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Fed Preview: Bernanke Won't Budge
Ben Bernanke is unlikely to offer any June surprises, as monetary stimulus remains appealing.
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223 Miles in Toyota's Tesla-Based SUV
The Toyota RAV4 EV is the ideal around-town commuter SUV, if your commute is in California.
Oracle Still Looks Like a Smart Buy
Ahead of its earnings Thursday, Oracle's current share price may not truly reflects Oracle's long-term value.
5 Housing Markets Where You'll Break Even Fast When You Buy
Buying a home seemed too risky to many for a long time, but here are markets where you'd be crazy to rent.
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Top 10 Companies Hiring Managers This Week
If you are hoping to increase your salary, your best bet is to go into management.
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Older Workers Keep Jobs Because They're More Productive, Educated
By hanging onto their jobs, older workers cost younger workers better pay and retirement savings, a study suggests.
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5 Housing Markets Where You'll Break Even Fast When You Buy
Buying a home seemed too risky to many for a long time, but here are markets where you'd be crazy to rent.
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10 Most Bikeable U.S. Cities
Mass biking isn't just for small cities and college towns -- but it doesn't hurt. Here are 10 places winning medal for the pedal.
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Michelle Obama In a Bottle: Luxury Perfumer Launches With First Lady Inspiration
Seth Kornegay is seeing early success in launching a line of all-natural perfumes, including an Obama homage.
U.S. Small Business
Is Now a Good Time to Start a Business?
Being an entrepreneur is easier than ever these days, but is it a good time to launch a business?
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Employers: Entry-Level Applicants Are Just About Useless
They lack the job skills and have no clue what soft skills are needed, but they don't know it, a survey finds.
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The Digital Skeptic: Through Google Glass You See Start of Value on Web
There's actually news that hints at turning the ash and dust of the digital age into something worth something.
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5 Hidden Craft Beer Vacation Destinations
Beer lovers could go again to Denver, Seattle, Boston and Portland, Ore., but why not get creative?
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Fatburger Opens First Restaurant in New York City
Fatburger, the iconic Los Angeles burger chain, has opened its first of 10 restaurants in New York City.
Mobile & Gadgets
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Sprint Takes Game 7 Lead in Dish Battle
Sprint and SoftBank may beat a game-clock on wireless merger efforts.
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Microsoft May Run WinRT on Qualcomm Processor
According to published reports some next-generation Surface RT tablets will run on Qualcomm's new 800 chips
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Apple TV Gets a Major Upgrade
Apple announced that HBO Go and WatchESPN would be coming to the Apple TV. That's a major upgrade
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Should BMI's Good Old Boys' Network Make Rules for the Digital Age?
Will we ever treat music as a dynamic industry of endless possibility, able to flourish in an age ruled by emerging technology, not long-forgotten 60 and 70-year old men?
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Adobe Soars: What Wall Street Is Saying
Adobe Systems jump following better-than-expected earnings. Here's what some analysts on Wall Street are saying.
Energy & Green Business
Cooperman: 'We Have Done Our Homework' on Linn Energy
Linn Energy shares rise on Leon Cooperman's CNBC interview.
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Dicker: Oil Is the New Gold
Dan Dicker tells Jim Cramer why oil prices remain high despite the fundamentals.
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Handing China the Renewable Future
Subsidies are being cut just as China has taken the lead in the renewable energy technology market. The cuts may make China's lead impossible to overcome.
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Cooperman's Omega Advisors Is 'Comfortable' With Linn Enegy
Leon Cooperman's Omega Advisors is comfortable with its leading holding in Linn Energy, a letter shows.
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Shorts Battle Over Linn
At Linn Energy, a very aggressive short war is being engaged by Barron's magazine and a research firm looking to make a name for itself.
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Walter Energy Gets Hotter After Morgan Stanley Defense
Morgan Stanley analysts are adamant that there is much more potential to Walter Energy from current, battered price levels.
National Top Stories
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SAIA August 17th Options Begin Trading
Investors in Saia Inc saw new options begin trading today, for the August 17th expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the SAIA options chain for the new August 17th contracts and identified one put and one call contract of particular interest.
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Commit To Purchase Immersion Corp. At $10, Earn 12.2% Annualized
Investors considering a purchase of Immersion Corp stock, but cautious about paying the going market price of $14.45/share, might benefit from considering selling puts among the alternative strategies at their disposal. One interesting put contract in particular, is the November put at the $10 strike, which has a bid at the time of this writing of 50 cents.
