Standard and Poor's has been meticulously documenting mutual fund returns for the past decade and comparing them to appropriate indices. The latest results are now available in the bi-annual SPIVA Scorecard.?? I don't know how much S&P earns from doing this research, but I believe that active fund managers would pay a hefty sum not ...

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

He cared deeply, lived carelessly, and couldn't care less, and he died in the same obscurity into which he was born.Yet he remains the greatest leader and most remarkable man I have ever met. Everything that is best in me I owe largely to him.

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 14:23

Stock in the beleaguered European Game Group (LSE:GMG) have jumped on reports that OpCapita is talking to its creditors -among them the Royal Bank of Scotland ? about a rescue deal. OpCapita, best known for the ???550 million acquisition of the French company BUT (under its former incarnation as Merchant Equity Partners) in 2008, acquired ...

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 14:23

Months of perfect winter sunshine without a single winter storm. Crocuses opening in January and daffodils in bloom by February. Spring, at a time when we are all typically still hunkered by the space heater, cursing ourselves for our failure to live in Tahiti. Yes, it's been a generous winter. But even as March springs ...

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 14:23

Confirming a report yesterday in the Israeli newspaper Globes, Avaya this morning said it has agreed to acquire Radvision, a Tel Aviv-based provider of videoconferencing and telepresence technologies, for $111.85 a share in cash, or $230 million overall. The deal ie expected to close within 90 days assuming completion of typical closing conditions. Over the ...

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 14:23

With this new social e-commerce play, Sina would also have another way to monetize the Weibo platform besides the plain display advertising.

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 22:54

Netflix today announced a deal to stream selected talks from the TED conferences, on topics including science, the environment, space and nature, among other things. The company noted that each of the TedTalks shows on Netflix will be about 2 hours long and include a variety of talks on related topics from multiple speakers. The ...

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 22:54

The Times Magazine's cover story this week is a trenchant summation of the state of North America's largest casino ? the Foxwoods Resort Casino, owned by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, in Connecticut - and of the gambling business more generally. Foxwoods is the benchmark for an industry in flux. As reporter Michael Sokolove puts ...

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 22:53

Lazard (LAZ) was downgraded today by Bank of America/Merrill Lynch (BAC) from neutral to underperform with a price target of $26, as the firm believes earnings will be hurt due to higher compensation rates. Shares are lower by nearly 2.6 percent. eBay (EBAY) was downgraded today by Credit Suisse (CS) from outperform to neutral, as ...

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 19:24

I come to bury innovation, not to praise it. (With appropriate apologies to the Bard) I recently spent several days at an upscale hotel in .?? It had all the trappings of a yuppie hotel, lighting, electronics, and so forth.?? Should have been a really cool place to hang out for a week. However, they ...

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