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Portland 13th for home appreciation
Posted: Mon Feb 06 09:49:29 PST 2012Portland ranked 13th in the U.S. for home price appreciation in the latest take on the U.S. residential market. Truckee, Calif.-based Clear Capital, a real estate research firm, ranked Portland at No. 13 for an 0.6 point increase in its January home price index compared to the prior quarter. Birmingham, Ala., led the nation, followed by Phoenix; Washington, D.C.; Denver and Orlando. Portland ...
Slideshow: Top stock investments by members of Congress
Posted: Mon Feb 06 09:48:12 PST 2012Stock ownership by members of Congress has been an issue recently after several media reports that were critical of what some viewed as politicians capitalizing on inside information about the financial crisis, including a featured report on CBS news program "60 Minutes." Just this week, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, called his peers in the Senate to be forbidden from owning individual stoc...
Mpls firm tracks the Super Bowl winners, losers on Twitter
Posted: Mon Feb 06 09:46:11 PST 2012Viewers of Super Bowl XLVI took to social media last night to express their opinions on everything from the teams they were rooting for, to their choices of food and drink, to the half time show. Advertising agency Colle+McVoy was front and center, catching all of the Giants vs. Patriots chatter around the Twittesphere with its "Super Chatter." Measured by the minute and divided into five cat...
Women hold only 15% of WNY?s power positions, says study
Posted: Mon Feb 06 09:46:01 PST 2012Women occupy just 15 percent of the Buffalo area?s power positions, according to Business First?s new list of the 125 most influential people across Western New York. The alphabetical list, which was released last week, provides the latest confirmation that men remain dominant in the region?s private and public sectors. It follows two recent studies by On Numbers that showed local males with ...
Committee opens line for Republican National Convention volunteers
Posted: Mon Feb 06 09:45:34 PST 2012The 2012 Tampa Bay Host Committee is looking for 7,500 people to be ?the face of Tampa Bay? during the Republican National Convention the week of Aug. 27. Volunteer roles include airport greeters, distribution center assistants, event setup crew, event way-finders, hotel greeters, office administrative assistants and on-call volunteers. The Host Committee has provided further details on this...
Rams London tickets on sale now
Posted: Mon Feb 06 09:44:46 PST 2012The NFL UK?s website has restarted ticket sales for the St. Louis Ram versus New England Patriots game on Oct. 28 at Wembley Stadium in London. Ticket sales were suspended Saturday. Officials from the St. Louis Convention and Visitors Commission said Jan. 27 that the Rams? lease requires the team to play all their home games in the Edward Jones Dome. The Rams and the CVC are nearing an agree...
Memphis breaks onto national list of improving housing markets
Posted: Mon Feb 06 09:43:56 PST 2012Data released by the National Association of Home Builders has pegged Memphis as one of 98 improving housing markets across the nation. The Bluff City was listed as a ?notable new entrant? on the National Association of Home Builders/First American Improving Markets Index, which identifies metropolitan areas that have improved for six consecutive months from their respective lows in housing pe...
Earnings: Wesley parent HCA posts $1.9B 4Q profit
Posted: Mon Feb 06 09:40:31 PST 2012Nashville-based HCA Holdings Inc.?s (NYSE: HCA) earnings jumped to $1.9 billion in the fourth quarter, thanks to a pretax gain of $1.5 billion stemming from its October purchase of the Colorado Health Foundation?s 40 percent interest in the HealthOne hospital system. HCA is the parent company of Wichita's Wesley Medical Center. The company also recently closed on the acquisition of Galichia He...
Five Star Bank to shut Wyoming branch
Posted: Mon Feb 06 09:38:33 PST 2012There will be one less Five Star Bank branch in Wyoming County this year, pending approval from state banking regulators. The Warsaw-headquartered bank has applied to the state Department of Financial Services to shutter a branch located at 5 South Academy Street in Wyoming. The closing is scheduled to take place by June 30, leaving five offices in Wyoming County. Bank spokesperson Matthew Mu...
Marquette hires executive vice president
Posted: Mon Feb 06 09:38:06 PST 2012Marquette University has hired Mary DiStanislao from the University of Pennsylvania to serve in the newly-created role of executive vice president. DiStanislao will work closely with Marquette President The Rev. Scott Pilarz and the provost to facilitate universitywide strategic planning. Administration, student affairs and human resources will report to her, according to a letter sent to Marq...
Has Tiffany Been Wasting Your Money?
Posted: Mon Feb 06 10:01:40 PST 2012Share buybacks sound good on paper, but shareholders would usually be better off without them. ...
What Campbell Soup Does With Its Cash
Posted: Mon Feb 06 10:00:05 PST 2012Cash is king. What a company does with it matters. ...
Macy's: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats
Posted: Mon Feb 06 09:58:40 PST 2012A SWOT analysis of Macy's would help in understanding its overall health. ...
This Just In: More Upgrades and Downgrades
Posted: Mon Feb 06 09:48:54 PST 2012New ratings for MCG Capital, Corning, and Manitowoc. ...
Synovus: Dividend Dynamo or the Next Blowup?
Posted: Mon Feb 06 09:44:24 PST 2012What the numbers tell us. ...
R.R. Donnelly: Dividend Dynamo or the Next Blowup?
Posted: Mon Feb 06 09:41:35 PST 2012What the numbers tell us. ...
Is The U.S. Leading the Global Economy Out of a Downturn?
Posted: Mon Feb 06 09:22:11 PST 2012Interested in investing in companies that could benefit from this turnaround in growth? ...
Meet Micron Technology's New CEO
Posted: Mon Feb 06 09:17:42 PST 2012...
Fossil Worth $135 Again?
Posted: Mon Feb 06 09:30:06 PST 2012Fossil Worth $135 Again? ...
These Gaming Stocks Pay -- Guaranteed
Posted: Mon Feb 06 09:13:48 PST 2012Move over, Steve Wynn. You're not the only casino operator paying a dividend anymore. ...
