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Thursday, August 6th, 2009
Cash For Clunkers, a government program designed to take older, less fuel efficient vehicles off the road and replace them with brand new, more efficient autos has worked. The program, which offers up to $4,500.00 in rebates to consumers that own qualified trade-ins, has spurred auto sales across the nation.
This ...
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Monday, December 22nd, 2008
Flying J., an independent and privately owned oil refinery based in Ogden, Utah, has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware.
The filing applies to the company's Big West refining and Longhorn Pipeline subsidiaries and doesn't apply to other business units or affiliates or ...
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Monday, August 11th, 2008
Adam Levinson is 50 times more valuable than the Six Million Dollar Man and he's not even bionic. Levinson was granted $300 million worth of shares in publicly traded Fortress Investment Group (NYSE:FIG), a company that hasn't performed particularly well since going public in 2007.
Mr. Levinson's windfall -- which ...
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Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
Investing in oil futures has been extremely lucrative for investors in the last year. In some cases, shrewd investors have seen their return doubled. Crude oil futures can be an investment with a high return, but it's important to understand the basics.
Technical aspects of trading crude oil futures:
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
Since investors haven't been getting as high of returns lately, they've been looking for more exotic areas to invest in. Of course investments in the area of emerging markets always ends up being an idea. These economies are going through periods of fast growth, so it would stand ...
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Monday, May 12th, 2008
Everyone can clearly see that commodity prices are soaring. Yet most of us aren't in a position to invest in commodities directly. This is where a mutual fund or an ETF could come in handy. The advantages of such and ETF seem obvious: individual investors can invest ...
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Monday, April 14th, 2008
Circuit City and Blockbuster are two brand names that have seen their better days. The two companies have both been struggling in recent years. Circuit City has been trounced operationally by Best Buy, while BlockBuster had their asses handed to them by Netflix. So what to do ...
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Monday, April 7th, 2008
Investors aren't feeling bad about themselves today. They are actually quite upbeat. The amount of money that has been injected into the banking industry has temporarily allayed fears of further trouble for the credit markets, and that's getting some people excited.
"Overall, I'm getting the sense here that the ...
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Monday, April 7th, 2008
Kinetic Concepts (KCI) recently announced that they are buying out Lifecell (LIFC) for 1.7 Billion dollars in cash. Kinetics plans to expand and diversify Lifecell's offerings, which is currently based on tissue repair.
Kinetic offers advanced wound care and therapeutic support systems.
Kinetic offered $51.00 a share. LIFC's shares were trading ...
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Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008
A new year is upon us and it's time to expect a large rush of new investors coming to our stock market forum in an attempt to learn how to make money in the stock market. As usual, this task will be tougher than it seems. 2008 poses ...
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