Good news for coffee addicts across the nation: You now have a more portable, convenient, and cheaper way to mainline caffeine every morning.For 20 years, Starbucks (SBUX) has been looking for a way

Minyan Morning Memo One to Watch: Investors asking "What’s the frequency Kenneth Lewis?" got their answer this morning when Bank of America (BAC) reported Q2 profit which beat th

The downbeat economy is good news for renters.Nationwide, vacancies rose to the highest level in 22 years, climbing to 7.5%, up from 6.1% a year ago. This means rents are still falling as landlords s

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The Securities and Exchange Commission may require some US companies to switch to international accounting rules by 2014. The SEC says the change will make American companies more competitive in the

As the pendulum swings between greed and fear, investors typically behave in 1 of 2 ways: They either become over-enthusiastic during bull markets and over-despondent as the bear’s growl grows

Dell (DELL) says price cuts boosted second quarter sales, but cut profits 17%. Dell’s profit dropped to $616 million, or $0.31 per share, from $746 million, or $0.32, for the same period a year

Marvell Lower on Slower SalesShares of Marvell Technology (MRVL) are lower this morning after the company gave a forecast that indicated sales growth is slowing. Bloomberg reports the maker of chips

As stockholders sweep up the remnants of IndyMac and the FDIC continues to add to its list of troubled banks (Wachovia (WB), Washington Mutual (WM) and Zions Bancorp (ZION)) financial insti

A summer has passed since I made the vow to become a more mindful spender.The verdict: Room for improvement.The plan I laid out in May was to switch from debit card to cash for most of my day-to-day