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Home prices still dropping in Twin Cities, but rate of decline improves
Posted: Tue Jan 31 08:24:18 PST 2012The annual rate of decline in Twin Cities home prices slowed somewhat in November, bucking a national trend....
Target lays groundwork for bigger Brooklyn Park campus
Posted: Tue Jan 24 14:42:01 PST 2012Target is seeking an environmental review of potential plans for 1.7 million square feet of office space at its North Campus in Brooklyn Park. That's about 200,000 square feet more than Target's prior plan....
TCF earnings and stock tank
Posted: Tue Jan 24 09:48:45 PST 2012Shares of TCF Financial, parent company of TCF Bank, are down six percent in morning trading after the company announced a 49 percent drop in fourth quarter earnings....
Minnesota's exports climb in third quarter of 2011
Posted: Thu Jan 12 14:58:46 PST 2012Minnesota's exports posted a third-quarter record in 2011. They grew to $5.1 billion in the three-month period ending in September. That was an increase of 4 percent from the same period in 2010....
Target to buy back $5 billion of its stock
Posted: Thu Jan 12 14:16:46 PST 2012Target says it will buy back up to another $5 billion of its shares under a new stock repurchase program....
Cargill profits plummet
Posted: Tue Jan 10 14:29:47 PST 2012Cargill today reported earnings plunged even as revenue jumped in the three months ending Nov. 30th....
Natural gas, oil boom spurs sand mining in Midwest
Posted: Fri Jan 06 06:55:46 PST 2012By STEVE KARNOWSKI, Associated Press CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. (AP) -- The rolling hills and scenic bluffs of western Wisconsin and southeastern Minnesota hide a valuable resource that has sparked what's been called a modern-day gold rush. The object of desire......
Unemployment rate falls to lowest level in three years
Posted: Fri Jan 06 05:36:20 PST 2012By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER, AP Economics Writer Job seekers visit a November career fair in Bloomington. (AP Photo/Jim Mone) WASHINGTON (AP) - A burst of hiring in December pushed the unemployment rate to its lowest level in nearly three years,......
Economists see signs of improving US jobs picture
Posted: Fri Jan 06 05:02:14 PST 2012WASHINGTON (AP) -- Recent statistics are producing optimism among economists about today's government report on December employment. Weekly reports show declining layoffs and manufacturers also have reported that they've been hiring more. John Ryding at RDQ Economics forecasts that employers......
Demand for 'green' jobs is small, but steady in Minnesota
Posted: Thu Jan 05 14:31:20 PST 2012A new state analysis shows modest but steady demand for "green" jobs in the Minnesota's economy....
Crispin Cider sold to MillerCoors
Posted: Mon Feb 06 13:35:28 PST 2012Minneapolis-based Crispin Cider Co. has been bought by MillerCoors. The Milwaukee Business Journal reports that Crispin was acquired by Chicago-based Tenth and Blake Beer Co., which is MillerCoors' craft-and-import division. Terms of the deal, which includes Crispin's Fox Barrel Cider Co. affiliate, were not announced. Click here to read the Journal's full report on the sale. There have bee...
Renderings: Work on new Mpls apartments to start in spring
Posted: Mon Feb 06 12:56:42 PST 2012Sherman Associates says it will start building a 180-unit apartment building along Hiawatha Avenue in Minneapolis in the spring. Sherman began advertising for subcontractors on Saturday for the Longfellow Station project. >Click to the right to see renderings of the project. >>>>> The company said it expects to complete the mixed-use project at 3815 Hiawatha Ave. in 14 mont...
Honeywell names Best Buy in suit over cutting-edge themostat
Posted: Mon Feb 06 12:54:46 PST 2012Honeywell International Inc. on Monday filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Nest Labs Inc. and Best Buy Co. Inc., which sells a Nest thermostat that competes with Honeywell. New Jersey-based Honeywell (NYSE: HON) filed the suit in federal court in Minneapolis. It wants Nest and Best Buy to stop selling the Nest Learning Thermostat, plus it wants to recover damages. Honeywell's home con...
Verizon invests $132 million in Minnesota
Posted: Mon Feb 06 12:24:49 PST 2012Verizon Wireless said Monday that it invested $132 million in Minnesota in 2011. The investment from the Basking Ridge, N.J.-based cell phone service included adding new cell sites and upgrading equipment on existing cell sites as well as preparing the network to distribute 4G LTE across the state. Cities that benefitted from the 4G LTE expansion included Austin, Albert Lea, Duluth, St. Cloud ...
