In trading on Wednesday, oil & gas equipment & services shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 0.8%. Helping drag down the group were shares of Carbo Ceramics (CRR), off about 5.1% and shares of Torm (TRMD) off about 5% on the day. Also lagging the market Wednesday are hospital & medical ...

pubblicato il: 21/03/2012 - 21:26

In trading on Wednesday, agriculture & farm products shares were relative leaders, up on the day by about 15%. Leading the group were shares of Origin Agritech Limited (SEED), up about 60.7% and shares of Agria (GRO) up about 10.4% on the day. Also showing relative strength are construction materials & machinery shares, up on ...

pubblicato il: 21/03/2012 - 21:26

That's right, I said ?Win an A in Tax .? My popular contest for law and paralegal students is back. So let's get right to the good stuff? Here?s how it works: simply write a guest post to be posted on taxgirl for Forbes.com about any hot tax policy issue. And I don't mean a ...

pubblicato il: 21/03/2012 - 18:26

Guest post written by Irv Rothman Irv Rothman is CEO of HP Financial Services. Cloud computing may be the most disruptive technology for businesses since the Internet. Cloud doesn't just optimize IT departments, it has the power to change how a business operates. The transformative power of cloud computing, however, is not easy to understand ...

pubblicato il: 21/03/2012 - 18:26

General Mills (GIS) announced that earnings fell by 0. 2% though sales were 13% higher.

pubblicato il: 21/03/2012 - 16:26

Q is for Qualified Dividends. Qualified dividends sound fancy but they?re really just ordinary dividends that, if they meet certain criteria, are taxed at lower tax rates. In order to be taxed at the qualified dividend rate, the dividend must be paid between January 1, 2003 and December 31, 2012, by a U.S. corporation, by ...

pubblicato il: 21/03/2012 - 16:26

Resource America Incorporated (REXI) maintained its quarterly dividend of 3 cents per share. The [...]

pubblicato il: 21/03/2012 - 20:25

As I described yesterday, the latest version of Paul Ryan's Path to Prosperity contains a new and improved approach to Medicare Reform. The plan is closely modeled after the bipartisan Wyden-Ryan plan that debuted a few months back. But Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) is claiming that Sen. Ron Wyden (D., Ore.) told him that he opposes the Ryan plan. Is that true?

pubblicato il: 21/03/2012 - 20:56

Social gaming company Zynga announced today that it has acquired OMGPOP. OMGPOP is the startup behind the popular social game ?Draw Something,? which has 35 million downloads. OMGPOP has 35 other titles as well. OMGPOP has raised $16.6 million from Baseline Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Rho Ventures, and Spark Capital, according to Crunchbase. TechCrunch earlier ...

pubblicato il: 21/03/2012 - 20:25

This oil and gas company is expected to grow earnings by the double digits for the third consecutive year in 2012 as demand in the energy sector kicks into high gear.

pubblicato il: 21/03/2012 - 20:25