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Foreclosure Hotspots

Las Vegas always wins the title for worst foreclosure rate in the country. But these 10 unexpected cities have the […]

Cloud Networking Startup Meraki Raises $15M From Sequioa

Meraki, a relatively new company in the cloud networking arena, has just announced a $15 million round of funding. This […]

The Beer Index Spikes Up: Wheat, Barley, Hops, VATs (BUD, TAP, SAM)

From 247wallst site, The discussion in the financial world has turned back to food inflation after several years of slow […]

Layoffs become rarer even with unemployment high

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. labor force has been split into two groups: the relieved and the desperate. If you […]

Best Places for Bargain Retirement Homes

Baby boomers looking to settle down should check out these affordable locales. In the suburbs of New York and Los […]

OXSTONES BEST STOCK IDEAS-UPDATED

‘OXSTONE PICKS’ page contains Oxstones Best Investment Ideas and current investment positions held by Oxstone Capital Management.  We will be […]

Gonna be a blockbuster? M&A off to best start since 2000

by Dan Primack, Fortune, Source: Thomson Reuters If 2010 was the year in which mergers and acquisitions got back off […]

Gloomy Economic Guru Says America Is Back

by Al Lewis, Market Watch, Commentary: Robert Aliber is suddenly Mr. Sunshine One of the gloomiest economists I know suddenly […]

Obama’s Spending Plan Is Investors’ Cue

by Robert Powell, Market Watch, Commentary: President’s State of the Union speech is a road map BOSTON (MarketWatch) — Wayne […]

Peter Thiel: 21st Century Free Radical

Peter Thiel: 21st Century Free Radical Never mind enormous yachts: Peter Thiel is spending his billions on space travel, life […]