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Analyst Moves: ALTR, UTHR
Forbes - 24 Oct 2012 20:31
Altera (ALTR) had its estimates and price target reduced by BMO (BMO) as the company had been experiencing lower sales. A $38 price target was set with an outperform rating.
Barnes & Noble Stores Have Credit Card Data Breach
The New York Times - 24 Oct 2012 05:27
The breach involved card information for customers at 63 stores, including locations in New York City, San Diego, Miami and Chicago.
Can Energy Drinks Kill? The FDA Investigates, Consumers Worry, A Business Under Fire
Forbes - 24 Oct 2012 23:54
Five deaths may have been caused by Monster energy drink; the FDA investigates and health experts say "we told you so."
Why Facebook Should Buy Groupon
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ABC News - 24 Oct 2012 19:44
Susan Solovic shares her secrets to finding assignments.
How Cell Phone Carriers Stiff Consumers
Forbes - 24 Oct 2012 19:12
Eight ways cell phone carriers are sticking it to consumers.
Facebook 3rd-Quarter Revenue Surpasses Forecasts
The New York Times - 24 Oct 2012 07:43More Than a Case of Jitters as a Shadow Falls on Energy Drinks
The New York Times - 24 Oct 2012 07:40Tech Boosts San Francisco
Wall Street Journal - 24 Oct 2012 03:58
A booming tech sector in San Francisco has made its office-building owners the envy of commercial real-estate industry. Now developers are starting to move in.
Forbes Earnings Preview: Life Technologies
Forbes - 24 Oct 2012 23:55
Despite an expected dip in profit, analysts are generally optimistic about Life Technologies (LIFE) as it prepares to reports its third quarter earnings on Monday, October 29, 2012.
Forbes Earnings Preview: Leggett & Platt
Forbes - 24 Oct 2012 23:55
Wall Street is high on Leggett & Platt (LEG), expecting it to report earnings that are up 22.6% from a year ago when it reports its third quarter earnings on Monday, October 29, 2012. The consensus estimate is 38 cents p...
Forbes Earnings Preview: Owens & Minor
Forbes - 24 Oct 2012 23:55
Wall Street is expecting lower profit for Owens & Minor (OMI) when the company reports its third quarter results on Monday, October 29, 2012. Analysts are expecting earnings per share of 51 cents after the company booked...
Forbes Earnings Preview: Anadarko Petroleum
Forbes - 24 Oct 2012 23:55
Optimism surrounds Anadarko Petroleum (APC), as it gets ready to report its third quarter results on Monday, October 29, 2012. Analysts are expecting the company to book a profit of 75 cents a share, up from 65 cents a y...
Flying High: Vikas Oberoi Discusses His Passion For Planes
Forbes - 24 Oct 2012 23:54Infosys Cofounder Nandan Nilekani On His Quest To Create A Billion IDs
Forbes - 24 Oct 2012 23:52Ex-Goldman Director Gets 2 Years In Jail, $5M Fine For Insider Trading Role
Forbes - 24 Oct 2012 23:47Why CEOs are on the 'fiscal cliff' warpath
NBC News - 24 Oct 2012 23:43
More and more CEOs are getting restless and starting to beat the drum about Congress dragging its feet on the nation’s looming budget problem.
Stiglitz: Obama, Romney still need to address housing market
CNBC - 24 Oct 2012 23:43
(Reuters) - Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz chided U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney for not seriously addressing the troubled U.S. housing market during the rece...
Remembering the '87 Crash, 4 Investment Myths and 1 Truth
Forbes - 24 Oct 2012 23:39Best Buy warns on profit; U.S. unit head to leave
Reuters - 24 Oct 2012 23:37
(Reuters) - Retailer Best Buy Co Inc on Wednesday warned earnings and same-store sales would fall for its fiscal third quarter, and said the head of its U.S. business will leave as it starts to restructure under a new ch...
Hong Kong Holds Lid on Its Dollar
Wall Street Journal - 24 Oct 2012 23:27
Hong Kong's banking system is awash in cash, pushing lending rates down and threatening to push up property prices, as the de facto central bank continues to intervene in the currency market.
Atrial Fibrillation: Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation And Antiarrhythmic Drug Therapy Compared
Forbes - 24 Oct 2012 23:25
A trial comparing radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFA) to antiarrhythmic drug therapy (AAD) as initial therapy for atrial fibrillation (AF) found no difference in the overall burden of AF between the groups. But the tr...