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Is It Too Late to Get In on MLPs' Latest Bull Run?
Barron's - 4 Feb 2017 07:25
The Alerian MLP index is up 75% since bottoming out a year ago. Some managers see even more upside.
Beware the call connection services that charge £3.60 a minute
The Guardian - 4 Feb 2017 08:59
If you go online for a firm's phone number, beware websites promoting ones starting '09' - you could pay over the odds unnecessarily Consumers are paying up to £3.60 a minute to phone retailers, insurance companies, uti...
Betting on the Dogs of the S&P 500
Barron's - 4 Feb 2017 07:29
The ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF has a three-year annual return of 12.91%, better than 98% of its Morningstar-category peers.
Here's how countries around the world are mocking Donald Trump
Business Insider - 4 Feb 2017 16:44
President Trump's antagonizing of people around the world has sparked quite the backlash. He's instituting barely coded religious tests, "yelling" at and hanging up on leaders of democratic countries, and still vowing to...
Ed Yardeni Sees Upside of 10% for U.S. Stocks
Barron's - 4 Feb 2017 08:12
The veteran market watcher thinks President Trump will deliver on market-friendly policies. Why corporate earnings could surge.
Here's why malls across the US are dying
Business Insider - 4 Feb 2017 13:09
The American shopping mall is in a crisis.One of the largest malls in Pennsylvania, the Galleria at Pittsburgh Mills, sold for just $100.We explore the variety of reasons why malls cannot keep their stories afloat and ar...
Super Bowl ticket prices are the real "inflategate"
CBSNews - 4 Feb 2017 02:03
The cost to witness the yearly football spectacle has soared by factor of XIII since Super Bowl I when adjusted for inflation
Big Oil takes energy message to Super Bowl LI viewers
USA Today - 4 Feb 2017 14:04
Petroleum Institute has spent considerably in recent years advocating public policies in support of oil and natural gas at a time of heightened public concern over climate change and growing interest in cleaner forms of ...
Insurers: The Bank Alternative
Barron's - 4 Feb 2017 09:02
How much is too much of a good thing? That's a question investors betting on a rally in bank stocks have to ask themselves.
Fair Trade Is Code For Trade Skirmishes And Investors Are Ignoring The Risks
Forbes - 4 Feb 2017 07:23
As investors, we must think through the implications of America First policies. They are a radical departure from the post-WWII experience and present significant risks.
Lawyers still working on terms of water-crisis settlement
News Observer - 4 Feb 2017 19:05
More than three months after a tentative settlement was announced, lawyers are still trying to work out documents to spell out terms of a $151 million deal resolving a class-action …
Oh snap! Spiegel poised to net $3.7B in IPO
USA Today - 4 Feb 2017 03:22
26-year-old Snapchat cofounder poised join ranks of tech billionaires with imminent public offering.
Here's how American workers' wages have changed since 1960
Business Insider - 4 Feb 2017 14:06
When we talk about the money that the “average” American worker makes, we are usually referencing a “median” or “mean” income statistic. While this number can be useful in many different contexts, it can also...
¡Hola Super Bowl! The NFL Game Attracts New Audiences En Español
Forbes - 4 Feb 2017 01:02
For the second time since the Super Bowl started broadcasting in Spanish in 2014, Fox Deportes will air the big game.
UN refugees agency concerned by US travel ban implications
News Observer - 4 Feb 2017 19:58
It's up to the U.S. to decide the legality of the ban on admitting any refugees but the United Nations is extremely concerned by its implications, the U.N.'s top official …
South Texas tax collector acquitted in corruption case
News Observer - 4 Feb 2017 18:57
A South Texas tax collector has been acquitted of bribery and other public corruption charges. Cameron County Tax Assessor-Collector Tony Yzaguirre (ee-sah-GEER'-ray) Jr. was found not guilty Friday on all …
Why The Plaza Hotel's Business Etiquette Lessons Are Selling Out
Fast Company - 4 Feb 2017 13:00
Think you know how to sit properly, tie a modern knot, and maintain proper eye contact? Think again. Think you know how to sit properly, tie a modern knot, and maintain proper eye contact? Think again. I made several mis...
Meet the guy who makes sure NFL players don't go broke
New York Post - 4 Feb 2017 06:14
Can't imagine pitying the bank account of an NFL player who's headed to the Super Bowl? Give it a few years. NFL rookies this year earned a minimum salary of $450,000 for the regular season. In 2017, those same players w...
Trump Has 2 Events This Weekend -- And Both Benefit His Businesses
The Huffington Post - 4 Feb 2017 05:37
President Donald Trump will attend two events this weekend: a charity ball at Mar-A-Lago, his mansion in Palm Beach, Florida, and a Super Bowl gathering at his Trump International Golf Club in Palm Beach. Trump will spen...
5 Ways Science Shows That Your Brain is Keeping You From Success
inc - 4 Feb 2017 01:58
Your brain might be keeping you from success. Find out how to reverse that trend.
Facebook employees are protesting Trump's immigration ban by boycotting flying (FB)
Business Insider - 4 Feb 2017 01:25
AllThingsD/Asa Mathat While some of Facebook's top executives have already spoken out against President Trump's immigration moratorium,other company employees are protesting the ban by boycotting flying. A handful of Fac...
Crisis-weary Venezuelans now have another escape route
Business Insider - 4 Feb 2017 01:18
Peru has created a temporary visa that will allow thousands of Venezuelans to work and study in the country, part of a migratory policy that aims to "build bridges" and "not walls," the Andean nation's interior ministry ...