The health-care sector is huge here in the US, accounting for 16% of GDP, and politicians have decided the system demands a radical overhaul.So, on Saturday, as you kicked back beers at the local bar

The last couple of months have witnessed the semi-violent chaos of new online traders jumping into the stock market mosh pit. This frenzy of activity was stirred into action by the better-than-expect

The video-game industry has been living on a prayer all year, but Activision (ATVI) managed to squeak past expectations with a solid third-quarter earnings report. Fourth-quarter earnings guidance wa

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Tonight at Yankee Stadium, Pedro Martinez will take the mound for the Philadelphia Phillies against Andy Pettite of the New York Yankees. The Yankees are leading the series 3-2 and have a chance to w

A few years ago, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average perched at all-time highs, Minyanville told the tale of risk gone awry. We spoke of cumulative imbalances, the dangers of derivatives, duality i

“Get back, get back, get back to where you once belonged”- Paul McCartneyAs I returned last night from a spooky weekend in Baltimore, my mind wandered to this morning’s column. Afte

George Foreman once said: “When I was a kid in Houston, we were so poor that we couldn’t afford the last two letters…so we called ourselves po’.”But he sure aint po&rsq

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There wasn’t a lot of news today but investors were happy to take stocks to new year-to-date highs while waiting for the bulk of earnings announcements later in the week. The S&P 500 hit a