Wikinomics was one of last year's best-regarded business books. Motley Fool says it should be a must read for stockpickers, as well. The main point the Fool wants its readers to know: a successful company in the modern era should not be afraid to open up...
CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Today Mathew Emmert, former stock analyst and newsletter advisor for The Motley Fool, launched a website and announced plans for his own newsletter service, Mathew Emmert's Dividend Gambit. Fans can now follow Emmert's advice and commentary at www.dividendgambit.com.
By Sam Ali, The Star-Ledger, Newark, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--Last year, smoking out hot stock tips on Internet message boards was the height of investor chic. Trading investment advice around the office water cooler was totally fashionable. And...
The Motley Fool started as an irreverent investment newsletter and has grown to become one of the most popular personal finance and investment websites. Anyone who follows its philosophy is called a "Foolish investor". LAST WEEK was a roller-coaster ride for stock market investors. Yet it all started...
As sales of business books surge along with the stock market, New York publishers are trying to score gains with sequels to last year's best- sellers. New to the bookshelves is McGraw-Hill's Electronic Day Traders' Secrets, a follow-up to its popu As sales...
We've been tracking the declining performance of The New York Times Co. for some time. Today, its stock price closed at $13.26, after dipping into the mid-$12s earlier in the day. The company's market cap now stands at $1.91 billion. With the recent warnings that its stock may be downgraded...
A couple of banks with strong Arkansas connections received some love during these rocky financial times, courtesy of the Motley Fool. Little Rock's Bank of the Ozarks Inc. received a big old hug for its strong balance sheet and good business model. "This bank operates primarily...
M2 PRESSWIRE-17 May 2007-HEADLINES: Neenah Paper, Inc Posts Q1 EarningsC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:17052007 InvestorIM has been created as a tool for the average investor. The idea is simple, a website where the world can communicate. Do you have a stock...
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IT'S A WALL STREET darling whose technology has been inducted into the Smithsonian Institution. And it does it all here. Livermore-based FormFactor Inc. manufactures a semiconductor test method that has so influenced -- analysts say revolutionized -- the way semiconductors are produced that chip makers around...
Brower Piven, A Professional Corporationannounces that a class action lawsuit was commenced in the United StatesDistrict Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf ofpurchasers of the publicly traded common stock of Pegasus Wireless Corp.("Pegasus" or the "Company") (OTCBB: PGSW) between December 22, 2005 andSeptember 5, 2006, inclusive...
The blockbuster $2-billion buyout offer made by Energy Partners Ltd. for Stone Energy Corp. in May grabbed the company's attention. Within days, an all-but-done deal with Plains Exploration Co. of Houston for the Lafayette oil and gas exploration outfit unraveled. EPL and Stone...
California News Tech (OTC BB: CNTE), aleading technology company, today announced that its popular E-motionspodcast, available through StreetIQ.com, reached number 19 on the website'sTop 25 Business Podcasts list for the week of February 27th through March3rd, 2006. E-motions outranked podcasts including offerings from The WallStreet Journal Tech News, ABC News,...
MONROE, Mich. -- Over the last few years, La-Z-Boy shareholders might have felt that the stock was behaving too much like the company's name. Steady sales and dividends in the past five years haven't been enough to lift a sagging stock price. Management maintains...
Year-end roundups have given pool industry stocks rave reviews. SCP Pool Corp. and Pentair Inc. have been recognized as a top-performing stock of the last decade and a best pick for 2006, respectively. Covington, La.-based SCP found a spot in financial Web site The Motley Fool's annual ranking...
Shortly after the announcement that Daniel Snyder's stockholder consents had been certified, letting him and two of his supporters supplant three Six Flags directors immediately, the company's stock price spiked and stayed aloft throughout the day. Six Flags isn't the kind of stock that's going to explode...
Even with Six Flags' planned divestment of Houston's AstroWorld announced this week, industry analysts said they are no closer to determining the most likely buyer of the Oklahoma City-based amusement park giant. However, the sale of the single Texas park, seen by many as an attempt to...
I-Flow's Pain-Free Profit Advance Cheered on Wall Street; Bristol Park Joins Scan Health Plan HEALTHCARE Apria Healthcare Group Inc. may be just fine, even if it doesn't end up selling out. That's what Stephen Simpson, a commentator with stock tracker Motley Fool, said in a...
A recent Motley Fool articleidentified the allure that the biotechnology field has produced in theinvestment community. "Legendary gold strikes such as Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN)and Biogen-Idec (NASDAQ: BIIB) have an unending allure for those looking toseek their fortune in riskier stocks. Just as it was back in the untamedWest, speculators...
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