Banking stocks stole the spotlight this week, as traders digested results from the Federal Reserve's latest round of stress tests. With a few notable exceptions, the major U.S. banks aced the Fed's exam, suggesting that the fundamental outlook is improving for the underdog financial sector.

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

College loan debt is already bad, but it?s likely worse than people think. Four economists at the Fed published a paper last week analyzing consumer credit data from Equifax to determine the scope and health status of student loans.??They reiterate what many already know: outstanding student loans are now about $870??billion, a bigger debt pile??than ...

pubblicato il: 16/03/2012 - 13:53

Rue21 (RUE) announced that it earned $12. 9 million, or 52 cents per share in its fiscal fourth [...]

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

The world is turned upside down. The Securities and Exchange Commission wins appeal against Judge Rakoff's denial of troubling settlement with Citigroup. From the folks who couldn't stop Madoff or Stanford, we get this.

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

With 32 days left to go, inXile?s Kickstarter fund-raiser for Wasteland 2, the follow-up to the 1988 classic RPG, is already flush with cash. In fact, , the man behind Wasteland and the original Fallout, was able to fully fund the game in the first 43 hours it was live on Kickstarter. The game has ...

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

Does Rush Limbaugh have a career death wish? No sooner had he ridden out the squalls from his ill-advised attack on law-student and reproductive rights advocate Sandra Fluke, and his follow-up drive-by on journalist Tracie McMillan, than he ventured into potentially even more treacherous waters: Twitter.

pubblicato il: 16/03/2012 - 18:54

In re McGough, ___ B.R. ____, 2012 WL 843753 (10th Cir.BAP (Colo.), Mar. 14, 2012). Full Opinion at http://goo.gl/lwU6L ?Can there ever be too much charity??, the Tenth Circuit asks ? and then answers in the affirmative in the context of this bankruptcy case. Husband and Wife (?H&W?) debtors filed for bankruptcy, and the Bankruptcy ...

pubblicato il: 16/03/2012 - 18:54

The goal of Apple retail is not to "sell" you something, but to enrich your life. How can your company learn from Apple's success?

pubblicato il: 16/03/2012 - 18:54

Companies with outsized problems sometimes offer outsized dividends to keep shareholders happy while their share prices don't. So the key question for any investor chasing a stand-out dividend should be: how long can this company afford to pay me? This is where the cash dividend payout ratio comes in handy. The ratio shows the portion ...

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

Both Visa and MasterCard continue to witness growth in their payments transactions as more people shift from cash/check to electronic payments.

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