Peabody Energy, one of the world's largest coal producers, cut its production and thus earnings forecast for the first quarter blaming storms and floods in Queensland, Australia.

pubblicato il: 23/03/2012 - 18:55

U.S. companies paid about $100 billion in cash dividends into equity mutual funds during 2011. Little of this money made it into the hands of fund investors. It was diverted to the fund industry to cover fees and expenses, and provide a healthy profit margin. This cash loss to shareholders creates a huge hole in ...

pubblicato il: 19/03/2012 - 14:54

An interview with Forbes blogger Kathryn Casey and novelist/screenwriter Jenny Wingfield, whose first book, The Homecoming of Samuel Lake, is making a name for itself in publishing circles.

pubblicato il: 26/03/2012 - 08:05

? When I was in college, I used to think there were only two federal income tax returns: the form 1040-EZ for students and the form 1040 for everybody else. Of course, many years and a couple of degrees later, I?ve figured out that I was wrong. There are actually a number of tax forms ...

pubblicato il: 24/03/2012 - 23:25

Despite differing opinions about the long-term prospects for its business model, Groupon has made a ton of money for its early financial backers. So whom do they have to thank for their newly found largess? Not the kind of people one might assume would be scouring their emails for daily deals ranging from cut-rate hamburgers ...

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 16:23

If Japan's fiscal "slow train wreck" momentum is to be reversed, a consumption tax increase bill must be submitted to and passed by the current Diet session. This week is PM Noda's deadline for producing the bill. For investors in Japanese stocks and bonds, whether the deadline will be met could mean big profits or losses.

pubblicato il: 25/03/2012 - 19:27

Whitney Houson's will reveals some surprising mistakes and some estate planning lessons for everyone.

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 16:23

You won?t find Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook at a Spenders Anonymous meeting. Skeptics dinged managers Monday after Chief Executive announced the Cupertino, Calif.-based iPhone maker will pay a quarterly dividend of $2.65 and buy back $10 billion worth of stock over the next three years. Why not use some of that cash to go ...

pubblicato il: 20/03/2012 - 02:53

It can be a lonely world out there. ??During the first days and weeks when you are just starting a new business, it can feel like you are alone in the wilderness. When consulting with entrepreneurs that are struggling to get a business off the ground, I often end up telling them this: I read ...

pubblicato il: 22/03/2012 - 06:26

Eric Remer began his career in investment banking as an analyst for Kidder . After watching the company crumble from a major scandal and later merge with Paine Webber, he realized there's no such thing as job security at a large company. This experience made his jump to entrepreneurship easy???since then he's been involved in ...

pubblicato il: 27/03/2012 - 04:56