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Nearly 46mn Americans are poor -- US Census report Wed, 09/14/2011 - 16:25 by Anter Prakash Singh According to the Census Bureau report released Tuesday, the number of poor people in America has increased to 46.2 million in 2010, which is the highest in last two decades. Comments Read more	McDonald’s mulling price hike Tue, 01/25/2011 - 12:41 by Anter Prakash Singh McDonald’s, the world's largest restaurant chain, has announced its plans to hike the price of some of the items on its menu. Comments Read more	Pharma Ups the Dividend Ante Sat, 01/01/2011 - 10:41 by Brian Orelli There's no way to sugarcoat this: It was not a pretty year for pharmaceutical companies. While the S&P saw substantial gains over the last year, with the exception of Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) and Novartis (NYSE: NVS), every other major pharmaceutical company listed on the U.S. exchange saw their shares decrease. And neither of the two that were in positive territory actually surpassed the S&P 500. Comments Read more
The Most Promising Dividends in Restaurants Sat, 01/01/2011 - 07:26 by Selena Maranjian Dividend payers deserve a berth in any long-term stock portfolio. But seemingly attractive dividend yields are not always as fetching as they may appear. Let's see which companies in the restaurant industry offer the most promising dividends. Comments Read more	Measuring What Counts Sat, 01/01/2011 - 07:14 by Morgan Housel In the early 1970s, the tiny nation of Bhutan stopped focusing on gross domestic product, or GDP. This wasn't because the country was trying to hide its economic progress. It was because King Jigme Singye Wangchuck thought GDP measured the wrong things. Comments Read more	Don't Get Too Worked Up Over Kellogg's Earnings Fri, 12/31/2010 - 17:05 by Seth Jayson Although business headlines still tout earnings numbers, many investors have moved past net earnings as a measure of a company's economic output. That's because earnings are very often less trustworthy than cash flow, since earnings are more open to manipulation based on dubious judgment calls. Comments Read more
The Best Dividend Stocks of 2011 Fri, 12/24/2010 - 12:27 by Jim Royal I love fat payouts from dividend stalwarts. In fact, I've recommended a couple that I called "dividend plays for a lifetime" for their strong competitive positions and hidden assets. Those two stocks -- Microsoft andMcDonald's -- are solid long-term dividend plays. But often, it can be more valuable to find higher-yielding stocks that are slower- growing, rather than a Microsoft that is fattening dividends at a prodigious clip. Comments Read more	Is PACCAR's Cash Machine Shutting Down? Thu, 12/23/2010 - 10:27 by Seth Jayson Although business headlines still tout earnings numbers, many investors have moved past net earnings as a measure of a company's economic output. That's because earnings are very often less trustworthy than cash flow, since earnings are more open to manipulation based on dubious judgment calls. Comments Read more	7 Dividend Stocks Getting Slammed Wed, 12/22/2010 - 00:02 by Jordan DiPietro Contrarian investors should utilize times like this to differentiate between stocks that are dropping for fundamentally sound reasons -- and those stocks that are simply being dragged down because of general market concerns. Sure, there's plenty to worry about -- gigantic federal deficits, sovereign debt problems in Europe, aneconomic slowdown in China. But let's not forget that in the midst of all of this volatility lies the prospect to grab some great companies at dirt cheap prices. Comments Read more
Don't Get Too Worked Up Over WMS Industries' Earnings Wed, 12/15/2010 - 11:58 by Seth Jayson Although business headlines still tout earnings numbers, many investors have moved past net earnings as a measure of a company's economic output. That's because earnings are very often less trustworthy than cash flow, since earnings are more open to manipulation based on dubious judgment calls. Comments Read more	Why Activision Blizzard's Earnings Are Outstanding Wed, 12/15/2010 - 10:29 by Seth Jayson Although business headlines still tout earnings numbers, many investors have moved past net earnings as a measure of a company's economic output. That's because earnings are very often less trustworthy than cash flow, since earnings are more open to manipulation based on dubious judgment calls. Comments Read more	4 Dividend Stocks Showing You the Money Tue, 12/14/2010 - 07:39 by Rick Aristotle ... Dividend checks continue to get fatter in corporate America, as more companies jack up their distribution rates. Readers of the Income Investor newsletter can certainly appreciate that kind of thinking. Let's take a closer look at some of the companies that inched their payouts higher this past week. Comments Read more