Verizon, Redbox offer streaming; Amazon's first retail store
Posted: Mon Feb 06 12:08:05 PST 2012Verizon teaming up with Redbox for DVD and streaming service that will challenge Netflix (USA Today) Greece to eliminate 15,000 government jobs (The New York Times) Report: Amazon to open first retail store later this year (Fox) Obama vs. Reagan: A tale of two recoveries (CNN) Super Bowl-winning QB Manning ready to make millions in endorsements (CNN) It's all relative: U.S. Postal Service ...
Expert: Prepare for significantly higher gas prices by March
Posted: Mon Feb 06 10:06:16 PST 2012Here are the average retail gas prices in the Twin Cities, according to TwinCitiesGasPrices.com. Average price on Feb. 6: $3.34A week ago: $3.39A month ago: $3.30A year ago: $3.13National average price on Feb. 6: $3.44Lowest price in the Twin Cities, Feb. 6: $3.19 (Maple Grove)Highest price in the Twin Cities, Feb. 6, $3.69 (Minnetonka) "The national average has continued on its upward trend ...
Mpls firm tracks the Super Bowl winners, losers on Twitter
Posted: Mon Feb 06 09:46:11 PST 2012Viewers of Super Bowl XLVI took to social media last night to express their opinions on everything from the teams they were rooting for, to their choices of food and drink, to the half time show. Advertising agency Colle+McVoy was front and center, catching all of the Giants vs. Patriots chatter around the Twittesphere with its "Super Chatter." Measured by the minute and divided into five cat...
Polaris hires former Target.com president
Posted: Mon Feb 06 09:11:59 PST 2012Snowmobile and ATV maker Polaris Industries Inc. has hired Steve Eastman, former president of Target.com, to lead its Parts, Garments and Accessories (PG&A) business. The PG&A business generated $408.2 million in sales in 2011, up 19 percent from the previous year. And Medina-based Polaris said it anticipates "rapid growth" in that business during 2012. PG&A revenue makes up about 15 percent o...
Mayo Clinic spin-out Tenex Health raises $11.8M
Posted: Mon Feb 06 08:51:26 PST 2012Tenex Health Inc., a startup that?s commercializing Mayo Clinic technology for treating tendon injuries, has raised $11.8 million in capital. The company rounded up the funding via a reverse merger with a publicly traded company and a PIPE (private investment in a public entity) deal. Tenex launched in 2009. It was initially based in Rochester, Minn., but moved its headquarters Lake Forest, C...
Mortgage deal closer; $10B profit for GM?
Posted: Mon Feb 06 05:19:44 PST 2012Business news from around the Web: ? Deal closer for a U.S. plan on mortgage relief (NYT) ? GM aims to reach $10 billion profit (WSJ) ? 4G phone users bemoan battery issues (WSJ) ? NASA: Astronaut program gets 6,000 applications (Portfolio) ...
Which ads won twitter bowl?
Posted: Mon Feb 06 19:53:46 PST 2012During game, Chevrolet and Chrysler didn't score as well as Doritos and Sketchers on social media metrics....
MillerCoors buys Crispin, Mpls. maker of hard cider
Posted: Mon Feb 06 19:16:49 PST 2012The Minneapolis company, launched in 2008, is the country's third-largest hard cider producer....
No Missoni redux as Jason Wu hits Target
Posted: Mon Feb 06 19:41:17 PST 2012The Minneapolis-based retailer avoided a repeat of last fall's designer debacle....
Netflix under siege by Verizon and Redbox
Posted: Mon Feb 06 19:25:40 PST 2012...
Of rare metals and market forces
Posted: Mon Feb 06 15:23:51 PST 2012Is China's grip on essential rare-earth minerals loosening?...
Regulators act against Edina's Crown Bank
Posted: Mon Feb 06 18:15:58 PST 2012The Edina bank's problem loans include $3 million to onetime Carlson heir Curtis Carlson Nelson, who has filed bankruptcy....
Hecker's ex-wife loses out on retirement cash
Posted: Mon Feb 06 19:17:16 PST 2012The $72,212 will go to Chrysler Financial as partial payment for a massive debt....
Eden Prairie-based SurModics posts profit despite revenue drop
Posted: Mon Feb 06 17:58:13 PST 2012Under the control of activist investor Starboard Value, the Eden Prairie-based company reported progress in its medical device and diagnostics businesses....
