Hewlett-Packard’s (HPQ) fourth-quarter earnings reflect its continued effort to expand through acquisition and deliver end-to-end data services.The company is scheduled to release earnings Mond

Getting kicked down stairs at a small home-improvement company made Kenneth Langone rich and has saved millions of do-it-yourselfers big bucks.In 1978, the legendary investor got into a tiff with the

The United States economy might not be doing so well, but local economies are fighting back.To combat outsourcing of goods and services, and to keep revenue within the community, many areas have inst

Is it wrong that it’s only Wednesday and I’m already thinking about the weekend?Asian stocks got thumped overnight. The Hang Seng and the Nikkei were off 1.84% and 1.35%, respectively. Eu

For decades, gambling has been the preferred arrow in state policymakers’ budgetary quivers, the thinking being that even in poor economic times, tax revenues from gambling would continue to gr

Amidst all the excitement of companies beating five-times watered down earnings estimates, General Electric (GE) managed to lay an egg. Consider GE Profit Falls 45% as Revenue Trails E

To say that I can’t wait for the 4 p.m. close today would be an understatement. What a long week! Honey, I’m sleeping in tomorrow. Asian stocks ended mixed. The Hang Seng was down 0.31% a

In a recent interview with Bloomberg News, Michael Dell made it clear that he's not done shopping. Just off the announcement of a $3.9 billion deal to buy Perot Systems (PER), Dell (DELL) wants to ma

The CBOE Volatility Index, which is usually referenced here by its ticker symbol, VIX, seems to be settling comfortably into a range between 22.00 and 30.00 that's traded in since early July. Given t

Joining a gym should be a no-brainer. My husband and I already work out on a regular basis. We also home school, so joining a gym could very easily be part of a modest education budget.But the proble