An open letter to??Randall L. Stephenson, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Dear Mr. Stephenson, My grandmother, who was from Bolton in the north of England, had a saying she?d trot out whenever someone was ignoring the obvious: ?There?s none so blind as them as can?t see.? (That should be said with a strong Lancashire ...

pubblicato il: 22/03/2012 - 19:55

Starting this week, IBM's Jeopardy-playing supercomputer is going to school at New York's elite Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

pubblicato il: 22/03/2012 - 19:55

It the Bush tax cuts are allowed to expire and a new 3.8% Medicare surtax takes effect, most of the rich won't have to "skirt" a new minimum 30% tax---they will already be paying more.

pubblicato il: 22/03/2012 - 19:55

Dear readers, ? For the next 11 days I will be in Europe attending a friend?s wedding in London and also taking a sorely needed vacation. Since I?m looking forward to catching up on reading and generally getting some proper R&R, blogging output will be completely on hold until I return to the grand old ...

pubblicato il: 22/03/2012 - 19:55

Love them or hate them, annuities sell. Last year sales hit $240.3 billion, an 8% jump from 2010. So why is The , a pioneer in the industry, dumping them? Yesterday the insurance giant said it is exiting the annuity business so it can focus on its property and casualty insurance, group benefits and mutual ...

pubblicato il: 22/03/2012 - 19:55

According to a 2011 study by the , LGBT seniors are much less likely to seek out required health and social services because of their fear of discrimination from the people and organizations that should be helping them. The survey, "The Aging and Health Report: Disparities and Resilience among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Older ...

pubblicato il: 22/03/2012 - 19:55

There aren't many college hoop coaches with John Calipari's pedigree. But there are a handful. Yet none of them make more money.

pubblicato il: 22/03/2012 - 19:55

In this series, we look through the most recent Dividend Channel ?DividendRank? report, and then we cherry pick only those companies that have experienced insider buying within the past six months. The officers and directors of a company tend to have a unique insider?s view of the business, and presumably the only reason an insider ...

pubblicato il: 22/03/2012 - 19:55

There?s an old saying on Wall Street about insider buying: there are many possible reasons to sell a stock, but only one reason to buy. Back on March 6, California Water Service Group ?s President, Peter C. Nelson, invested $387,109.40 into 21,530 shares of CWT, for a cost per share of $17.98. Bargain hunters tend ...

pubblicato il: 22/03/2012 - 19:55

When NPR?s Adam Davidson wrote this week about a New York nanny who earned $180,000 per year plus benefits, I knew this would be something I?d have to look into. Much of the discussion about this was whether it was worth it. The implication was that nannies even earning $50,000 or $100,000 a year wouldn?t ...

pubblicato il: 22/03/2012 - 19:55

Sometimes, it seems we are living in a "Golden Age of Alarmism," with so much fantastically bad news about all the things that are supposedly killing us that it's difficult to keep track of what, precisely, we should be afraid of; fear itself, perhaps. Do I get cancer from eating any red meat, or just ...

pubblicato il: 22/03/2012 - 19:55

Basso, il ginocchio è ok "Solo un lieve versamento" Il varesino, caduto al Giro di Catalogna, si è sopposto oggi ad una risonanza magnetica nuclare "Non sono stati evidenziati danni alle strutture ossee, tendinee o legamentose", spiega il dottor Corsetti, medico sociale Liquigas. Basso dovrebbe ritornare in bici da lunedì


pubblicato il: 22/03/2012 - 19:31

Il ministro del lavoro fa il punto sul testo della riforma

pubblicato il: 22/03/2012 - 20:25

Lumache equipaggiate con nanocomponenti: nuove frontiere della sperimentazione per le guerre di domani

pubblicato il: 22/03/2012 - 19:29

Usa, papà è sempre un eroe ma anche per il migliore dei papà, militare in missione in Afghanistan, è dura competere con un supereroe dei fumetti come Capitan America. Difficilie immaginare una sospresa più gradita per il compleanno del figlio: tornare dal fronte nei panni del suo personaggio preferito. Ma l'amore per il papà vince sulla fantasia e, svelata la sorpresa, il Vendicatore è solo un vago ricordo

pubblicato il: 22/03/2012 - 20:25

Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, in trading on Thursday, shares of CME Group?? (NASD: CME) were yielding above the 3% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $8.92), with the stock changing hands as low as $293.31 on the day. Dividends are particularly important for investors to consider, ...

pubblicato il: 22/03/2012 - 20:25

Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, in trading on Thursday, shares of Macy?s Inc (NYSE: M) were yielding above the 2% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $0.80), with the stock changing hands as low as $39.74 on the day. Dividends are particularly important for investors to consider, ...

pubblicato il: 22/03/2012 - 20:25

Raytheon Company (RTN) announced its quarterly dividend of 50 cents per share, an increase of about 16% over its prior dividend in December of 43 cents. The company will pay the next dividend on May 3 to shareholders of record on April 4. Shares are higher by about eight tenths of a percent. In other ...

pubblicato il: 22/03/2012 - 20:25

FedEx (FDX) reported that it earned $521 million, or $1.65 per share, versus $231 million, or 73 cents per share, in the same period last year. Revenue increased by $10.56 billion from $9.66 billion in the same period last year. Analysts expected the firm to earn $1.34 per share on revenue of $10.6 billion. The ...

pubblicato il: 22/03/2012 - 20:25

For years, better graphics processors have meant bigger power bills. Worse yet, cutting-edge graphics chips can suck up energy on laptops at a time when computer manufacturers are desperate to build systems that let users work longer without adding bulky batteries. launched a new graphics processor architecture Thursday that promises to address those dilemmas ? ...

pubblicato il: 22/03/2012 - 20:25