Ex-Target website chief lands at Polaris
Posted: Mon Feb 06 19:08:34 PST 2012Eastman will run the fast-growing parts, garments, and accessories business....
Eastwood's 'Halftime in America' ad stirs up political divide
Posted: Mon Feb 06 19:55:07 PST 2012The Super Bowl spot was called offensive by some who opposed the auto bailout, but the White House liked it....
My Newfound Respect for Hank Paulson
Posted: Mon Feb 06 17:45:15 PST 2012I cannot go into the details, as the entire conversation was off the record. However, I can tell you that, despite disagreeing with the bailouts & TARP that was put into place under his regime at Treasury, Hank Paulson may actually be a decent guy. When you look at the rest of the parade of folks who helped contribute to the crisis — from the people at Treasury (Paulson, Geithner, Summers...
10 Monday PM Reads
Posted: Mon Feb 06 13:30:39 PST 2012My afternoon train reading: ? Stocks Least Loved Since ?80s (Bloomberg) ? Ahhhnold & Michael Lewis: California and Bust (VF) ? The Unintended Consequences of Tech Stock Repurchases (NYT) ? Debit-Card Pitchwoman Orman Flirts With Conflict (Bloomberg) ? Old mortgages rise from the dead, haunt homeowners (Reuters) ? If I Were a Broker, Here?s How I?d Sell Facebook (The Reformed Broker) see also Te...
Employment Chart Palooza
Posted: Mon Feb 06 09:45:47 PST 2012Today’s Employment chart madness from Ron Griess of the Chart Store. > Click to enlarge: ??? ??? ??? ??? ~~~ ~~~ More charts after the jump ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ...
Magazine Cover Indicator: New York ?End of Wall Street?
Posted: Mon Feb 06 07:38:24 PST 2012This week’s New York magazine — a non Business publication — has a rather bearish cover discussing “The Emasculation of Wall Street. Last week, I mentioned the Barron’s cover was somewhat bullish, with the caveat that Barron’s is a business weekly. New York magazine is more general interest — its not Time or Newsweek, because it covers Wall Street in it...
10 Monday AM Reads
Posted: Mon Feb 06 06:30:39 PST 2012My post Giants-win the Superbowl morning reads: ? The End of Wall Street As They Knew It (NY Mag) see also U.S. Brokerage Firms Closing Shop After Trading Drop-Off, Capital Squeeze (Bloomberg) ? Facebook Twofer: …..-Why Facebook is likely to do a face-plant (Market Watch) …..-The value of friendship (The Economist) ? Most Tech Takeovers Since 2007 Spurred by Data Torrent (Bloomberg...
FusionIQ Strategy Session: A Broad Look at Markets & Economy
Posted: Mon Feb 06 05:30:34 PST 2012We are starting something new this week — a broad based strategy session for clients of our quant tool, FusionIQ. This weekly Market Strategy Call is part of our newly updated and improved FusionIQ Investor site. Kevin Lane, the head of our quantitative & technical research and I will be discussing what we see for the market, where the inflection points are, and what to look for as danger...
A Few Thoughts on the Employment Situation
Posted: Mon Feb 06 04:22:24 PST 2012Last week, I went into the details of the NFP report (See Tearing Apart January 2012 NFP data). There were 10 positive bullet points versus 5 negatives — and even those negatives were the same old sore spots (high teen and minority unemployment, persistent long term joblessness, etc.) that have been plaguing the labor market for some time now. For the past decade, I have been very diligen...
FRB Hand Signals
Posted: Mon Feb 06 03:00:09 PST 2012Just in time for the next FOMC announcement, via William Banzai: > click for larger graphic ...
Norris: US, Global Growth Outlook ?Well below trend?
Posted: Sun Feb 05 12:30:50 PST 2012Floyd Norris explains why the picture for Global Growth has been disappointing: “United States economy has been growing at its slowest rate since the Great Depression. Most other major developed countries have also experienced unusually slow growth over the last 10 years. The American economy?s reported 2.8 percent growth in the fourth quarter, at an annual rate, was seen as mildly encour...
Housing Tornado Warnings Were an Exercise in Futility
Posted: Sun Feb 05 08:00:45 PST 2012> There is a absurd yet fascinating article in the Sunday Times by Gretchen Morgenson, titled A Mortgage Tornado Warning, Unheeded. It is is stirring and emotional. What makes it fascinating is yet another story told about prescient warnings in advance not heeded about the coming mortgage crisis. What makes it absurd is its complete lack of recognition of how large companies operate, how ...
