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Why Won't Steve Spend?

Apple's ability to innovate is undisputed, but some analysts complain it doesn't know (or care) about investing its $46 billion in cash.READ»

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U.S. Markets: A Week of Inexplicable Events

This snapshot of the market and the economy shows that things are far from normal, or what we once considered normal. The calculus that propelled investing over the last 30 years has dissolved. The new formula is being being created and tested in real time. The stock market and investing is currently unreal - it’s devolved awhile ago into, or, if you prefer, transformed itself into a momentum investing affair in an unraveling world.READ»

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The Lazarus Rally in 2010

Stocks will not repeat the performance of the last 12 months. The last 12 months was fueled on liquidity and promised future growth. The future is here but the growth is not. READ»

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One Step Ahead of the Carbon Cops

Cutting carbon is cutting waste. READ»

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Patrice Green Houston - Saving our economy

Sweet Success Enterprises, Inc. (OTCBB : SWTS), which has relaunched a product line made popular by Nestle’s to tap into the rapidly growing demand for convenient and nutritious beverages, filed Form 10-Q containing financial ...READ»

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Patrice Green Houston - Saving our economy

Patrice Green In Houston - Patrice Green In Houston With the high prices of energy these days, especially at the pumps, is the next generation of technology in battery power? Electro Energy, Inc., a developer and manufacturer of ...READ»

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Food and Beverage Companies Need to Cut Carbon Emissions, or Else

Trucost, an environmental data provider, released a report revealing the greenhouse gas emissions and carbon footprints of S&P 500 companies in a number of sectors with the intention of helping said companies prepare for the ...READ»

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Michael Wachs

MICHAEL WACHS CEOCAST What should investors look for this week? The earnings calendar will be light again, as equity and bond markets will be closed for Good Friday, but look for reports from Alcoa (NYSE: AA) and retailer Bed Bath ...READ»

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Crisis Buster Tip #1: What Did Mark Twain Say about the Current Economic Crisis?

Do you know your history? If you do, you have no reason for worry, for the current economic crisis is “just” a repetition of the past.READ»

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Hennion and Walsh News: Dow Jones Newswires - 11/14/2008

TIP SHEET: SmartGrowth Funds Bet On ETFs, Short S&P 500 "A U.S. recession isn't pretty for most companies, but portfolio managers at Hennion & Walsh Asset Management are betting on a universe of roughly 240 exchange traded funds to beat the worst bear market since the Great Depression."READ»

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Hennion and Walsh News: Short FinancialETFs Slide After Short-selling Ban

"ETFs will matter more than they ever have now through Oct 2," said Kevin Mahn, Managing Director of Hennion & Walsh, a New Jersey-based brokerage. "It gives the investor the ability to short through sector as opposed to a specific stock."READ»

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Should We Invest With "Great Expectations?"

Monday, November 24, 2008 Holiday Discounters Investment markets of every type continue to discount their inventories to try to lure shoppers. It’s clearly demonstrated by dwindling trading volumes that investment shoppers remain ...READ»

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Worst Trading Day Since 9/11, Tech Stocks Take Cover

The foundering of several bedrock financial companies helped create a perfect storm today, spurring to one of the worst trading days in nearly a decade. The tech sector didn't escape the catastrophe, but fared more buoyantly than ...READ»

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The Reinvention(s) of Sophia Collier, Part 2

Sophia Collier wrote her autobiography at age 21, founded her first company a few years later, and then took on the mutual-fund industry. Now she's set her sights on the cable-TV power structure. Why can't this woman sit still? And what can you learn from her entrepreneurial journey? A two-part feature.READ»

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CEO See-ya!

This month: Peter Cartwright, CEO of Calpine.READ»

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Short Circuit

This month: W. Alan McCollough, CEO of Circuit City Stores.READ»

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CEO See-Ya!

This month: David Mott, CEO of Medimmune Inc.READ»

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CEO See-Ya!

This month: Ralph Hake, CEO of Maytag Corp.READ»

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Sunrise, Sunset

This month's CEO See-Ya!: Scott G. McNealy, CEO of Sun Microsystems.READ»

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Bull Rider

Amy Butte, CFO of the New York Stock Exchange, on deal making, change, and getting to ring the bell.READ»

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CEO See-ya!

This month: Jure Sola, CEO of Sanmina-SCI.READ»

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CEO See Ya!

This month: Peter Kann, CEO of Dow Jones.READ»

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25 Top Women Business Builders

Meet the winners of our first-ever awards for women business owners. They're a dynamic, inspiring group -- with lots to teach us all.READ»

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CEO See-ya!

This month: Wilfred J. Corrigan, CEO of LSI Logic.READ»