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Source: ThinkstockHerbalife Ltd. (NYSE: HLF) is probably feeling as though it should change its corporate structure to incorporated. With or without its “limited” structure, the company and its...
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The headline most of the media used for their stories about new data on SAT scores was that “Only 43% of College-Bound Seniors Are College Ready.” It is a good headline to get people to read a...
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The 2012 presidential election between President Barack Obama and challenger Mitt Romney is heading into the final months. Soon, media coverage increasingly will focus on voter turnout — especially...
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Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) is trying to do what it can to keep Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG), and whatever other competitors it has at bay. Today came the first...
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There is good news for defensive consumer products and high dividend investors: change is likely coming in some form at Procter & Gamble Co. (NYSE: PG). The market value as of yesterday was a...
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Source: Jon OggThe ongoing calls to bring change at Procter & Gamble Co. (NYSE: PG) are growing. The company’s shares have become stuck and many investors feel that the company has grown too...
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Source: Jon OggBDO USA, LLP, releases investment banker studies around the IPO market and the rest of 2012 is looking extremely mixed in the latest survey. Capital markets executives at leading...
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According to its latest survey, Gallup reports that the unadjusteUS unemployment rate fell from 8.3% in April to 8.2% in mid-May. The research firm’ mid-month survey on unemployment has tracked...
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More than a third of small business owners say that their debt burden is either “somewhat” or “very” uncomfortable in the latest Wells Fargo/Gallup small business survey. Of the rest, 62%...
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Internet jobs site Glassdoor has released its list of the top 25 US CEOs based on employee feedback for the past 12 months. The company asked the question, “Do you approve of the way your CEO is...
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Since it began tracking US economic confidence in 2008, Gallup has never gotten a net positive result. A reading above zero indicates that Americans are gaining confidence in the country’s economic...
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Source: Jon OggEven if the growth is muted and even if employment remains pressured, things have continued to improve in America. It turns out that not everyone expects the recovery to last. A...
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Source: Jon OggWhile not breaking news at this point, there is something that is front and center in banking when it comes to overdraft fees. To many consumers, overdraft fees are simply nothing...
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The long slow death march at Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: SHLD) is turning into a case study of what not do. Putting a hedge fund manager in charge of a huge retailer, and then letting the...
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Does the euro live or die? That is the question of a 24/7 Wall St. poll that we are asking our readers to participate in. This is a million dollar question (or maybe 5 trillion euro question). The...
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