The following post was published on Knowledge@Wharton on March 19, 2012. Jocelyn Wyatt is the Executive Director and Co-Lead of IDEO.org, the nonprofit organization started by Palo Alto, Ca.-based design consultancy IDEO to address poverty-related challenges through design and to encourage the use of a ?human-centered approach? to innovation in the social sector. IDEO.org has ...

pubblicato il: 22/03/2012 - 15:57

Arlington Asset Investment Corp (NYSE: AI) has been named as a Top 10 dividend-paying financial stock, according to Dividend Channel, which published its most recent ?DividendRank? report. The report noted that among shares of financial companies, AI displayed both attractive valuation metrics and strong profitability metrics. For example, the recent AI share price of $24.59 ...

pubblicato il: 22/03/2012 - 15:57

Colony Financial Inc. (NYSE: CLNY) has been named as a Top 10 Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), according to Dividend Channel, which published its most recent ?DividendRank? report. The report noted that among REITs, CLNY shares displayed both attractive valuation metrics and strong profitability metrics. For example, the recent CLNY share price of $16.91 represents ...

pubblicato il: 22/03/2012 - 15:57

Roger Goodell wasn't messing around. With one clean stroke, the NFL commissioner crushed the hopes of the New Orleans Saints.

pubblicato il: 22/03/2012 - 14:56

Getting brutally honest investment advice is a necessity when managing your money. It will save you a lot of frustration in the short-term and a lot of time and money in the long-term. Unfortunately, there are very few places you can get brutally honest advice. Magazines, newspapers, websites, and investment advisors can offer honest advice ...

pubblicato il: 22/03/2012 - 14:56

As I think we?ve all grasped by now is to pay a dividend and to buy back some stock as a way of making good use of its cash pile. However, there are those who are unhappy as a part of the plan: won?t be repatriating any of the cash it has overseas: On Monday, ...

pubblicato il: 22/03/2012 - 14:56

Signet Jewelers Ltd., the largest specialty retail jeweler in the U.S. and the U.K., reported that for its 2012 fiscal year, same store sales increased 9 percent, compared to an increase of 6.7 percent in fiscal 2011. sales increased 9.1 percent for the year to nearly $3.75 billion, compared to an increase 5 percent increase ...

pubblicato il: 22/03/2012 - 13:55

Facebook is more than a social network. It?s also a??platform that allows??independent??developers to create??applications, or ?apps? that greatly expand what the service can offer. ,??including??social games like ??Words with Friends, are very??popular, but there are also education apps, photo sharing apps, apps to share interesting reading material, music apps and much more. To operate properly, ...

pubblicato il: 22/03/2012 - 13:50

Hong Kong's Kenneth Fang knows first-hand about the returns to be that can be earned from taking care of China's consumers. Fang and two brothers founded hypermarket Times Ltd. in the mainland in 1998, expanded the chain to 65 stores mostly in prosperous Jiangsu Province, and then sold the business to Lotte Shopping of South ...

pubblicato il: 22/03/2012 - 13:55

Tomorrow at midnight millions of Americans will queue up at movie theaters bearing tickets to be among the first to see the most anticipated movie of the season, The Hunger . According to online-ticketing company Fandango, the film is already accounting for 92% of its daily sales, and has surpassed the first Twilight film?s pre-sales ...

pubblicato il: 22/03/2012 - 13:55