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The 25 Most Important Alternative Energy Companies

From 247wallst.com Alternative energy is big business — and getting bigger. The industry includes hundreds of companies that make a […]

Retire in France at 62? In Turkey, It’s 45

by Andrea Coombes, Market Watch In France, workers took to the streets in angry protest when lawmakers first proposed hiking […]

Former Icahn Lieutenant Bets On A Wave Of Buyouts

By DANIEL FISHER Cash, looking for a home. Image via Wikipedia Russell D. Glass hears a time bomb ticking in […]

Chinese Supercomputer Likely to Prompt Unease in U.S.

By DON CLARK A newly built supercomputer in China appears poised to take the world performance lead, another sign of […]

Rising Materials Prices Pressure P&G

By ANJALI CORDEIRO P&G chief Bob McDonald said Wednesday U.S. consumer demand is still ‘dampened.’ Procter & Gamble Co.’s fiscal […]

Treasury Links Foreclosure Ills to Lower Housing Prices

By SEWELL CHAN WASHINGTON — The uncertainty over the legal status of foreclosed homes in the nation could further depress […]

Exxon’s Profit Rises 55%, Helped by Higher Oil Prices

By REUTERS HOUSTON (Reuters) — The Exxon Mobil Corporation, the world’s largest publicly traded oil company, said Thursday that its […]

Beating Bridgewater’s Big Bear Bet

By Brian S. Wesbury and Robert Stein, Forbes Believe it or not, it pays to be bullish. A prominent investment […]

57 things I’ve learned founding three companies

Jason Goldberg is the founder and CEO of Fabulis, a gay social network and previously founded Jobster and Socialmedian. He […]

BUFFETT’S FAVORITE VALUATION METRIC: STOCKS ARE MODESTLY EXPENSIVE

From Pragmatic Capitalism Warren Buffett was famously bearish in the late 90′s and has happened to be very bullish at […]