Enter the Bull - Barrons.com
Enter the Bull By GENE EPSTEIN | MORE ARTICLES BY AUTHOR Even by conservative measures, the Dow Jones Industrials could top 15,000 in two years. Dow 17,000 is a 50-50 bet. Based on cyclical patterns…
Google's Purchase of Motorola Cleared by EU
Looks like one more hurdle is out of the way for Google to challenge Apple in the wireless world. The European Union allowed the deal to pass, but warned against excessive fees charged for licensing…
China cuts Iranian oil imports, says IEA - FT.com
China cuts Iranian oil imports, says IEA By Guy Chazan and Javier Blas China is buying about 50 per cent less Iranian oil than it did last year, as international sanctions strengthen its bargaining…
Use Google? YouTube? Have a Gmail account? Worried? Maybe You Should Be: Part 3
It's here. Google's new simplified privacy policy popped up today when I opened my Reader account, (if you don't follow, here's Part 1 and Part 2) and after 30 minutes or so I came to a single…
Diamond Foods Now Cooks! ...their books. CEO and CFO Out, Forced to Restate Earnings
Diamond Foods is getting crushed after hours, (down over 43%) on the announcement that they, like an alarming number of corporations, have trouble following longstanding GAAP (Generally Accepted…
Like Bacon? And Milkshakes? And Getting Fat? Jack In The Box Has You Covered..
Thanks to YouTube, I've seen some pretty corpulent culinary concoctions emerge from channels like Epic Meal Time. It looks like Jack In The Box (symbol: JACK) is testing the waters of the fat laden…
Saudi Arabia Will Not Let Oil Go Above $100
According to Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal al Saud, the billionaire head of Kingdom Holding Co., Saudi Arabia is poised to limit the appreciation of oil to no greater than $100 a barrel. "We can…
Falcone’s Harbinger Capital Hedge Fund Down 47% In 2011
2011 was a brutal year for hedge funds, averaging a miserable -4% return for investors. Billionaire Phil Falcone was no exception as his huge bet on LightSquared dragged performance down to a…
Sallie Mae: Fees the Unemployed, Then Deletes Backlash on Facebook
Nominal fees targeted at the demographics who will feel them most simply don't work. Bank of America thoroughly illustrated this concept with the short-lived monthly fee on their debit cards,…
With Iran Offline, Oil Could Jump 30%
Despite our massive emergency oil reserves (see here), the IMF estimates a halt in Iran crude could produce a rather dramatic effect in the price of oil: "If Iran halts exports to countries without…