating the roles of chairman and CEO, and it has named three new directors. Mike Jeffries will remain CEO.
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In a week of big Internet earnings, Yahoo! and Google command enormous amounts of attention. Here is a look at how the two have fared and what analysts expect from their upcoming reports.
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