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This holiday season, J.C. Penney (JCP) CEO and Chairman Myron E. Ullman III is armed with a lineup of exclusive fashion brands he helped bring to the department store chain, and he's ready to battle

Peter,Earlier this week, on CNBC, banking analyst Meredith Whitney said, “I think that the call this year, the trade this year has been short the regional banks and go long the capital market

Low fat. No money down. Mission accomplished. Occasionally, the folks behind a product feel the need to paint a picture that isn't necessarily true to lure in the unsuspecting masses. Be it a purport

Last month I highlighted the structural changes that have taken place in the DRAM industry and how that makes for a positive investment environment over the next year or so. Since then, there have be

Social Mood Fuels the China Bull"China, despite its 5,000-year burden of history, has emerged as a dynamo of optimism, experimentation and growth," enthuses a Time magazine piece about Chin

In what should be no surprise, banks are cutting back on small business loans. Please consider CNN Money's Small business loans: $10 billion evaporates.  Eight months after President Obama bega

When my kids were little, my wife and I would tell them: “Trust is like a LEGO tower. It takes a long time to build it up, but only an instant to knock it down.”I was reminded of this tod

In the job market, age may bring experience, but it also brings higher salary requirements and the possibility the candidate is out of touch with the latest technological trends.As unemployment climb

This week’s review comes to you in a shortened format as I don’t have access to my normal research resources while on the road in Europe. Although very little commentary is provided, a fu