Singapore Is Not a Safe Haven

Source: The Street

Singapore has a lot going for it including a trade surplus, a budget surplus targeted at $1.3 billion Sing dollars, a 2.1 % unemployment rate and some fantastic GDP growth numbers in the last few years. It is o ...
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Fashion Designer Names Draw Tourist Eyes

Source: The Street

Bulgari Hotel was one of the first designer hotels in Milan, and a wow of a one at that. It's in an 18th century palazzo floating in a dreamy garden of rolling, almost neon-green lawn with an elevated lounge a ...
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Charlotte Airport Boss: Why Would Houston Airports Battle Each Other?

Source: The Street

If Houston enables the expansion, its airports "are competing against themselves, and that makes no sense," said Jerry Orr, longtime director of Charlotte/Douglas International Airport, in an interview. "I ...
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Ex-Dividend Stocks: Allegheny Tech, Sun Life Financial

Source: The Street

Allegheny Technologies The specialty metals producer reported on April 25 first-quarter earnings of $56.2 million, or 50 cents a share, down from year-earlier earnings of $56.3 million, or 54 cents. "We remain ...
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Facebook is Sued!

Source: Silicon India

Bangalore: Adding to the Facebook IPO fiasco , shareholders of the social network sued the company and its bankers for the share slides on the first day and for hiding the revenue forecasts. Some of them even threaten to s ...
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Back to the Burger Future: a Recipe for Franchise Success?

Source: The Street

In the 1950s, the diner was a mainstay in American culture. The establishment was a place where teens and families came to eat burgers and fries, pot roast and milkshakes. It was the center of social activity as jukeboxes played and open seating w ...
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And Now More Details About How Big Facebook Investors Got Inside Info--And Little Guys Got Hosed...

Source: Silicon Alley Insider

An investor who wasn't told about the business slowdown. Namely, they got a heads-up that Facebook's business had suddenly deteriorated. This "tip" came in the form of sudden estimate cuts by the research analysts at ...
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Stocks Set To Open Higher

Source: WESH

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- U.S. stock futures point to a higher open Thursday after strong earnings from HP, and as talks progress on Greece's debt crisis. Shares of Dow component Hewlett-Packard shot up 9% in after-hours trading Wednesday ...
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3 Random Observations About The Market Right Now

Source: The Business Insider

We've settled into the annual "will the EU blow-up the world" environment. Additionally, the news has been lackluster, so from a writing perspective we're in a bit of a holding pattern. So, here are some r ...
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