An IRS Warning About Choosing Tax Preparers
ThinkstockThe IRS has decided to state the obvious. If someone other than yourself prepares your taxes, make sure the person (or firm) is not a fake, fraud or dishonest. In an announcement, the agency’s…
Investing
All Investing Articles
Newest first · Page 111District of Columbia and Hawaii Have Largest LGBT Populations — Gallup
ThinkstockIn an odd bit of research, Gallup has reported that states that have the most and least lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender people. The polling firm reports that: The percentage of U.S. adults who…
A Building Wave of Mergers and Acquisitions?
ThinkstockFinancial reporters and editors at The New York Times believe that the Warren Buffett takeover of H.J. Heinz Co. (NYSE: HNZ), as well as leverage buyout deals like the pending one for Dell Inc.…
24-Hour Stock Trading
Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsNasdaq OMX Group Inc. (NASDAQ: NDAQ) has asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to allow it to process trades as early at 4 a.m. Although some U.S. equities are traded…
What’s Important in the Financial World (2/15/2013)
ThinkstockAn IRS Warning The IRS has decided to state the obvious. If someone other than yourself prepares your taxes, make sure the person (or firm) is not a fake, fraud or dishonest. In an…
Media Digest (2/15/2013) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
thinkstockThe Buffett buyout of H.J. Heinz Co. (NYSE: HNZ) may usher in a new age of M&A. (Reuters) Large hedge funds sell off shares of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). (Reuters) Apple’s search technology suit…
Icahn Buys Nearly 13% of Herbalife (HLF)
Carl Icahn filed documents with the SEC which show he owns just short of 13% (12.98%) of Herbalife (NYSE: HLF). The news pushed shares up by as much as 20% after hours. The actual parties holdings…
Democratic Plan to Dodge the Sequester Includes Tax Hike for Millionaires
ThinkstockEarly this afternoon Senate Democrats revealed their plan to replace the $85 billion cut to federal spending known as the sequester with a $110 billion package that raises $54 billion in new revenue and…
24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — February 14, 2013: Markets Punt Again Today (CL, NVDA, LMT, DELL, VZ, AMAT, CAR, CTL, CSCO, CLD, IPI, KGC, MET, NTAP, PXD, TRIP, Z, ANR, ABX, DTV, GM, PEP, CBS, GG, AEP, BKW, CPB, SJM, TOWR, HNZ, ANGI)
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning, dragged down by weak economic data from Europe. Germany, France, Italy, and Greece all reported worse-than-expected GDP contraction for the fourth quarter of 2012, and the eurozone…
Carnival Triumph Woes Punish Passengers Worse Than Investors
ThinkstockCarnival Corporation (NYSE: CCL) is a company that is having more issues than might seem to be fair, but this is the risk of catering to hundreds or thousands of people simultaneously out on…
Defending Against Cyber Attacks a Priority — Survey
ThinkstockRecent cyber attacks on the Federal Reserve, The New York Times, and the Washington Post have raised the spectre of a new brand of warfare — cyber war. In a recent study conducted by…
What If Michael Dell Doesn’t Really Want to Buy Dell? This Could Be “The Dell Put!”
ThinkstockThe proposed management-led buyout of Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) is far from being without controversy. When the deal was still in the rumor stage, we came up with a maximum valuation of $15.00 per…
The Biggest Brands Advertising on Illegal Websites
ThinkstockBy: Dennis Kneale / FOXBusiness Some of the biggest brands in the world are paying to advertise on the digital-piracy Web sites that draw millions of consumers and gut the profits of Hollywood studios…
Today’s Market Winners and Losers
Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesThe stock market is mixed Thursday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.04%, the Nasdaq down 0.06% and the S&P 500 up 0.04%. Today’s winners include a wine maker…
Argus Makes Big Changes in Three Model Portfolios (GAS, SPLS, F, BDX, ORCL)
Jon OggThe Argus research company has provided investors with quality, independent equity research since 1934. For the individual investor, a source for independent research is always a positive for a portfolio. With no Wall…