The directors of a company tend to have a unique inside view into the business, so when directors make major buys, investors are wise to take notice. Presumably the only reason a director of a company would choose to take their hard-earned cash and use it to buy stock in the open market, is that ...

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 18:23

March marks the start of the housing season. Prices peak in May, sales in June, and inventories in July. In colder regions, seasonal swings are bigger, and the market peaks later. By Jed Kolko (@JedKolko), ?s Chief Economist The housing market rides the seasons. ??Year in and year out, market activity has predictable ups and ...

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 18:23

What's the best way to deal with uncertainty? Well, you can do a lot worse than study successful entrepreneurs. There is nothing more uncertain that starting a new business. When people write about entrepreneurs, they invariably focus on their behavior: what Howard Schultz or Michael Dell did in building their companies. If you take that ...

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 14:53

Well, so much for Cisco getting out of the cable equipment business. Remember those rumors that the networking giant was shopping around its Scientific Atlanta cable set-top box business? Well, turns out what they are really doing is doubling down: Cisco this morning announced a deal to acquire NDS, ?a leading provider of video software ...

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 14:53

Like many, Desertec has recognized the Mediterranean's renewable potential but finding a way to bridge potential and reality remains tough.

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 14:53

The old cliche goes that it's not what you know, it's who you know. True to some extent over here in the States, but in China it's everything ? the difference between success and failure, fortune and poverty. Sure, most entrepreneurs know they need to schmooze, but in Mandarin there is a word that describes ...

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 14:53

All three of these reflect the pros and cons??of unified action. Even though the U.S. is or soon could be??a net??exporter of gasoline, we still depend on Middle-Eastern oil.?? Iran has a lot of it, and we?re mad at Iran for being, shall we say, disingenuous, about its nuclear weapon readiness/intent/megalomania. So the US has ...

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 18:23

Amgen Incorporated (AMGN) maintained its quarterly dividend of 36 cents per share. The dividend [...]

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 20:23

Generac's recent pull back makes it attractive to aggressive growth investors.

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 20:54

Now that the Federal Reserve has brought the punch bowl back to the party, the healthier banks are looking to boost dividends and increase share buybacks. If you?ve sat out the financial industry debacle, which stock do you want to accompany to the party? JPMorgan Chase (JPM) has been an industry standout throughout the crisis, ...

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 20:54