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EBay's Donahoe buys GSIC Wed, 03/30/2011 - 02:36 by Cooshalle Wilson EBAY CEO, John Donahoe, has become the owner of the biggest e-commerce marketplace with his acquisition of GCIS. Comments Read more	FTC tightens debt collections post-mortem Tue, 11/23/2010 - 06:41 by Prince damin Washington -- Consumer advocates say the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has asked for trouble by revising rules for collectors chasing debt from people who have died. The new rules allow for a wider circle of people to be contacted, beyond family members and the legal executor of the estate. There is also the term "spouse" that some advocates say is inaccurate as a marriage ends when one of the partners dies. The Washington Post reported Monday. Some advocates warn that some debt collectors will press even friends to pay the debts of someone who has died, using a "moral obligation" argument, the Post said. Comments Read more	Is Dow the Perfect Stock? Sat, 11/13/2010 - 11:15 by Dan Caplinger Everyone would love to find the perfect stock. But will you ever really find a stock that gives you everythingyou 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 if Dow Chemical (NYSE: DOW) fits the bill. Comments Read more
Guess What? Harvard Says You're Dumb Sat, 11/13/2010 - 10:34 by Rich Smith "As stock markets slid in March, Judy Brady lay awake at night thinking about her portfolio. 'My retired friends who had all CDs and gold, and they were still making money, and my investments just kept going and going,' she said. 'I thought: I can't afford to lose all this.' So the 70-year-old retiree in Schaumburg, Ill., sold most of her stocks." -- The Wall Street Journal, May 18, 2009 Comments Read more	Does EMC Pass Buffett's Test? Sun, 09/05/2010 - 09:49 by Jim Royal We'd all like to invest as successfully as the legendary Warren Buffett. He calculates return on invested capital (ROIC) to help determine whether a company has an economic moat -- the ability to earn returns on its money beyond that money's cost. Comments Read more	Great Call on Dendreon! What's Next? Sat, 09/04/2010 - 10:34 by Matt Koppenheffer Investors in our Motley Fool CAPS community have given Dendreon's(Nasdaq: DNDN) stock two stars out of a possible five. The high-flying biotech behind the recently approved cancer vaccine Provenge has collected 293 underperform ratings to go along with its 1,222 outperforms on CAPS. Comments Read more
Make Money From This Megatrend Wed, 09/01/2010 - 03:44 by Dan Caplinger Economists and investors alike have worried about the possibility of deflation. There's absolutely no sign of deflationary pressure in the price of food commodities, however, and smart investors can take advantage of the opportunity to invest in companies that will benefit and get rid of stocks that could suffer. Comments Read more	Meet the Cash Kings of Gold Sat, 08/28/2010 - 10:56 by Jim Royal As an investor, it pays to follow the cash. If you figure out how a company moves its money, you might eventually find some of that cash flowing into your pockets. Comments Read more	This Just In: Upgrades and Downgrades Thu, 08/26/2010 - 04:58 by Rich Smith At The Motley Fool, we poke plenty of fun at Wall Street analysts and their endless cycle of upgrades, downgrades, and "initiating coverage at neutral." So you might think we'd be the last people to give virtual ink to such "news." And we would be -- if that were all we were doing. Comments Read more
Apple Takes One More Step Into Your Living Room Thu, 08/26/2010 - 04:44 by Rick Aristotle ... In a move that's long overdue, Bloomberg reports that Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) is getting into digital rentals of television show episodes. Comments Read more	Why Apple and Facebook May Be BFFs Fri, 08/20/2010 - 00:22 by Mac Greer On Wednesday, Facebook introduced a new location-based service that allows users to share their location with friends. With more than 500 million members, Facebook is now the third-most-popular video site on the Web according to comScore, trailing only Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) and Yahoo!. Comments Read more	These 7 Stocks Are Making the Right Move Thu, 08/19/2010 - 00:52 by Dan Caplinger People have argued for years about whether the bond market is a bubble waiting to burst or will continue to push rates down to historic lows. Regardless of prevailing opinion, though, many companies definitely believe that now's the time to sell bonds, as they rush to issue debt at amazingly low rates before they start to rise again. Comments Read more