Don’t sit around in shock, take action.The shock of being laid off barely had time to set in before Jim Wessel began looking for another job.Released as purchasing director for a resort one Fri

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1. Banks Go for Broke......and They're Almost ThereA game of chicken. That's really what it's come down to for banks. Listening in on the Pulte Homes (PHM) conference call this morning, Richard J. Du

Last April, when newspaper journalist Nathalie Atkinson wrote about the marked similarities between a jacket from a small Canadian design group and one from an international mega-brand, a minor storm

Although some investors argue that deflation is in the cards, I believe there’s one step that should be taken just in case the massive amount of capital that’s been pumped into the slidin

Editor's Note: This was posted in real-time on our Buzz & Banter. It is being republished here for the benefit of the Minyanville community.Professor Krueger’s excellent Buzz post yesterday

All day and every day, some of the stock market's best and brightest traders and money managers share their ideas, insights and analysis in real-time on Minyanville's Buzz & Ban

These days everyone wants to talk about the declining dollar. Today there were two separate stories in the Wall Street Journal about the buck. The first was an op-ed by David Malpass which talked abo

Editor's Note: Minyanville is excited to introduce Bob Faulkner, who is currently the Managing Director of Cranbury Capital LLC. He’s been in the investment business for more that 20 years with