They didn't really mean it. Through most of our lifetimes, public companies relied on a predictable mantra whenever their critics or regulators questioned their actions: "We must be responsible to our shareholders." They meant some shareholders: large institutional shareholders and, when necessary, powerful activist investors like Carl Icahn. Flash forward to 2007, a banner year ...

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? The New York Knicks may be seeking a new head coach, but among the list of rumored candidates, there's nary a single female. Women were also recently overlooked for top coaching jobs with the Sacramento Kings, Portland Trail Blazers, and Washington Wizards. Women may have shattered the glass ceiling in many male-dominated industries, but ...

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Chevron filed for a temporary suspension of production at its Frade fields in offshore Brazil after the detection of a small oil seep in the region. [1] The suspension has been described as a precautionary measure to study the company's plans at the field and is subject to approval from regulatory agencies. A leak at ...

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The traditional American dream is to have a home, a house, an abode. Whatever you call it, your residence represents stability, maturity, and financial growth. At the end of a long day in the trenches, Americans always count on relaxing at home. The 2008 economic meltdown during the new millennium changed this scenario. Many parents ...

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Increasing disposable income levels among China's growing middle class population is driving the growth of the mass market in Macau.

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Shares of (DFS) have climbed 36.4% over the last three months to close at $32.02 on March 15, 2012. The company is looking to keep that trend going when it releases its first quarter results on Wednesday, March 21, 2012. What to Expect: Analysts are expecting Disco to report earnings of 88 cents per share, ...

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Expectations have dropped for ? (GIS) third quarter results in the month leading up to the company?s earnings announcement slated for Wednesday, March 21, 2012. The consensus analyst estimate has dropped from 60 cents a share to the current estimate of earnings of 56 cents a share. What to Expect: Over the past three months, ...

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When the Supreme Court takes up the question of the ?individual mandate??? to buy??health insurance unde the????Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (?Obamacare?) it is important that we remember that they are not considering whether the mandate is a good idea.?? They will be considering whether Congress has the power under the Constitution to make ...

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The HYG closed just outside of technically oversold territory on Thursday, and follow-through selling on Friday put the stock at levels where traders have been more inclined to buy than sell. Another option for traders is the PHB.

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up in??The Worlds Greatest DJ?s series is Swedish House Mafia, who was ranked #10 in the 'DJ Magazines Top 100' 2011. They are a house music group consisting of three extremely popular DJ?s and producers, including Axwell, Steve Angello, and Ingrosso. They officially formed in 2008 and in 2010 they released their first major single ...

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U.S. companies paid about $100 billion in cash dividends into equity mutual funds during 2011. Little of this money made it into the hands of fund investors. It was diverted to the fund industry to cover fees and expenses, and provide a healthy profit margin. This cash loss to shareholders creates a huge hole in ...

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lives in Shanghai and writes about tech investment in China for and at www.youngchinabiz.com. Since everyone else is focusing on the rapidly slowing growth in the latest quarterly results from leading Internet company Tencent (HKEx: 700), I thought I?d take a look at a less explored part of the company?s newly issued report, namely a ...

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We expect Oracle's cloud-based software offerings to generate increasing revenues in the coming years as it integrates its acquired products into its own cloud portfolio and cross markets them to existing customers.

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Apple has no plans for a stock split. CEO Tim Cook, speaking on the company?s conference call this morning to announce their plans to initiate a $2.65 a share quarterly dividend and to buyback up to $10 billion of its common stock, also said that the company has looked at but decided against splitting the ...

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lives in Shanghai and writes about tech investment in China for and at www.youngchinabiz.com. (Nasdaq: BIDU) may be China?s undisputed Internet search leader, but new reports circulating about an abrupt collapse of talks over a new video partnership illustrate just how dependent this company is on less-than-ethical business practices like piracy and stealth advertising for ...

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Apple this morning gave what amounts to a partial answer on how it will spend its large cash pile. With the new $2.65 a share quarterly dividend asnd a $10 billion three-year stock repurchase plan, the company will be giving back about $45 billion to shareholders over the next three years. But all of that ...

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Throughout the brutal and agonizingly long recession, only one large metropolitan area escaped largely unscathed: , D.C. The city that wreaked economic disasters under two administration last year grew faster in population than any major region in the country, up a remarkable 2.7 percent. The continued steady growth of the Texas cities, which dominated the ...

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Segui tutte le notizie dell’edizione integrale del TG5

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La denuncia di un pensionato

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Tutti accusati di favorire i clan dell'area vesuviana

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