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Starbucks Is Late to the App Store Party Thu, 24/09/2009 - 01:00 by Rick Aristotle ... A Frappuccino a day keeps the App Store at play. Starbucks (Nasdaq: SBUX) is finally moving into Apple's (Nasdaq: AAPL) crowded App Store. Comments Read more	Witch Hunt, Round 2? Thu, 24/09/2009 - 00:55 by Brian Orelli First it was Congress going after health insurers. Now the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) are none too happy with them, either. Comments Read more	Meet 5 Fund Companies That Care Thu, 24/09/2009 - 00:15 by Selena Maranjian So you're interested in socially responsible investing (SRI). Good for you! Once you learn about companies involved in unpleasant activities even to a small degree, it can be hard to stomach investing in them. Of course, people have different thresholds and standards: You might not want to be anywhere near supporting genocide in Darfur, but not be so bothered about investing in Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT), a company sometimes accused of not being generous enough with its employees. Comments Read more
A Contrarian View on Housing Wed, 23/09/2009 - 23:57 by Christopher Barker You might not enjoy walking a mile in my shoes. No matter which direction I go, however, I cannot walk away from my own perception that the worst of the financial crises is not yet behind us. Comments Read more	Will Teva Be Forced to Take Its Own Medicine? Wed, 23/09/2009 - 04:23 by Robert Steyer Judging from the success of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (Nasdaq: TEVA), you might say the most exalted employees are the lawyers who find ways to crack the patents of other drugmakers' products. Comments Read more	Should You Get Charged Up About This IPO? Wed, 23/09/2009 - 04:21 by Toby Shute In my Cleantech Outlook for 2009, I highlighted A123 Systems as a top company to watch. The energy storage firm had filed a registration statement with the SEC, signifying that it was prepping for an initial public offering in the not-too-distant future. Comments Read more
Is Yahoo! the New Facebook? Wed, 23/09/2009 - 02:29 by Rick Aristotle ... It's time for Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) to own up to its recent shortcomings -- but its new ad campaign wants to lay it all on you. Comments Read more	Is Palm Waving Goodbye? Wed, 23/09/2009 - 02:04 by Anders Bylund Shares of Palm (Nasdaq: PALM) leaped sky-high yesterday and continued to rise this morning for a 23% two-day gain as I'm writing this. The company did report earnings recently, but that event is too old to explain any of this action. So what happened? Comments Read more	33 Companies That Could Change the World Tue, 22/09/2009 - 22:41 by Selena Maranjian If you're looking for companies that combine economic gain with attention to environmental and social developments, then the concept of corporate sustainability can point you in the right direction. Recently, a leading index of sustainability-focused companies made some changes that you'll want to pay attention to. Comments Read more
How to Research an Oil Stock: Part 6 Tue, 22/09/2009 - 22:31 by Toby Shute We've poked and prodded Gulfport Energy (Nasdaq: GPOR) extensively over the past two weeks. I think we finally have enough ammunition to take a shot at valuation. Comments Read more	Palm Discovers Its Limits Tue, 22/09/2009 - 03:09 by Motley Fool When Palm (Nasdaq: PALM) announced the Pre in January to considerable buzz, this former Treo user was glad that the company had halted its slow fade into irrelevance. But as Palm's latest earnings release shows, there can be a big difference between staying relevant and returning to your former glory. Comments Read more	Eye on Insiders: First Solar Tue, 22/09/2009 - 03:01 by Tim Beyers Watching insiders is like participating in a weeks-long stakeout. You expect something to happen, but you don't know what. So you settle in, sip your coffee, and wait for clues to solving the big case. Comments Read more