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EU seeks tighter bank oversight Tue, 17/08/2010 - 22:14 by Prince damin Brussels -- The European Commission wants to amend its rules governing supervision of "financial conglomerates" to extend to parent companies. The EC executive's proposal Monday came as individual member states of the 27-nation European Community fought with the European Parliament over creation of new financial supervisory entities designed to oversee banking and insurance industries in more than one country, The EUobserver reported. "Drawing lessons from the financial crisis, the commission proposes to equip national financial supervisors with new powers to better oversee the conglomerates' parent entities, such as holding companies," the EU executive said in a statement. Comments Read more	A Bond Yield Bonanza for These Companies Tue, 17/08/2010 - 10:39 by Russ Krull Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) put its AAA bond rating on the table last week and crushed McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) recent bond yield record by issuing a 10-year with a coupon under 3% priced to yield 3.15% and a 30-year with 4.5% coupon, 4.63% yield. How good is that? At the 10-year yield, Johnson & Johnson could improve cash flow by issuing bonds and buying back its own higher yielding stock. Since interest expense reduces taxable earnings and dividends don't, the math is close, even at the 30-year yield. Comments Read more	Renaissance Learning 's Magic Formula Tue, 17/08/2010 - 01:22 by Charly Travers Do you want to invest in stocks but find that you have too many demands on your time to research companies? You have a demanding job, want to spend time with your family, and have a hobby or two. Comments Read more
Cable firms to offer movie, show iPad apps Sat, 14/08/2010 - 22:25 by Prince damin Philadelphia -- More TV shows and movies will hit tablet computers like Apple's iPad as cable companies seek to compete with streaming Web video services, observers say. Companies including Comcast, Verizon, Dish and Time Warner Cable will soon offer subscribers TV content, including movies, to compete with streaming Web video services like Hulu and Netflix, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday. The Journal said at least seven of the 10 largest U.S. subscription-TV providers are building tablet-computer applications offering TV shows and movies to subscribers for little or no fee. Video apps from TV networks and online video services such as Netflix Inc. and have been offering more content and features that integrate with home TV service. Comments Read more	This Week's 5 Smartest Stock Moves Sat, 14/08/2010 - 10:57 by Rick Aristotle ... If you're feeling good about the market, you're not alone. Take my hand as we go over some of this week's more uplifting headlines. Comments Read more	Revisiting Netflix Sat, 14/08/2010 - 10:25 by Andrew Bond I have to admit Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) is a beast of a stock. Just two weeks ago after posting pretty poor quarterly results, I wrote about the bear case for the stock. The stock was trading at about $120 when the company reported earnings, and in just a week's time it traded down to $95.33 on the poor results. However, in less than two trading weeks the stock has made up its losses and then some, closing yesterday at a new 52-week high of $133.05. Comments Read more
Is Amazon.com's Management Up to the Task? Sat, 14/08/2010 - 10:19 by David Meier Big investors like Warren Buffett have the clout, time, and resources to evaluate a potential investment's management face to face. You may not have quite such a mighty address book, but that shouldn't stop you from assessing the people in the executive suites. Comments Read more	Cypress Semiconductor: Warming Up or Cooling Off? Sat, 14/08/2010 - 10:00 by Motley Fool Together, we are all trying to build our fortunes by finding well-run companies at bargain-basement prices. But it takes work to scour earnings reports, scrutinize key data, and assess the competition. Comments Read more	Cache: Warming Up or Cooling Off? Sat, 14/08/2010 - 09:54 by Motley Fool Together, we are all trying to build our fortunes by finding well-run companies at bargain-basement prices. But it takes work to scour earnings reports, scrutinize key data, and assess the competition. Comments Read more
BioSante Pharmaceuticals: Warming Up or Cooling Off? Sat, 14/08/2010 - 09:48 by Motley Fool Together, we are all trying to build our fortunes by finding well-run companies at bargain-basement prices. But it takes work to scour earnings reports, scrutinize key data, and assess the competition. Comments Read more	Would Jeremy Grantham Buy Vascular Solutions? Fri, 13/08/2010 - 12:26 by David Meier When Jeremy Grantham speaks, I listen. He's not afraid to have a contrarian mind-set lead him in a different direction from the crowd. Recently, Grantham believed some high-quality companies traded at attractive prices. Grantham wasn't sure why the high-quality names were on sale, but he thought they offered the best returns for the next seven years. He has a pretty good long-term track record of sniffing out where the best returns are, so let's see what companies Grantham is rooting out. Comments Read more	Don't Buy This Stock ... Yet Fri, 13/08/2010 - 12:02 by Tim Hanson Mispriced companies are rare diamonds in the stock market's rough. If you want to find them, you'll have to search through a whole pile of rocky rejects first. Comments Read more