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Upgrades & Downgrades: Brinker Looks AppetizingFri Nov 20th, 2009
Justin Sharon There will be blood all right and not just in oil, which suffered a steep drop to fall for the first day in four. As Twilight tweens screamed to see another gory story at the box office, S&P 500 |
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New Moon MadnessFri Nov 20th, 2009
Laurie Petersen They’re baaaaaaaack! Bella, Edward, Jacob, and the cast of the vampire romance The Twilight Saga: New Moon are expected to take a big bite from movie theater box offices this weekend. And if th |
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How Gold’s Run Could Be DerailedThu Nov 19th, 2009
Josh Lipton The rhetoric surrounding gold now glitters as brightly as the metal itself. Gold is slipping today, but its recent move has been dramatic and historic: in fact, gold reached a new all-time high price |
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How to Get Big Returns From Small StocksWed Nov 18th, 2009
Josh Lipton A 40-year veteran of small-cap investing, Bill Nasgovitz never used to concern himself much with the broader macro picture of the US economy. A dedicated, bottoms-up value investor, Nasgovitz simply |
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Rags to Riches CEOs: Howard SchultzWed Nov 18th, 2009
Mike Schuster With over 16,000 store locations worldwide and 176,000 employees whipping up double tall lattes, the Starbucks (SBUX) franchise doesn't seem like it ever had to struggle from humble roots. Its quick |
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Rags to Riches CEOs: Angelo MoziloWed Nov 18th, 2009
Josh Lipton In 2005, Barron’s called him one of the 30 best CEOs in the world. Then Fortune placed his firm on its list of “Most Admired Companies”. One year later, American Banker presented hi |
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Rags to Riches CEOs: Frank StronachWed Nov 18th, 2009
Scott Reeves Frank Stronach, chairman and founder of Magna International (MGA), launched his empire by making 300,000 sun visor brackets for General Motors. The rest, as they say, is history.Nine years after the |
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Rags to Riches CEOs: Lloyd BlankfeinWed Nov 18th, 2009
Megan Barnett Lloyd Blankfein is a survivor. As the CEO of Goldman Sachs (GS), he's one of the few Wall Street chiefs to emerge from the financial crisis with his firm -- and his job -- intact.He’s certainly |
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Ten Ways to Get In the Zone and Stay ThereMon Nov 16th, 2009
Karen Salmansohn You know how it is when work is just zzzzzzzzzooooooming along and you lose track of time? Pretty darn great, eh? Well, this zzzzzzoooooom time is what I call The Zzzzzzzzone.Here are some techniques |
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Quote, Unquote: The Heavenly Work of BankersFri Nov 13th, 2009
Justin Rohrlich “I’m just a banker doing God’s work.”-- Lloyd Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs (GS) “Life is too short to have anything but delusional notions about yourself.”-- Ge |






