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If you don't think Lawrence Summers is the most brilliant man in the room, reportedly he surely does. He's had an amazing career despite economic gaffe after foot in mouth gaffe. Fortunately, Summers has withdrawn his na...

From May through August, the 10-year Treasury rate saw the biggest four-month increase in 17 years: to 2.78% on Aug. 30 from 1.70% on April 30, according to the Department of the Treasury. As a result, leveraged loans an...

Just as you can't judge a book by its cover, you can't vet a financial adviser by their title.

Third-quarter home furnishing sales are up, which is good news for the retailer's shares.

On 9/18/13, Hudson Pacific Properties Inc's 8.375% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (NYSE: HPP.PRB) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.5234, payable on 9/30/13. As a percentage of HPP....

On 9/18/13, Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust's 7.25% Series D Cumulative Convertible Perpetual Preferred Shares (NYSE: RPT.PRD) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.9062, payable on 10/1/13. As a per...

In trading on Monday, shares of RadioShack Corp. (NYSE: RSH) touched a new 52-week high of $4.36/share. That's a 129.47% rise, or $2.46 per share from the 52-week low of $1.90 set back on 11/23/2012. That means at today'...

In trading on Monday, shares of Hilltop Holdings (NYSE: HTH) touched a new 52-week high of $17.75/share. That's a 49.54% rise, or $5.88 per share from the 52-week low of $11.87 set back on 09/13/2012. That means at today...

The iShares U.S. Utilities ETF (IDU) is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Monday, with over 2.9 million shares traded versus three month average volume of about 382,000. Shares of IDU were up about 0.5% o...

Steelcase reports its second quarter earnings on Wednesday, September 18, 2013, and the consensus earnings per share estimate is 25 cents per share.

By Rocky White

According to ValuEngine, 80% of the stocks in the retail-wholesale sector are rated buy, sending a clear signal to investors that this is a good sector to be in now.

Analysts have become increasingly bearish on FedEx in the month leading up to the company's first quarter earnings announcement scheduled for Wednesday, September 18, 2013. The consensus analyst estimate has moved from $...

I?m an edTech guy. I celebrate game-based learning. As a result, probably twice a day, people ask me, ?which apps should I download for my kid?? Parents are excited about the possibilities of digital learning technology....

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