Paging All Capitol Hill Staffers: Pay Your Taxes!
Posted: Mon Feb 06 11:17:57 PST 2012By Ken Berry Mitt Romney isn't the only one in Washington, DC, with his tax returns under the microscope. According to new data released by the IRS, 3 percent of Senate employees and more than 4 percent of House members in our nation's capital still owe tax for the 2010 tax year, adding up to approximately $10.6 million in unpaid taxes. Overall, this is practically a drop in the ...
Free Career Exploration Program for Ohio Minority Students
Posted: Mon Feb 06 10:02:29 PST 2012By AccountingWEB Staff read more...
Sensiba San Filippo: Winner of Fittest Accounting Firm 51+ Members
Posted: Mon Feb 06 08:04:04 PST 2012By Deanna C. White read more...
Company Announcements: Week of February 6, 2012
Posted: Sun Feb 05 11:38:59 PST 2012Citrin Cooperman announced that partner Scott Rutter has been named cochair of the board of directors for the Real Estate Networking and Transactions Group (R.E.N.T.), a New York-based organization for professionals in the real estate and allied industries. Rutter also will continue to serve as treasurer for the organization, on whose board he has served for six years. read more...
Accounting Firms Merge and Expand in Dallas
Posted: Fri Feb 03 13:57:21 PST 2012On February 3, 2012, Austin-based PMB Helin Donovan LLP (PMB) announced its merger with Vink Teague & Associates LLLP (VTA). The firm will operate under the PMB Helin Donovan name. read more...
Mercury insurance misses estimate with $0.59 per share
Posted: Mon Feb 06 20:07:00 PST 2012Mercury’s fourth quarter wasn’t bad but with earnings of $0.59 per share it missed analysts’ estimate of $0.67 per share. Their income statement was negatively impacted by $10M in claims due to......
Dendreon: Is Seattle's Wonder Cure for Prostate Cancer in Play?
Posted: Mon Feb 06 19:07:35 PST 2012Update: Currently trading in the high $16 price range. Dendreon today saw massive volume - 30 million shares traded. The word on the street is that there is a massive short squeeze on the stock based on two recent developments;1... ...
IBM names Global Entrepreneur of the Year for 2012
Posted: Mon Feb 06 18:22:50 PST 2012On February 3, 2012 IBM named startup Profitero itsGlobal Entrepreneur of the Year and winner of its SmartCamp competition. Profitero analyzes competitor pricing data, offering retailers new levels of insight to help them maximize profits by... ...
Inland Imaging now offers body fitness imaging
Posted: Mon Feb 06 17:09:13 PST 2012You work out, eat sensibly, you know what your body mass index (BMI) is. But just how much lean muscle or excess body fat do you actually have? Now you can find answers to this and other related... ...
Free breakfast with Frost Bank
Posted: Mon Feb 06 16:50:23 PST 2012Did you miss the annual "Cowboy Breakfast" that was held in San Antonio last month?Well, rodeo fans, you have another opportunity for free food.Frost Bank is getting into the Stock Show spirit by bringing their "... ...
Rochester Deals for Mon. 2/6/12 (Soho Salon, Red Bird Cafe, Lasalle's Steak etc)
Posted: Mon Feb 06 16:28:00 PST 2012Welcome to Insider Deals! Everyone loves a great deal and the Internet and social media make access to finding deals easier for you! Through sites like Living Social, Groupon, and Rochester Perks (to name a few), you... ...
In the news: Chicago investor and philanthropist J.B. Pritzker
Posted: Mon Feb 06 16:04:38 PST 2012Scion of a prominent American business family, ventures backed by Jay Robert (J.B.) Pritzker have been in the news recently, including the “1871” entrepreneurial hub, located at the Chicago Merchandise Mart, and the newly-launched... ...
Censorship attempt of San Antonio Humane Society management information
Posted: Mon Feb 06 15:48:13 PST 2012I received the following email from examiner.com – my reply is listed below the content. The readers may decide for themselves. I do not attempt to censor anything concerning my writing or situation, or the writing of others - but... ...
