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Unloved and Mispriced
Barron's - 11 Mar 2017 08:15
Warren Buffett advised young Arvind Navaratnam to be himself and learn how to say no. His top fund is a product of that and other lessons.
Snap Reminds Us of Ill-Fated GoPro
Barron's - 11 Mar 2017 08:11
Snap sounds a lot like GoPro, a camera company that called itself a media company. That didn't work well.
Resisting the Allure of Gilead
Barron's - 11 Mar 2017 08:41
Biotechnology stocks are worth celebrating once again--but Gilead Sciences has been shut out of the party.
Blackstone Units Have 40% Upside and Yield More Than 8%
Barron's - 11 Mar 2017 08:03
The alternative-asset manager has been raking in far more money than its peers.
Why Chinese Growth Will Snap Back to 10%
Barron's - 11 Mar 2017 07:37
The country's electricity production, freight traffic, and credit growth all point higher.
China tries to reassure foreign companies over industry plan
Miami Herald - 11 Mar 2017 08:02
China's industry minister on Saturday defended a manufacturing development plan and rejected complaints foreign makers of electric cars and other goods might be pressured to hand over technology or forced …
Starbucks says boycott threats over refugee hiring hasn't hurt brand
Reuters - 11 Mar 2017 07:50
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Winklevoss twins lose a bid to broaden bitcoin
CBSNews - 11 Mar 2017 06:37
The SEC rejected their proposed exchange-traded fund that would open the digital currency to more individual investors
Tech workers live 40 to a house in high rent San Francisco
Venture Beat - 11 Mar 2017 06:02
(Reuters) – Zander Dejah, 25, pays $1,900 a month rent to live in a downtown San Francisco house with at least 40 other people, many of whom sleep in bunk beds. Dejah is a resident of The Negev, a communal living space...
Market Breath Favors One Stock Scenario
Forbes - 11 Mar 2017 20:38
Last week I suggested that the market surge may have exhausted the short-term buying pressure so a "correction of say 1-2%" was needed. The drop in the daily A/D lines below their WMAs did put the A/D lines into the corr...
Box Office: 'Logan' Acts Like An 'X-Men' Film, Drops 68% On Friday
Forbes - 11 Mar 2017 18:15
'Logan' is going to end up among the biggest R-rated movies ever here and abroad.
Lawsuit alleges corrupt, harassing culture in Maine office
Miami Herald - 11 Mar 2017 16:42
Two former employees of Maine's Office of Information Technology have filed a federal lawsuit alleging the agency has a culture of corruption and sexual harassment. Teresa L. Gordon and Kayla …
Kent State creates clothes closet for job hunting students
Miami Herald - 11 Mar 2017 16:38
Kent State University employees hoping to help students look more professional for potential job meetings have created a boutique to collect dressier attire and offer it to them for free. …
Loans available to small businesses affected by 2016 drought
Miami Herald - 11 Mar 2017 16:34
Federal loans to help small businesses and organizations recover from economic injuries resulting from the 2016 drought are available in eight Ohio counties. The U.S. Small Business Administration says small …
The jewelry giant caught in a nasty discrimination suit has a lot of other problems
Business Insider - 11 Mar 2017 16:28
Reuters/Toby Melville For years, Signet Jewelers, the biggest jewelry retailer in the country, has been in the midst of a shocking 69,000 person class-action sex discrimination suit, which is going to trial this year. Th...
How You Can Own Customer Service: Domain Name Goes To Auction For $2.1M
Forbes - 11 Mar 2017 16:19
Wouldn't it be cool to own the domain name CustomerService.com? What are the chances that it would be available? Surely a company that is totally focused on its customers would already own this domain name. So, I typed t...
Investment managers are still using technology from 1996 to manage money
Business Insider - 11 Mar 2017 16:05
Margin Call Somebody, somewhere, could be reading these words on a phone while his or her car drives itself down the freeway. Perhaps the driver (or, rather, the passenger) is headed out on a date -- set up by an algorit...
Seattle declines to end Wells Fargo banking contract now
Miami Herald - 11 Mar 2017 16:03
Top officials in Seattle have sent a letter to Wells Fargo saying the city will honor its contract through the expiration date rather than cut ties now over the bank's …
Why Planned Parenthood believes tech companies should be activists
Venture Beat - 11 Mar 2017 16:00
Immigration. Women’s equality. Transgender rights. These are just three of the most recent social issues that have found their way into the spotlight of our political consciousness. They aren’t new to the scene, as p...
NewsWatch: These stocks have soared over 1,000% in the bull market
Market Watch - 11 Mar 2017 16:00
Of the 500 stocks that make up the S&P 500, a little over 400 stocks have doubled in value since 2009. Among those, 40 have surged 1,000% or more, meaning that for every $100 invested in any of those shares, the returns ...
Week Ahead On Wall Street: The Fed Is Set To Make A Move
Forbes - 11 Mar 2017 16:00
Here's what to watch the week of March 13.
Dolphin Carpet & Tile was built from the floor up
Miami Herald - 11 Mar 2017 16:00
On his way to a law career more than 40 years ago, Jeff Katz established what would become the multimillion-dollar flooring empire of Dolphin Carpet & Tile. Although the Portsmouth, …