Editor's Note: Welcome to Love It or Hate It, a regular dual-column feature that will capture the love-hate relationship America has with some of its biggest, most controversial companies. For past c

Kirk Kerkorian, the 92-year-old billionaire investor, so-called father of the mega-resort, and richest man in Los Angeles, worked odd jobs as a boy during the Great Depression and never went to high

Stocks surged, sending the S&P 500 up for a sixth straight session and propelling the Dow to a 13 month high, after a G-20 host became the market’s Darling for a day. Equities and ironies e

Stanley Works (SWK) but untold others don’t. The toolmaker hit a 52-week high Friday after its Black & Decker (BDK) acquisition even as double digit unemployment threw a wrench into th

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The route was certainly circuitous but stocks ultimately staged a modest rebound from Friday’s ugly action. Ford’s (F) $997 million profit hoard, a three year high in manufacturing,

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Cher sure got her wish last week, clocks (and stocks) both going back. Daylight -- and assorted other -- Savings disappeared as the Dow ended October with its worst one day point decline si

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