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Commit To Buy Innodata At $2.50, Earn 14.6% Annualized
Investors considering a purchase of Innodata Inc stock, but cautious about paying the going market price of $3.17/share, might benefit from considering selling puts among the alternative strategies at their disposal. One interesting put contract in particular, is the November put at the $2.50 strike, which has a bid at the time of this writing of 15 cents.
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Commit To Buy VAALCO Energy At $5, Earn 15.4% Annualized
Investors considering a purchase of VAALCO Energy, Inc. stock, but cautious about paying the going market price of $6.07/share, might benefit from considering selling puts among the alternative strategies at their disposal.
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Commit To Purchase Hhgregg At $14, Earn 14.1% Annualized
Investors eyeing a purchase of hhgregg Inc shares, but cautious about paying the going market price of $17.01/share, might benefit from considering selling puts among the alternative strategies at their disposal. One interesting put contract in particular, is the January 2014 put at the $14 strike, which has a bid at the time of this writing of $1.15.
Jim Cramer's "Mad Money"
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Cramer: Over the LINE
I have never shied away from these kinds of fights.
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Cramer: Get in Shape for a Decline
That's probably the safest way to play it ahead of the Fed.
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'Mad Money' Lightning Round: Loews Is an Absolute Winner
Applied Materials should split, Cramer said, and Enterprise Products Partners will just keep going.
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Cramer's 'Mad Money' Recap: Buys Amid the Rubble
What stocks will rally after the explosion from the Fed's announcement? Cramer has some suggestions.
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Cramer: What Works, What Doesn't
This is all you need to know going into taper time.
Investing Tips
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Cooperman: 'We Have Done Our Homework' on Linn Energy
Linn Energy shares rise on Leon Cooperman's CNBC interview.
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5 Stocks Insiders Love Right Now
Insiders at these companies have been scooping up shares of their own stock lately.
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Home Prices to Moderate as 'Invisible Lid' on Supply Lifts: CoreLogic
Rapid recovery in home prices in some regions will draw previously reluctant sellers to the market, according to economist Sam Khater.
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Alcatel-Lucent's Cost-Cutting Strategy Will Fail
Cutting costs only looks good on paper.
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5 Stocks the Pros Love This Summer
Fund managers are being selective, but they're buying again in 2013 -- even if it's not with both hands just yet.
Automotive
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Ford Opens New China Plant as Analyst Cites China Spending Rise
Ford CEO Alan Mulally, visting Asia this week, oversees the opening of a Chongqing engine plant.
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Morning Briefing: 10 Things You Should Know
U.S. stock futures suggest a flat Wall Street open; Fed concludes its two-day policy meeting; Dish won't submit revised bid for Sprint; FedEx reports earnings.
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223 Miles in Toyota's Tesla-Based SUV
The Toyota RAV4 EV is the ideal around-town commuter SUV, if your commute is in California.
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10 Best Family Cars For Father's Day
When your family's expanding, your car needs to do a lot more than get from Point A to Point B.
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'Unprecedented' $2.5b Cooper Tire Deal Highlights Auto Industry Change
Apollo Tyres' deal for Cooper Tire signals a shift in the auto industry, as U.S. players recover from a near collapse.
Luxury & Leisure
Michelle Obama In a Bottle: Luxury Perfumer Launches With First Lady Inspiration
Seth Kornegay is seeing early success in launching a line of all-natural perfumes, including an Obama homage.
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5 Great Stadiums Making Up for Bad Baseball Teams
The Astros, Marlins, Royals, Mariners and Brewers stink. But their stadiums are wonderful and often cheap to get in.
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9 Fathers Day Gifts When Even the Sky Isn't the Limit
Here are some of the most luxurious new items and gift ideas for dad -- for this year or next.
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5 Hidden Craft Beer Vacation Destinations
Beer lovers could go again to Denver, Seattle, Boston and Portland, Ore., but why not get creative?
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What's Hot in the Hamptons This Summer
Providers of great exercise, juices and dining follow Manhattanites to the beach for the summer.
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7 Gadgets Worth Getting Dad For Fathers Day
Here are some thoughtful items he won't forget by the Fourth of July.
Markets
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Major U.S. stock markets were slipping as the Federal Reserve said it will maintain its current stimulus program of buying $85 billion per month to help sustain the economy's recovery.
The S&P 500 was falling 0.5% or 9.3 points, to 1,642.64 while the Dow Jones Industrial Average was off 0.1% to 15,299.54. The Nasdaq was dropping 0.5% to 3,466.5.
The Fed voted to maintain its current policy by a vote of 10 in favor and 2 against. The central bank, in a statement, said "downside risks to the outlook for the economy and the labor market as having diminished since the fall."
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