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With the news of Sears Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: SHLD) and Best Buy's (NYSE: BBY) closing a number of stores, it is as if we are witnessing the twilight of retail. The decline of the retail world is probably related to the rise in Internet commerce and tightening wallets, but how does retail's...

Best 1) Caliper Life Sciences (NASDAQ: CALP): Shares of Caliper Life Sciences are currently trading up 41% from yesterday's close to $10.41. The company will be acquired by PerkinElmer (NYSE: PKI) for $10.50 per share. The deal is valued at $600 million. 2) Achillion Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:...

With the holiday season right around the corner, the clothing industry always get a bit of a sales surge this time of year. The bad news for consumers is that cotton prices have been slowly creeping higher. While the rising cotton costs have not impacted the price consumers pay for clothing and...

According to an article in SmartMoney, dividend had lost flavor with investors in the 1980s, when they started favoring stocks that offered returns through share buybacks. The extent of the diminishing importance of dividend as the deciding factor for investors can be seen from the fact that...

According to an article on SmartMoney, the three healthcare companies that are seeing major gains in the stock market and may still continue to do so if the Senate bill becomes a law are: Aetna (BYSE: AET) provides health insurance products and related services. Since AET is focused on providing...