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Google and Intel Are Popping Up in the Retail World
Tuesday, November 19, 2013 - 3:01pm | 841By Carol Kopp, Minyanville Staff Writer Finally, we've got a plausible explanation for the Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) mystery barge floating off the coast of San Francisco. It will be a showroom. Okay, it'll be a vast and extremely cool, celebrity architect-designed floating showroom, complete with...
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These ETFs House The Next Biotech Takeover Targets
Monday, August 26, 2013 - 7:44am | 649Big news out of the biotechnology sector Monday as Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN) has finally reached an agreement to acquire Onyx Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ONXX) for $10.4 billion, or $125 per share. Amgen has long been pursuing Onyx so the former can bolster its lineup of cancer therapies. Related: ETFs...
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X Factor: 13 Stocks Hit Ex-Dividend Date on August 23
Wednesday, August 22, 2012 - 11:25am | 1872By Bristol Voss, Minyanville Staff Writer Six stocks will reach their ex-dividend date tomorrow, which is significant for investors since the seller of the stock on that date, not the buyer, receives the most recent dividend. A stock must be bought one day before the ex-dividend date to claim...
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Why Facebook is Too Big to Succeed
Friday, August 3, 2012 - 3:29pm | 2185By Carol Kopp, Minyanville Staff Writer LinkedIn (NASDAQ: LNKD) just strengthened its position as the Wall Street darling of social media stocks after the close Thursday, reporting stronger-than-expected revenue and raising its full-year outlook. The company has three revenue streams, and...
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Checklist for Trading Leveraged ETFs
Thursday, July 26, 2012 - 1:36pm | 2427By William Meade, Minyanville Staff Writer Below is my checklist for trading leveraged exchanged traded funds.1.Liquidity.The leveraged ETF must trade 25,000 or more shares per day on average.2.Premium/discount.Only trade leveraged ETFs that are trading at a small premium or at a discount to...
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Identity Crisis? The Coca-Cola Company and World Wildlife Fund
Friday, July 20, 2012 - 12:33pm | 576By Elizabeth Whittlesey, Minyanville Staff Writer With its recent earnings call, Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) has been garnering attention for its higher-than-expected second quarter profits. Coke is the largest distributor of non-alcoholic beverages worldwide. Over the past few years, Coke has also...
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ETFs For Occupy Wall Street
Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 1:49pm | 514The Occupy Wall Street protests are still going strong and they've spread from New York to other major metropolitan areas throughout the U.S. There's even an Occupy Wall Street Facebook page. Now, thanks to our friends at Minyanville, there's an Occupy Wall Street Index. "The Occupy Wall Street...
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Hit and Run Day Trading Report (CLF, RDWR, CMG, SYNT)
Monday, August 30, 2010 - 11:46am | 206Minyanville came out with its 'Hit and Run Day Trading Report.' In the report, Minyanville offers a few new potential day trading ideas for traders to get long. It recommends buying shares of Cliffs Natural Resources Inc (NYSE: CLF) at a price of $60.50, and putting a stop in at $59.50 if shares...
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Why Government Spending, Public Sector Jobs Are Burden to Society
Thursday, August 5, 2010 - 11:55am | 506Sometime the most simple ideas spawn the most revolutionary changes. It happened with The Laffer Curve during the ‘80s. Dr. Laffer knew that there was a direct link between effective tax rates and tax revenues. His idea was presented in such a clear and compelling manner that it's a cornerstone for...
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Minyanville's Todd Harrison Says We Are In The "Eye Of The Storm" (SDS, QID)
Thursday, June 17, 2010 - 12:39pm | 362According to an article on Yahoo Finance, Todd Harrison, CEO of Minyanville, believes that we are in the "eye of the storm." He said that the current environment will prove to be "a relative calm between the first phase of the financial crisis and the cumulative comeuppance that'll flush -- and...