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  • Q&A with new president, CEO of Cobb EMC, Chip Nelson Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 11:15PMOn Monday, Chip Nelson, the new president and chief executive officer of Cobb EMC, met with MDJ Publisher Otis A. Brumby Jr. and news editor Kim Isaza for about 90 minutes at his office to discuss...
  • Best investment deals - 4 expert picks Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 10:29AMValue investing, whether in real estate, mutual funds or ETFs, is a proven strategy for doing well in any market.
  • The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Charles Schwab Corporation, Raymond James Financial, Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold ... Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 8:30AMZacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets.
  • Wall to Wall Street Coverage: Upgrades and Downgrades Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 8:05AMWall Street ratings agencies set the tone for the stock market.
  • Can You Bank On Financial Stocks? Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 10:01PMA few well-known value managers are ignoring the risk and buying bank stocks on the cheap. Should investors follow? Five to consider.
  • Foreign Funds: The Secrets of Their Success? Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 10:01PMDespite turmoil in Europe and Japan, developed markets funds are doing well. Will their run continue?
  • You thought housing was in the tank? Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 5:04PMCommercial real estate broker Cathy Jones chuckles when she says the Las Vegas market is bouncing along the bottom. How many times have we heard that?
  • Allstate exec leaves company; stock takes a hit Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 3:23PM(Crain's) — Allstate Corp.'s stock closed down nearly 5% Monday on news that the head of its biggest business unit had left the company suddenly.
  • Will the U.S. Default Before Greece? Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 12:33PMOn balance I remain bullish, but I suspect we are in for a bumpy ride over the next month or so.
  • The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Nexen, Suncor Energy, The Goldman Sachs Group, Ocwen Financial and Morgan Stanley Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 8:30AMZacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets.
  • Micro Good, Macro in Question Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 12:00AMWe are off to a good start on earnings season, but if the debt ceiling is not raised, all estimates for this year and next are way too high.
  • Refugee Capital Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 12:46AMThe UAE remains a sanctuary for many expatriates from troubled countries across the entire North Africa and South Asia landscape.
  • Prium's Pierce County founders borrowed big, lived well and left tenants, contractors in lurch Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 11:24PMJust five years ago, Tom Price and Hyun Um were a Pierce County success story. Riding the wave of real estate, the two men – with little experience in commercial real estate development – took other people’s money and grew their company with little help. • HOW IT EVOLVED: Pair met while at Central Washington University • CHART: Prium's limited liability nest • GRAPHIC: Photos, map, details of ...
  • How Madmen Lost their Mojo Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 11:50AMThere is a rising tide of voices about how marketing’s loss of ground in the corporation is attributable to its lack of ‘knowing the numbers’. The Madmen of Marketing are responsible for knowing what markets will buy and how to get them to buy the products their company sells. They are the strategists who lead the way to growth, tacticians that enable sales to deliver that growth, and serve as ...
  • Myth busting today's housing market Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 6:24AMWASHINGTON — Our forefathers held certain truths to be self-evident. But when it comes to real estate, all is not always what it seems. In fact, many buyers — and some sellers — labor under any number of misconceptions that could sink their housing aspirations.
  • U.S stocks continue on climbing within the midday… Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 3:31AMU.S stocks continue on climbing within the midday…
  • 2Q fund results jolt investors accustomed to gains Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 12:48AMComplacency rarely pays. It’s a lesson many investors have learned the hard way so, heading into a summer when volatility is back in the market, they’ll be watching closely.
  • Value Investing Seminar - Boriz Zhilin on LG Household & Healthcare Preferred Shares Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 2:21PMBy Jacob Wolinsky. Boris Zhilin was born and grew up in the former Soviet Union. Having received a scholarship he left in 1991 to attend Syracuse University in Syracuse, NY. After graduating in 1995 with a Bachelor of Sciences degree in finance, economics and managerial statistics he spent five years at Bear Stearns & Co. Inc. as an analyst in the corporate finance department and subsequently at ...
  • Hydro tower collapse raises questions Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 10:44AM"I did not place a high priority on this incident . . . because power goes out periodically for various different reasons, usually during winter storms, and people have tended to muddle through and do the best they can until power comes on."
  • Buckingham Says to Buy Dividend Stocks Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 6:29AMNEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Wall Street doesn't like uncertainty, which is why it's a good time to own value stocks that pay solid dividends, says John Buckingham, manager of the Al Frank Dividend Value Fund. The mutual fund, which garners three of five stars from Morningstar, has returned 23% over the past year, better than 57% of its peers in the large-cap value category. During the past five ...
  • Strong miners lift FTSE, investors remain wary Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 3:43AMLONDON (Reuters) - Strong miners, buoyed by reassuring economic data from China, underpinned modest gains by Britain's top shares on Wednesday, although investor confidence remained at a low ebb on ...
  • Strong miners lift FTSE Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 3:39AM* FTSE 100 up 0.2 percent * Miners firm after China Q2 growth tops forecast * M&S weak after "mixed" Q1 update LONDON, July 13 (Reuters) - Strong miners, buoyed byreassuring economic data from ...
  • Three high-yield European stocks at attractive prices Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 4:25PMWhile the debt woes won’t go away soon, some of the continent’s best-known companies offer strong long-term growth prospects
  • 3 High-Yield Europe Stocks at Attractive Prices Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 1:36PMEditor's note: As part of our partnership with PBS's Nightly Business Report, TheStreet's Bob Wahlberg will appear on NBR Tuesday (check local listings) to discuss European stocks that could prosper despite the continent's debt woes. Europe's debt problems just won't go away. Last month it was Greece. This month, investors are being hit with near-daily stories about Italy's financial woes -- the ...
