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Fund Accused of Manipulating Gas Markets
2007-07-26 00:00:00 After a yearlong investigation, federal regulators have charged Amaranth Advisors, a high-flying hedge fund that collapsed in 2006, with attempts to manipulate natural gas prices last year. The suit, filed yesterday, contends that Amaranth and its former head energy trader, Brian Hunter, tried to influence prices on the New York Mercantile Exchange on two separate days ... More About: Markets , Fund , Accu , Pula
A Chinese story to give all investors; Rabbits, turtles, and the wisdom of
2007-07-26 00:00:00 We find the same truths in our Western traditions. For example, Aesop’s classic fable of “The Tortoise and the Hare” is a simple fairy tale offering investors great insights into the real world of investing, greater than all the fiction surrounding the surreal world of Wall Street. For a few moments, listen closely once again to ... More About: Story , Chinese , Wisdom , Turtles , Give
The End of Easy Money
2007-07-23 00:00:00 Again and again in these past few months, financial markets have appeared to be on the verge of something very scary. It happened first and most jarringly in February, when subprime-mortgage woes made headlines in the U.S. and a market crash let in Shanghai sent global stocks into a swoon. Lately the scares have been ... More About: Money , Easy
The Price of Anonymity
2007-07-23 00:00:00 Over the course of eight or nine years, until last August, someone with the handle “rahodeb” posted regularly about the company Whole Foods on Yahoo!’s finance bulletin boards. Rahodeb liked Whole Foods. He didn’t care for its competitor Wild Oats. Rahodeb particularly liked Whole Foods CEO John Mackey. “While I’m not a ‘Mackey groupie,’” rahodeb ... More About: Anonymity , Price , Anon
Stocks Rise Amid Buyout News
2007-07-23 00:00:00 Stocks Move Higher Following Buyout News , Earnings Reports NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks rose in early trading Monday after a fresh round of buyout news offered evidence that Wall Street’s penchant for dealmaking hasn’t disappeared. Stocks partly rebounded from a sell-off Friday after Transocean Inc., the world’s largest offshore drilling contractor, and rival GlobalSantaFe Corp. said Monday ... More About: Stocks , Rise
Duke: iPhone May Be Disrupting Network
2007-07-20 00:00:00 (RALEIGH, N.C.)?Apple Inc.’s flashy new iPhones may be jamming parts of the wireless network at Duke University, where technology officials worked with the company Wednesday to fix problems before classes begin next month. Bill Cannon, a Duke technology spokesman, said an analysis of traffic found that iPhones flooded parts of the campus’ wireless ... More About: Iphone , Network
Sprint, Clearwire Team Up on New Network
2007-07-20 00:00:00 (KANSAS CITY, Mo.)?Almost a year after Sprint Nextel Corp. announced it would develop a mobile broadband network using WiMax technology, the wireless provider said Thursday it was teaming up with competing provider Clearwire Corp. to help build it. WiMax provides wireless Internet speeds comparable to DSL or cable modems. Similar to ... More About: Network , Team
Warren Buffett’s Priceless Investment Advice
2007-07-20 00:00:00 “It’s far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price.” If you can grasp this simple advice from Warren Buffett , you should do well as an investor. Sure, there are other investment strategies out there, but Buffett’s approach is both easy to follow ... More About: Advice , Investment
SIX IMPORTANT CONCEPTS YOU NEED TO KNOW IN INVESTING/TRADING
2007-07-20 00:00:00 A brief summary of the six concepts: Market timing is for chumps and chimps. No kidding, folks, a chimpanzee throwing darts was able to create a portfolio that beat the nineties bull market for a few years. The market is totally random, irrational, and unpredictable. And it loves humbling the mighty. Try to beat it ... More About: Concepts , Trading , Investing , Once , Concept
VoIP Provider SunRocket Suddenly Closes
