ClusterStock:
The following is John Mauldin's weekly e-letter. You can sign up to receive it each week here > Where the Wild Things Are is a beloved children's book and now a beautiful movie. But in the investment world there are really s (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Sport:
Behind the scenes disagreement over footballing ideologies could threaten Tony Pulis's success storySuperficially, all seems well at Stoke City, but the club's serene public face masks a mini-crisis of ideologies being fought (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Sport:
The latest news and best bets from all the day's races around the countryRuby Walsh can engineer a third Betfair Chase victory for the brilliant Kauto Star (2.55) at Haydock Park this afternoon. The dual Gold Cup winner is a (Read More)
ClusterStock:
Dick Bove says that shareholders and management of Bank of America want outgoing Chief Executive Ken Lewis to stay.The Rochdale Securities analyst has been a big supporter of Lewis. But today he took it a step further, saying (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
The Hershey Trust calls the shots at Hershey Co. and its board has long been thought to be an impediment to several potential deals over the years. But now the trust is pushing for the Pennsylvania chocolate maker to purchase (Read More)
The Guardian:
Investors in Thomas Cook and Tui Travel must wish they could get away from it all. The two travel companies were the biggest fallers in the leading index following downgrades on both companies from Morgan Stanley. In particul (Read More)
Dealscape:
In the landscape of telecommunications, Windstream Corp.'s purchase of business services provider NuVox Inc. earlier in November may have an influence that is larger than its $643 million price tag.... (Read More)
CNN:
QUESTION 1: I wanted to know if you could tell me how much longer the tax credit for first-time homebuyers will be available? I am a US citizen living abroad and plan to purchase a condominium in Texas-would this tax credit a (Read More)
washingtonpost.com - Real Estate:
Rates for 30-year, fixed-rate home loans fell for the third straight week, offering a boost to potential buyers who may use a government tax credit to purchase homes. The 15-year rate declined to a record low.
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SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page:
Paul Price submits:BK:NYSE Nov. 20, 2009 - $26.05 Dividend = $0.09 quarterly = 1.38% current yield Bank of New York Mellon was created by the July 2007 merger between Mellon Financial and Bank of New York making it one of th (Read More)
SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page:
The current technical "triple top" on the chart of the IShares DJ Transportation Average ETF (IYT) has an interesting fundamental basis. The ETF formed a double top in mid-October and then began a period of rapid decline fall (Read More)
Crunch Gear:
Target will be running a special Sunday-to-Wednesday circular this weekend full of pre-Black Friday deals. Most of the deals are okay, if unspectacular – 32-inch LCD TV for $398, $20 giftcard with Wii system purchase, etc. – (Read More)
News - Impact - Times-Picayune - NOLA.com:
A Westwego man shot in Harvey last week while trying to purchase crack died Thursday night. Joey Bullock, 31, died at about 10 p.m. from injuries he received when he was shot once in the abdomen near the intersection of... (Read More)
AdPulp:
What's going on is 10 Vancouver-area Gap stores are offering consumers a credit on any merchandise that goes on sale within 45 days of their purchase. To promote this offer, Gap flipped the script and turned everything in its (Read More)
Gizmodo:
Black Friday is a week away, and thousands of markdowns are already announced. Our master list of Giz-friendly deals—a hefty read—includes similar items priced differently at different stores. Keep it refreshed, cuz we'll be (Read More)
ClusterStock:
In case you missed it, treasury bill yields went negative yesterday (to -0.03%) which means investors were willing to lose money in order to own them. This is a very rare occurrence.Even simply keeping cash under your pillow (Read More)
SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page:
JP Morgan was out with an excellent piece of research explaining (and defending) their opinions on many of the market myths that are currently swirling regarding the government’s response to the crisis and the reaction by var (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
It's the morning after the big Chrome OS event where Google executives and engineers revealed a myriad of details about the company's first attempt at creating their own operating system. The highly anticipated news conferenc (Read More)
washingtonpost.com - Personal Finance:
Mortgage interest rates below 5 percent, combined with the recent extension and expansion of the home-buyer tax credits, give buyers a unique opportunity to purchase a home. But if you have enough equity in your property, it (Read More)
washingtonpost.com - Personal Finance:
For the past several years, the Federal Housing Administration has been the go-to financing resource for cash-strapped home buyers who can't come up with a big down payment. It has zoomed from barely a 3 percent market share (Read More)