Rukus Rocks the Edward Jones Dome prior to Monster Truck Show
Posted: Mon Feb 06 15:27:18 PST 2012“Like a Monster across the stage they rocked” the Edward Jones Dome prior to the Monster Truck Show on Saturday February 4th. This was the second appearance by Rukus at the Edward Jones Dome prior to the Monster......
Business: Understanding employment, unemployment part 4
Posted: Mon Feb 06 14:57:34 PST 2012Un-equal employment whether in wages, working conditions and/or labor tactics is what has brought out such concepts as slavery, at-will employment, and corporate irresponsibility. This incompetence is due to a lack of fair and open competitive... ...
NO WELFARE AT STRIP CLUBS
Posted: Mon Feb 06 15:28:22 PST 2012If welfare recipients want to dole out the dollar bills at a strip club, they'd better make sure it's not government money ... at least if a bill in Congress becomes law....
Stocks close lower amid Greece jitters
Posted: Mon Feb 06 13:34:58 PST 2012U.S. stocks hovered below the breakeven line throughout the trading day Monday, as investors anxiously awaited a Greek government decision on budget cuts that are key to securing a second bailout and avoiding default....
Electric car maker, U.S. loan recipient cuts jobs
Posted: Mon Feb 06 18:45:27 PST 2012Fisker Automotive, the electric car company that received a half-billion dollars in Energy Department loan guarantees, announced layoffs at its Delaware production facility Monday....
Foreclosure deal has 40 states, but others balk
Posted: Mon Feb 06 18:35:07 PST 2012More than 40 states have signed on to a draft deal settling claims of improper mortgage servicing that's aimed at relieving homeowners struggling with loans bigger than their home's value....
The Romney kids' $100 million trust fund
Posted: Mon Feb 06 15:05:00 PST 2012Mitt Romney's five sons -- Matt, Tagg, Craig, Ben and Josh -- are sitting pretty with a trust fund worth $100 million....
Obama vs. Reagan: A tale of two recoveries
Posted: Mon Feb 06 09:30:39 PST 2012Faced with a strong jobs report Friday, Republicans tried out a new rhetorical message: This isn't a disaster, but Ronald Reagan could have done better....
This is NOT a tech bubble - The Buzz
Posted: Mon Feb 06 11:21:27 PST 2012The Nasdaq is at its highest level since the end of 2000. Highly speculative companies like Netflix and Zynga are soaring, and investors are salivating about possibly paying 100 times earnings for Facebook when it goes public....
Why Apple will pay a dividend
Posted: Mon Feb 06 12:39:38 PST 2012FORTUNE -- The liquid securities alone on Apple's balance sheet, roughly $98 billion, would make it the 43rd most valuable company in the world. Apple's cash would rank it just behind McDonalds, an astounding and bizarre statement in the annals of modern cash management. No company in its right mind would keep $100 billion lying around. But then, as I've been arguing frequently of late, Apple i...
We're number one, says U.S. Postal Service
Posted: Mon Feb 06 10:15:02 PST 2012Despite its financial difficulties and relatively heavy work load, the U.S. Postal Service has been declared the finest in the world by a British study....
Eli's coming: Super Bowl QB to cash in
Posted: Mon Feb 06 11:33:40 PST 2012Eli Manning is heading to Disney World. Madison Avenue will be close behind....
Monday Map: Sales Tax Exemptions for Groceries
Posted: Sun Feb 05 21:00:00 PST 2012Today's Monday Map shows how each state's sales tax treats groceries. In many states, groceries are exempt, in others, they are taxed at a reduced rate, and a small number include them fully in the tax base. (Five states, Alaska, Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire, and Oregon, have no sales tax.) View previous Monday Maps here....
Video: What Do U.S. Corporations Really Pay in Taxes?
Posted: Sun Feb 05 21:00:00 PST 2012...
Rhode Island Governor Proposes Tax Hikes on Sales, Tobacco, Lodging, Vehicle License Fees, Kitchen Sink
Posted: Tue Jan 31 21:00:00 PST 2012Gov. Chafee (I) of Rhode Island proposed a budget yesterday that would cobble together $92 million from arbitrary places, with an effort to increase spending on education. He announced parts of his proposal in his State of the State address (summary here). Here are the tax highlights of the proposal (full analysis at Tax Analysts, subscription required): Increase statewide meal and beverage ta...
