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Nokia’s New Phone is Nice But Won’t Sell in U.S.
NEW YORK (TheStreet) – Another week, another new Nokia phone. This one is terrific, even if it won’t sell as well as it should in the U.S Continue reading
Stocks Gain as Traders Shrug at Possible Fed Pullback
NEW YORK (TheStreet) — Major U.S. stock markets jumped Tuesday as hedge fund manager David Tepper’s bullish comments about stocks offset worries about the Federal Reserve’s scaling back on monetary stimulus. Continue reading
5 Hated Earnings Stocks That Deserve Your Love
MADISON, Wis. (Stockpickr) — Short-sellers hate being caught short a stock that reports a blowout quarter. When this happens, we often see a tradable short squeeze develop as the bears rush to cover their positions to avoid big losses. Continue reading
Kabbage Expands Small-Business Financing
NEW YORK (TheStreet) — Small-business financing outfit Kabbage, which made its mark by focusing exclusively on funding small e-commerce merchants that sell through Amazon , eBay , Yahoo! and Etsy, among others, is expanding its reach to fund both online and offline small businesses. The company announced a partnership with Intuit to use QuickBooks data to instantly approve and extend funding, it said Tuesday. It is a significant expansion for the two-year-old Atlanta startup, which has offered approximately $85 million in short-term financing through more than 70,000 advances to e-commerce businesses since its launch in August 2011. Continue reading
4 GARP Growers to Buy This Summer
BALTIMORE (Stockpickr) — Have you been “going GARP” in this market? Don’t let the less-than-catchy name fool you. GARP, which stands for “growth at a reasonable price,” is one of the most attractive strategies in most investors’ playbooks right now Continue reading
BP Withdrawing Some Staff From Libya
LONDON — Oil company BP says it is temporarily withdrawing some nonessential and non-Libyan staff from its office in Libya’s capital following similar action by Britain’s Foreign Office. David Nicholas, a BP spokesman, said the move is “a precautionary measure” on advice from the Foreign Office. He wouldn’t say how many staff will be affected but stressed that the Tripoli office remains open. Continue reading
The Biggest Small-Cap Stock You Don’t Know
NEW YORK (TheStreet) — First, I must add my voice crying out to the stock market pantheon. In the immortal words of the late Louis Rukeyser, “Won’t one of the market gods give us a good buying opportunity with a good, old-fashioned, orderly correction?” Now that I’ve gotten that out of the way, let me introduce today’s “mystery company,” Biglari Holdings , which I affectionately call Big Larry Continue reading
What’s Missing in the Market; 3 Short Ideas That Don’t Work: Cramer’s Best Blogs
NEW YORK (TheStreet) — Jim Cramer fills his blog on RealMoney every day with his up-to-the-minute reactions to what’s happening in the market and his legendary ahead-of-the-crowd ideas. This week he blogged on: what’s missing in this market; and three short ideas that just aren’t playing out. Click here for information on RealMoney, where you can see all the blogs, including Jim Cramer’s — and reader comments — in real time Continue reading
Abercrombie’s Jeffries Provokes Even as Investors Cheer
NEW YORK (TheStreet) – Teen retailer Abercrombie & Fitch delights in provocative advertising which might explain CEO Mike Jeffries’ comments about the company’s unwillingness to carry larger sizes. Jeffries has pointedly said that Abercrombie targets “the attractive all-American kid with a great attitude and has a lot of friends. Continue reading →