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RPM declares cash dividend Fri, 10/07/2011 - 17:12 by MT Bureau RPM International Inc., which manufactures Rust-Oleum as well as industrial coatings, sealants and building materials, announced quarterly cash dividend of $0.215 per share Thursday. The dividend will be payable on Oct. 31, 2011, to stockholders of record as of Oct. 17, 2011. Comments Read more	Twitter completes 5 years Tue, 03/22/2011 - 15:49 by Anter Prakash Singh On this day in 2006, what started qith the first tweet by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey has today turned into one of the most incredible success stories of the internet. Twitter has completed 5 years of remarkable success. Comments Read more	Game developers not pleased with Apple Sat, 03/05/2011 - 13:27 by Yasser Ali Game developers across the globe gathered at the Game Developers Conference this week to express their disappointment with Apple over issues that concern them. 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	Here's That Dreaded Reverse Split! Sat, 01/01/2011 - 10:54 by Anders Bylund Attempts to lift Evergreen Solar (Nasdaq: ESLR) out of the penny-stock swamp by natural means aren't working. Here comes the reverse split! Evergreen will trade under the new symbol ESLRD for 20 days starting tomorrow (yes, the split happens on a Saturday). The market is taking this in stride as the plan was approved months ago and largely finalized this month. Monday morning, Evergreen's shares should be worth about $3 per share, reflecting a 1-for-6 reverse split. Comments Read more	GlaxoSmithKline Passes This Key Test Sat, 01/01/2011 - 10:43 by Seth Jayson There's no foolproof way to know the future for GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK) or any other company. However, certain clues may help you see potential stumbles before they happen -- and before your stock craters as a result. Rest assured: Even if you're not monitoring these metrics, short-sellers are. Comments Read more
General Motors: Wall Street Darling? Sat, 01/01/2011 - 10:05 by John Rosevear A few years ago, it would have been unthinkable: General Motors (NYSE: GM) -- that General Motors, the global poster child for mismanagement, ineptitude, and the decline of American industrial might -- getting buy recommendations from savvy Wall Street analysts? Comments Read more	Will You Have a Job in 2011? Sat, 01/01/2011 - 07:17 by Rich Smith According to The Wall Street Journal, online job postings at the beginning of this month were up 2 million over their year-ago levels. That's nearly twice as high as at the depths of the Great Recession, just before Warren Buffett crunched the data at his Berkshire Hathawaysubsidiaries and declared the recession over. Citing a need for skilled technical employees, the Journal notes that there's considerable hiring under way at AT&T (NYSE: T), Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), and WellPoint (NYSE: WLP) -- but not just there. Comments Read more	Why Does China Love Kiwis? Fri, 12/31/2010 - 16:49 by Rich Smith A few years back, I waxed philosophical -- and frustrated -- over the lack of good investment opportunities in the booming New Zealand economy. Surveying the investing landscape, I saw opportunities for U.S. companies like Time Warner and Microsoft to avail themselves of Kiwi expertise in the fields of video gaming and movie animation by contracting with local wunderkind Weta Workshop. But as for actual New Zealand stocks that you and I can buy, there was basically Telecom of New Zealand(NYSE: NZT) ... and that was it. Comments Read more
Is Starwood Hotels the Perfect Stock? Fri, 12/31/2010 - 15:57 by Dan Caplinger Everyone would love to find the perfect stock. But will you ever really find a stock that gives you everything you could possibly want? One thing's for sure: If you don't look, you'll never find truly great investments. So let's first take a look at what you'd want to see from a perfect stock, and then decide whetherStarwood Hotels & Resorts (NYSE: HOT) fits the bill. Comments Read more	Is It Time to Sell This Sector? Fri, 12/31/2010 - 15:29 by Sean Williams Running a 24-hour live chat for charity last week was fun and helped a good cause. It also provided a good snippet of what is on the minds of investors in The Motley Fool community. Comments Read more	Must-Reads for Your Holidays Fri, 12/31/2010 - 15:27 by Travis Hoium The past year wasn't a blowout one for IPOs, but the market did demonstrate its ability to inhale a good business and spit out a bad one. Both established and speculative companies made the list of IPOs this year, and performance wasn't too shabby for some of the higher-profile names: Comments Read more