Fix the Current AMT Before Creating a New One
Posted: Mon Jan 30 21:00:00 PST 2012In response to President Obama's State of the Union address, in which he called for a "Buffett Rule" setting a minimum tax of 30% for households making over $1 million, a group of Democratic senators have introduced legislation doing just that. The motivation for this legislation is Warren Buffett's claim that he pays a higher effective tax rate than his secretary - a claim that, as I've pointe...
Pennsylvania Debates Proposed Natural Gas Impact "Fee"
Posted: Mon Jan 30 21:00:00 PST 2012Pennsylvania's House and Senate are considering competing proposals to assess so-called impact fees on natural gas drillers. All versions would either permit, or mandate, that county governments charge drillers an annual fee for each well. They differ on the rate, whether the decision to impose the charge be left to the counties or not, how much power the state would have to override local zoni...
Higher Cigarette Taxes and Convenience Store Success
Posted: Sun Jan 29 21:00:00 PST 2012A study released last year by Dr. Jidong Guang and Dr. Frank Chaloupka of impacTeen attempts to see what impact higher cigarette taxes have on convenience stores. The conventional logic is that higher cigarette taxes mean lower economic success for convenience stores, and they wanted to test that hypothesis. That is easier said than done, apparently, as their paper states that they couldn't fin...
New Podcast: National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson
Posted: Sun Jan 29 21:00:00 PST 2012This week on the Tax Policy Podcast we're lucky to have Nina Olson, the National Taxpayer Advocate, as our guest. As head of the federal Taxpayer Advocate Service, she keeps an eye on what the Internal Revenue Service is up to and looks out for the interests of taxpayers year in and year out. In her most recent report to Congress, Ms. Olson highlights a number of problems affecting U.S. taxpaye...
Michigan-Subsidized Film Studio Fails; State Pension Fund Had Guaranteed Loan
Posted: Thu Jan 26 21:00:00 PST 2012We've extensively covered states' infatuation with using taxpayer dollars to subsidize film and television production, despite such production companies being some of the most profitable enterprises in modern America. While in 2000 a mere four states spent $2.7 million subsidizing film and TV, by 2011 that had reached 40 states and $1.4 billion. Michigan was among the most generous, offering to...
?Buffett Rule? Will Boost Top Dividend Rate to Over 62%, Highest in OECD
Posted: Thu Jan 26 21:00:00 PST 2012Lost in the intense scrutiny of the 15 percent tax rate that Mitt Romney paid on his capital gains and dividend income is the fact that capital gains and dividend taxes are a second layer of tax on corporate profits. In other words, before a company distributes $1 of profits to its shareholders, it must pay the 35 percent federal income tax on that profit. Individual shareholders, then, must pa...
Customers Receive Tax Forms for Airline Miles Rewards
Posted: Thu Jan 26 21:00:00 PST 2012Are airline frequent flyer miles taxable? By the strictest definition, they are compensation: instead of airlines paying customers with cash, they give them miles. Since such a cash award would be taxable, it's unusual that the miles wouldn't be. However, this is one of those things that hasn't been treated by the IRS as taxable, so suddenly changing policy would upset quite a few flyers who ea...
The Best Turnaround Play for Your Portfolio
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A Safe Apple Spot for Intel
Posted: Mon Feb 06 19:10:40 PST 2012ARM-based MacBook Airs don't look like they're coming. ...
Why Today's Dow Didn't Continue Friday's Rally
Posted: Mon Feb 06 19:01:43 PST 2012Breaking down the market. ...
The Natural Gas Conversion Is Accelerating
Posted: Mon Feb 06 18:55:07 PST 2012A slew of announcements show that the revolution has begun. ...
Will Headwinds Sink This Tech Titan?
Posted: Mon Feb 06 18:57:54 PST 2012...
Turnaround Smackdown: Coffee vs. Autos
Posted: Mon Feb 06 18:28:04 PST 2012...
Apple Crushes Another Record on the Path to World Domination
Posted: Mon Feb 06 19:05:01 PST 2012Reaching yet another milestone, the company from Cupertino continues to bulldoze all opposition in its path. ...
FedEx Feeling the Tailwinds
Posted: Mon Feb 06 18:10:02 PST 2012FedEx Feeling the Tailwinds ...
Another Boeing Loyalist Brightens the Skyline
Posted: Mon Feb 06 19:12:06 PST 2012Boeing bags a $30 billion deal from Saudi Arabia. ...
5 Unique Energy Plays For Big Dividend Income
Posted: Mon Feb 06 18:00:05 PST 20125 Unique Energy Plays For Big Dividend Income ...