2007-07-19 00:00:00 (WASHINGTON)?Internet phone service provider SunRocket, which had as many as 200,000 customers nationwide, has ceased operations without warning. The move by SunRocket, which offered service via Voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP, was first reported Monday on The New York Times’ Web site. It was confirmed by Martin Pinchinson, a spokesman for Sherwood ... More About: Voip , Provider , Ovid
China Limits Teenage Internet Gaming
2007-07-19 00:00:00 (HONG KONG)?The Chinese government has launched a campaign to limit the number of hours teenagers spend online playing games. Under new rules that took effect Monday, Chinese Intern et gaming companies must install a program that requires users to enter their ID card numbers. After three hours, players under 18 are prompted to stop ... More About: Gaming , China , Limits
REST, NAPS, AND SLEEP
2007-07-17 00:00:00 When employing the technique of losing your mind, remember the comment of world-class spy Jason Bourne, a character of the novelist Robert Ludlum: “Rest is a Weapon.” Make sure that you keep a healthy supply of this weapon in your arsenal. Without proper rest, the mind will be much more susceptible to the negative effects of ... More About: Sleep
Stock Suffers, But Mostly In Silence
2007-07-17 00:00:00 By its own measures, everything looks good at ACA Capital Holdings, a financial management and insurance company. But other numbers do not look so good, and the stock price is falling rapidly. The company will not comment on what is going on. In New York Stock Exchange trading yesterday, ACA shares fell ... More About: Silence
6 Months Later, a Report Card on Vista
2007-07-17 00:00:00 (SEATTLE)?Chris Pirillo leaned away from his webcam and pointed to his printer/scanner/fax machine, which stopped scanning and faxing after he installed Microsoft Corp.’s new Windows Vista operating system. “I can’t live in Vista if the software that I use in my life for productivity does not work,” said Pirillo, in the third minute ... More About: Card , Report , Months , Month
Pricing Pills by the Results
2007-07-15 00:00:00 Drug companies like to say that their most expensive products are fully worth their breathtaking prices. Now one company is putting its money where its mouth is ? by offering a money-back guarantee. Johnson & Johnson has proposed that Britain?s national health service pay for the cancer drug Velcade, but only for people who benefit from ... More About: Results , Pills , Result
FIVE ESSENTIAL LESSONS IN MIND-OVER-MONEY INVESTING/TRADING
2007-07-15 00:00:00 Lesson 1: Never Underestimate What Influences How You Invest Many professionals noted that they or their clients have made boneheaded moves because they discounted the effect of their personalities on their trades. A few said they forgot how impulsive, egotistical, or cautious they “naturally” were and, as a result, failed to assess how these traits might ... More About: Money , Trading , Investing , Mind , Lessons
BMW Drives Germany
2007-07-14 00:00:00 Cloth seats or leather? Sunroof or spoiler? Walk into any auto dealership to buy a new car, and you’ll be offered a multitude of options. If it’s a BMW you’re buying, however, there’s a twist: you can walk out of the showroom and change your mind later. Perhaps you’d really prefer the ... More About: Germany , Germ
Stocks Rise on Takeover Activity
2007-07-14 00:00:00 Wall Street Rise s on Acquisition Activity, Earnings Optimism NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street bounced back Wednesday from its sharp decline a day earlier, boosted by takeover activity ahead of second-quarter earnings reports. Investors shaken by profit warnings earlier in the week appeared to be cautiously optimistic as they awaited quarterly earnings reports. Meanwhile, new buyout activity ... More About: Stocks , Takeover
The Psychology of Smart Investing
2007-07-14 00:00:00 When mental health practitioners talk to patients about their errors in judgment, a typical response is, “I may be crazy but I’m not stupid.” Intellectually, these patients know the right thing to do butj ust can’t do it; they can’t control their behavior. The same can be said for investors, most often frustrated by their lack ... More About: Smart , Investing , Psychology , Psych , Ology
SIX INVESTOR TYPES-SIX MENTAL CHALLENGES. WHICH ONE DESCRIBES YOU?
