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Energy stocks lead a turnaround on Wall Street
Investors remained cautious at the start of a big week for company earnings on Wall Street. About a third of the companies in the Standard & Poor's 500 index, including Exxon Mobil and Apple, are reporting earnings this week. Analysts currently expect...
Tags: China, Financial Markets, Petroleum Industry, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Buyback
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Under Armour exceeds earnings expectations in first quarter
Under Armour launched a new marketing plan earlier this year, touting its up-and-coming athletes and most innovative products in an intense but short burst they called “a brand holiday.” It appears to have paid off. The Baltimore-based...Tags: Basketball, Weaponry, Companies and Corporations, Kevin Plank, Under Armour Inc.
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SeaWorld's IPO raises $702 million
SeaWorld Entertainment Inc., the theme park chain owned by Blackstone Group, priced its shares at the top of the marketed range and raised $702 million in its initial public offering. SeaWorld sold 26 million shares at $27 each, according to data compiled...
Tags: SeaWorld, Travel, Gardens and Parks, Blackstone Group, L.P., Theme Park Vacations
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Apple shares tumble as stocks fall for second day in last three
The stock market endured its second broad decline in three days, as investors fretted about weak earnings in the U.S. and deepening economic stagnation in Europe. Companies ranging from Apple Inc. to Bank of America Corp. were battered as investors fled...
Tags: Financial Markets, European Debt Crisis, Insider Trading, Bank of America Corp., Apple Inc.
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Thermo Fisher To Buy Life Tech For $13.6 Billion
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. on Monday agreed to buy Life Technologies Corp for $13.6 billion in a deal that would make it one of the top two companies in the hot field of genetic testing. The pact values Life Tech at $76 per share, a 12 percent...Tags: The Carlyle Group, Thermo Electron Corporation, Emerging Market, Science and Technology, Medical Research
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In KPMG insider trading case, crime and blunders alleged
It's the kind of audacious but small-stakes insider trading that normally wouldn't have merited much attention. Golfing buddies Scott London and Bryan Shaw netted just $1.3 million, a blip in a world where Wall Street kingpins pocket hundreds of...Tags: KPMG, Accounting and Auditing, Lawyers, Criminals, Skechers USA Incorporated
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Stock spotlight: Occidental Petroleum seeks stability at the top
The nation's fourth biggest oil company, Occidental Petroleum Corp., is primarily involved in oil and natural gas exploration and production. It is also a major manufacturer of oil-related chemicals. The Westwood company said its domestic production...
Tags: Prices, Petroleum Industry, Stephen I. Chazen, Companies and Corporations, The Wall Street Journal
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Our country's greed and the bubble
An iconic line from the 1987 movie "Wall Street" is when Michael Douglas portraying Gordon Gekko says "Greed is good." I'm getting that same deja vu moment with the current run-up of the stock market as the big banks and investment houses play fast...Tags: Gun Control, Personal Weapon Control, Politics, Economy, Business and Finance, National Rifle Association of America
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Pictures in the News | Apr. 10, 2013
FrameworkToday's Pictures in the News finds us stuck in Los Angeles traffic, flying high over Angel Stadium in Anaheim for the Angels' season opener, in New York City with Elmo and a trader on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, and in Texas with a pensive... -
Hannon Armstrong aims to raise $250 million in IPO
An Annapolis-based financier of clean energy infrastructure amended its plans to sell stock to the public, more than doubling its target to $250 million. Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital Inc., which provides debt and equity...
Tags: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Annapolis, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, NYSE Euronext, Inc.
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Shift in investment thinking has some folks keeping their retirement funds in stocks
Not too many years ago, many retirees believed it was OK to be a stock market investor in your working years, but after retiring, it was critical to keep assets safely away from the market's inherent risk and volatility. Today, for many reasons, many...
Tags: Prices, Financial Markets, 401K, Politics, Personal Finance
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What does a record day on Wall Street mean to you and your portfolio?
reporterA milestone on Wall Street left many traders feeling cautiously optimistic. But, financial advisor Patrick Ayers is warning his clients and others to be careful. "What comes up, must come back down. We really feel that we're on a sugar high. The new term...
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