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E-mail this article to a friend.Display a printer-friendly version of this page.  share By Laura S. Quinn and Kyle Henri Andrei, July, 2011 Petitions and pledges provide ways to effect change by letting people add their names to a particular cause to show the amount of support for it. They can also help your organization […]

by SPIRECAST TEAM on AUGUST 19, 2009 Shopping on the internet is certainly a popular past time, an efficient time-saver, and a great way to comparison shop on virtually any kind of item you’re interested in. The history of e-commerce as most people think of it has a short but interesting time line.  Most people don’t realize that […]Read More

Stocks rose again today, ending a strong week on a strong note. The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX:^GSPC) added 0.38% while the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES:^DJI) gained 0.52%. Those gains pushed both indexes to more than a 3% gain over the past five trading days: ^DJI data by YCharts Two consumer goods companies led the way higher for […]Read More

Source: Sony With the rise of Netflix, Sony‘s (NYSE:SNE) PlayStation Vue, and Dish Network‘s (NASDAQ:DISH) Sling TV, cord-cutting was supposed to continue its gradual reshaping of the way consumers view and pay for their entertainment. However, if one thing has become clear since total U.S. cable subscribers began declining in 2013, it’s that this trend […]Read More

Abercrombie & Fitch helped lead stocks higher Friday. The stock market ended the week on a positive note on Friday, closing a week in which major market benchmarks gained between 3% and 4%. Several stocks led the overall market higher on the final day of the trading week with double-digit percentage gains, and among them […]

W.P. Carey (NYSE:WPC) embodies the image of a diversified real estate investment trust, or REIT. Which is why it was surprising to hear the company’s CEO, Trevor Bond, discuss splitting the business into three parts — a U.S. REIT, European REIT, and an asset manager — during the company’s third-quarter call. For some, the breakup […]Read More

During Annaly Capital Management‘s (NYSE:NLY) third quarter conference call on Nov. 5, new CEO Kevin Keyes was asked: “Would it be reasonable for us to think that the largest growth opportunity over the next 12 to 24 months would be in these senior floating rate loans?” Keyes responded: “Overall, I think you are exactly right.”  […]Read More

While most dividends are paid in cash, some companies choose to pay dividends in stock. This situation can arise when a company has a legal obligation to pay a dividend, but does not have enough liquidity to pay a dividend in cash. A common stock dividend distributable appears in the shareholders’ equity section of a […]

Schedule K-1 is one of the most complex tax forms that an investor is ever likely to see. It’s hard enough to understand from a federal income tax perspective, but when you add in the implications of state income tax systems in multiple states, K-1s can become daunting. With some effort, though, you can figure […]

Chipotle stock took a hit Friday. Image: Chipotle Mexican Grill. The stock market completed an impressive rebound from last week’s declines, gaining back almost all of the ground it had lost. Yet even amid solid gains in Friday’s session, many stocks posted substantial declines, and Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE:CMG), Nimble Storage (NYSE:NMBL), and Mentor Graphics […]Read More

2015 has been a brutal year for business review site Yelp (NYSE:YELP) and daily deals site Groupon (NASDAQ:GRPN). Yelp stock has been cut in half since the beginning of the year, and Groupon stock has plunged nearly 70%. But as bulls flee both hated stocks, contrarian investors are probably wondering if either beaten-down stock is […]

In the media and advertising businesses, few metrics are as important as ratings and shares. That’s because the two terms nail down the popularity of a piece of content such as a television show or radio broadcast.  But ratings and shares each tell a different story about the success – or failure – of that […]