As America prepares to tuck into turkeys, Byrd became our longest serving lawmaker, Birds Eye is being bought by Blackstone (BX) and yesterday’s equity action was one for the birds. With h

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

Friday’s successful launch of Dollar General’s (DG) IPO suggests the recession is a good time for deep discounters, or stores that offer rock-bottom prices to cash-strapped shoppers.Dolla

Christian Andreach isn’t betting on a strong rebound here in the US. But the 36-year-old professional stock picker is wagering on faster growth overseas, a view confirmed by the many C-suite ex

It’s been quite some time since I remember opening up a Starbucks (SBUX) quarterly report with a smile. Thankfully last week’s fourth-quarter results finally helped me regain some of my f

Today, with Halloween behind us, I imagine that over-sugared families across America are putting away their costumes and decorations and are now looking ahead to Thanksgiving.It seems an appropriate

Here is an email from Eugene Holloway, a Maryland attorney, on the rising cost of college education:  When I attended law school at George Washington University in 1969, the tuition was $1,90

Editor's note: This article was written by Michelle Leder, who combs through SEC filings for nuggets of interesting details for her blog, Footnoted.org.Now that the merger between Pfizer (PFE) and Wy

The three Halloween parties I attended this weekend went really well. My wife and kids made up my face and I put on a suit jacket and pants. All I needed to do was stick out my arms, grunt here and t

It was a big day for the bulls as investors cheered earnings reports from Dow companies 3M (MMM), McDonald's (MCD), and Travelers (TRV). The S&P 500 finished green for the day, closing higher by