  • 3 Reasons to Worry About Google's Earnings Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 12:38PMGoogle has a rocky road heading into Thursday night's quarterly report.
  • Bank Stocks Keep Market Buoyant Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 11:41AMThe financial sector led the market's swoon yesterday, and now it's leading the recovery today.
  • What $100 Got You In 1954: Lessons In Art And Growth Stocks Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 6:08AMFor me, a C-note was serious money in the summer of 1954.  New York and the country were in the throes of recession, which in those days normally was induced by excesses in inventory accumulation and plant over expansion, not financial mufti puffti.  “What was good for General Motors was
  • SCOREBOARD: Contagion frenzy Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 4:46PMFears of European contagion saw markets battered last night, showing just how little a Greek default would solve. 12 Jul 2011 7:40 AM
  • 'Choppy' market likely to keep investors wary Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 3:46PMBOSTON - Complacency rarely pays. It's a lesson many investors have learned the hard way, so, heading into a summer when volatility is back in the market, they'll be watching closely.
  • Wall Street's bumpy ride Saturday, July 9, 2011 @ 11:11PMBOSTON -- Complacency rarely pays. It's a lesson many investors have learned the hard way so, heading into a summer when volatility is back in the market, they'll be watching closely. Three months ago, everything seemed to be in place for another quarter of strong mutual fund returns.
  • Kathleen Pender: Mutual funds have fared well in '11 Saturday, July 9, 2011 @ 11:00PMDespite all the turmoil of the first half of the year - the devastating tsunami in Japan , the death of Osama bin Laden , political upheaval in the Mideast and economic turmoil in Europe - investors in U.S. mutual funds fared pretty well.
  • Banking on a recovery Saturday, July 9, 2011 @ 1:26PMWhat do the Coos Watershed Association, The Mill RV Park, organic dairies around Coos County and North Bend's facade loan program all have in common?
  • 5-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: Procter & Gamble Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 10:08AMMarket-trouncing returns could be written in these five stars.
  • U.S. Jobs Growth Lifts Asian Shares Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 6:21AMRead full story for details.
  • FTSE rises cautiously ahead on U.S. jobs data Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 6:03AMLONDON (Reuters) - The top share index was higher on Friday as investors remained cautiously optimistic ahead of important jobs data from the United States later in the session. London's blue-chip ...
  • London open: Financials lead gains Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 5:09AMLONDON (SHARECAST) - Financial stocks were leading the risers on Friday morning, as the Footsie built on gains made on Thursday. Banking peers Barclays , Lloyds and RBS were among the best performers.
  • Independent Inv Tst - Half Yearly Report Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 1:09AMIndependent Inv Tst - Half Yearly Report
  • Chuck Jaffe: Tellabs: good company, bad stock right now Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 11:12PMAsk most investors to make a list of the things they want from a company, and they’ll say a solid balance sheet, solid business prospects and a bargain of a stock price. Sometimes, however, those characteristics come together in a good company that, at least for a time, is a bad stock — one with more downside potential than up for the foreseeable future.
  • Mutual funds see good returns in the first half Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 6:39PMDespite all the turmoil of the first half -- the devastating tsunami in Japan, political upheaval in the Mideast and economic turmoil in Europe -- investors in U.S. mutual funds fared pretty well.
  • 2Q fund results jolt investors accustomed to gains Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 10:29AMMARK JEWELL AP Personal Finance Writer BOSTON Complacency rarely pays. It's a lesson many investors have learned the hard way so, heading into a summer when volatility is back in the market, they'll be watching closely. Three months ago, everything seemed to be in place for another quarter of strong mutual fund returns. The economic recovery appeared to be on track and unemployment was edging ...
  • One-Upping Warren Buffett Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 11:44AMOne-Upping Warren Buffett
  • Hyundai opts out of buying Hynix Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 9:34AMShips and chips have little in common
  • BMR Updates Outlooks on Beverage Stocks Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 8:30AMBullMarket.com , an online investment newsletter focused on long-term growth and income-generating stocks, has provided subscribers with coverage of several beverage stocks, including Coca-Cola , Pepsico , Dr.
  • 3 More Reasons Why Google Should Buy Hulu Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 1:17PMGoogle remains the best suitor for Hulu.
  • Steve Forbes Interview: Author Joel Greenblatt Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 7:47AMThe author of 'The Little Book That Beats The Market' and 'The Big Secret For The Small Investor' ta
  • Asian Shares End Flat; Australia Slips on Weak Outlook Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 6:21AMRead full story for details.
  • Royston Group to Sell Single Tenant Net Lease Comerica Bank in the Dallas/ Ft. Worth MSA Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 3:06AMThe Royston Group will be marketing a Comerica Bank investment property in the Dallas/ Ft. Worth suburb of Lewisville, TX. The site lies in the Super Target anchored Lewisville Town Crossing Shopping Center.Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) July 05, 2011 The Royston Group has been selected to market long term fee simple ground lease located in Lewisville, TX (Dallas/ Ft. Worth MSA). The building was ...
  • Of Cans, Cul de Sacs & Unforced Errors Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 12:00AMMarket surges on Greek debt band aid, but U.S. debt ceiling still looms.
  • REITs move extends FTSE rally Monday, July 4, 2011 @ 9:11AMBroker comment lifts REITs and Aggreko. 4 Jul 2011 10:01 AM
  • Apple and Microsoft Take Cloud Computing Mainstream Monday, July 4, 2011 @ 8:01AMThe Bedford Report Provides Equity Research on Apple & Microsoft