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Stocks to Watch
Merck Hangs Tough
This blue chip pharmaceutical firm has taken it on the chin lately, but several new drugs in the pipeline should hold it in good stead.
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Heading Due North
With a lock on lucrative and growing travel markets, Alaska Air Group is flying higher than its peers.
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Mr. Pink’s New Script for Sony
Hedge fund manager Dan Loeb’s billion-dollar new stake could pay off big even if the company spurns him.
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Europe Lags in Telecom, Too
Investment in wireless and wireline network technology continues to rise all over the world--except...
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Big Profits from (Almost) Free Insurance
This "Obamacare play" is poised to benefit from the government's expansion of the health care arena.
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The Deficit and the Stock Market
Forget the hype, half-truths, spin, and political ax-grinding: Here's what the US budget deficit...
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Japan Redux
Stronger economic growth in the Land of the Rising Sun points to a rebirth for this beleaguered...
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Australia’s Resource Sector Takes Another Tax Hit
The ruling Labor party’s latest budget curtails a key deduction for mining companies, which is just the latest headwind for the beleaguered sector.
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Canada’s Housing Bubble: A Managed Slowdown or an Eventual Crash?
Canada’s formerly overheated housing market is cooling at a rapid pace.
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Smart Wind
The Jan. 1, 2013, “fiscal cliff” deal included a one-year extension of the Renewable Energy Production Tax Credit. Power companies are taking advantage, but other factors suggest wind has...
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Natural Gas Rally’s Winners and Losers
The best bets are the fastest-growing and most profitable producers. Their gains will pain suppliers of chemicals and biofuels
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Performing Medicine’s Dirty Work
This outsourcing company is cleaning up in the health care sector, in more ways than one.
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Yahoo Uploads Tumblr: 4 Key Takeaways
CEO Marissa Mayer’s latest acquisition is her biggest yet. Here are some of the opportunities—and risks—it presents for the company.
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Game Over for OPEC?
Booming US crude supply should dramatically reduce the power of the oil exporters’ cartel, despite the market’s current skepticism.
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The BDC’s of Investing
An innovative entity designed to spark entrepreneurialism and business development also makes a good investment play.
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Managing Portfolios for Higher After-Tax Returns
Taxes on investments increased for 2013, and there’s a good probability they’ll increase again, at least for some of you. Read on for Bob Carlson's thoughts on how reduce your liability.
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Rebooted Cisco Systems Keeps on Growing
Improved U.S. and emerging market demand helped power the networking giant to a better-than expected quarter.