2007-07-14 00:00:00 1. The Conflicted Investor If you fit the description of the conflicted investor, you’re probably anxious about your trades. Even when you’re on vacation, you find your thoughts drifting back to trades, dwelling on the advisability of a move, engaging in debate with yourself about whether the move was wise. During work and other activities, your ... More About: Mental , Types , Allen , Scribe
Bootes Relationship With Hidalgo Mining International (Pink Sheets: HMIT) T
2007-07-14 00:00:00 PAHRUMP, Nev., July 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — John Darrah, President and Majority shareholder announced today action had been taken so that Jefferson A. Bootes is no longer associated with Hidalgo Mining Intern ational . Darrah stated, “After Bootes previously agreed on May 29, 2007 to return certificates for all 56 million shares of restricted common stock issued to ... More About: Pink , Relationship
Fed Chairman Cites Inflation Threat
2007-07-11 00:00:00 Ben S. Bernanke, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, said today that Americans have less erratic expectations about inflation than they used to but are still likely to let short-term events shape their long-term perceptions about price increases. Mr. Bernanke?s remarks reflected the Fed?s position that inflation remains a threat to the economy and suggest that ... More About: Inflation , Chairman , Chai , Threat , Flat
U.S. Wholesale Inventories Rose 0.5 Percent in May
2007-07-11 00:00:00 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Inventories of unsold goods at U.S. wholesalers rose 0.5 percent in May, boosted by a buildup in a range of goods including automobiles, metals and electrical supplies, government data showed on Tuesday. At the same time, separate data showed weak retail sales as consumers cut back on spending amid ... More About: Rose , Tori , Vent , Whole , Holes
THE FED, INTEREST RATES, AND STOCK PRICES
2007-07-09 00:00:00 Stock prices tend to move inversely with interest rates. That is, falling interest rates tend to cause stock prices to rise, and increasing interest rates usually depress stock prices. The Fed is likely to take steps designed to cause interest rates to rise (decline) when it sees a need to slow ... More About: Interest Rates , Stock , Interest , Rates
Wall Street to Eye Trade, Retail Data
2007-07-09 00:00:00 Wall Street Will Study Federal Data This Week on Trade Deficit and Retail Sales NEW YORK (AP) — Investors will get a few snapshots of the economy’s health this week when they return from their Fourth of July vacations and prepare for earnings season.Wall Street is hoping for signs that the economy is on the ... More About: Wall Street
The Growing Dangers of China Trade
2007-07-03 00:00:00 Workers assemble domestic air conditioning units on a production line of the AUX Company. AUX, a joint venture between Mainland China , Taiwan and Hong Kong investors, is a major appliance manufacturer with a diverse range of products from white goods to mobile phones. On a warm Friday afternoon in June, about 50,000 boxes of toothpaste got ... More About: Trade , Growing , Rowing , Grow
Blackstone: Too Rich for Congress
2007-07-03 00:00:00 On June 22, shares in the private-equity firm Blackstone Group began trading publicly on the New York Stock Exchange. By late afternoon, CEO Stephen Schwarzman’s 23% stake in the firm he co-founded was worth almost $9 billion; he also pocketed $700 million cash from the deal. The same day, several high-ranking members of the House Ways ... More About: Congress , Rich , Lack , Tone
AT&T to Pay $2.8 Billion for Dobson
2007-07-03 00:00:00 SAN ANTONIO — AT&T, the nation’s largest wireless carrier, agreed Friday to acquire rural wireless provider Dobson Communications Corp. for $2.8 billion in cash. The deal adds about 1.7 million customers to AT&T’s nearly 62 million at a time when some analysts have questioned how much larger carriers can grow in a ... More About: Bill , Billion
Carlyle Group to Buy Manor Care
2007-07-03 00:00:00 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Manor Care Inc. <HCR.N>, the largest U.S. owner of nursing homes, on Monday said it agreed to be acquired by Carlyle Group for $4.9 billion, the latest health-care provider taken off the public market by a private equity buyer. Manor Care shareholders will receive $67 per share, a 20 ... More About: Carlyle Group
No Deal for Trump Casinos
More articles from this author:2007-07-03 00:00:00 ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Donald Trump knows the art of the deal. But he won’t be making one for his three New Jersey casinos. The company that bears the flamboyant real estate mogul’s name had been up for sale for several months. But Trump Entertainment Resorts announced Monday it is not ... More About: Deal , Casinos 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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