Caesar’s stock closes up 70% in debut
Shares of Caesar’s Entertainment nearly doubled in the casino operator’s public debut Wednesday and closed up 70%.
Stocks inch higher as Greece remains in focus
U.S. stocks edged higher Wednesday as investors remained focused on Greece, where the government is scrambling to secure more bailout funds and avoid a default.
A gold mine in sterling silver beads
Dave Schowalter, the son of a former gold miner, hit a gold mine of sorts when he started manufacturing specialty oval-shaped sterling beads.
Greece facing ‘dramatic dilemma’
Greek political leaders were meeting Wednesday to hammer out an agreement on austerity reforms as the nation scrambles to avoid a default.
Marilyn Monroe ‘officially’ joins Twitter
Add one more venue where the legend of Marilyn Monroe lives and her voice beckons: Twitter.
No euro freeze, just squeeze
Dean Popplewell is OANDA’s chief currency strategist. This commentary first appeared in OANDA’s MarketPulse FX blog.
McDonald’s shamrock shake goes nationwide
McDonald’s extreme-green shamrock shake is going nationwide for the first time, the fast food franchise revealed on Wednesday.
Bob Rodriguez: The best advice I ever got
“In the fall of 1974 I was in graduate school at USC taking a portfolio-management investment course. The financial markets were in difficulty, and I didn’t understand how securities were being sold at such depressed levels. I had only recently discovered Security Analysis by Graham and Dodd when we had a guest lecturer come in named Charlie Munger, who went on about this idea of value investing. After the class was over, I walked up to Charlie and asked him if there was one thing that I could do that would make me a better investment professional. His answer was, ‘Read history, read history, read history.’ And so I became a good historian, reading both economic and financial history as well as general history.
Harry Potter boosts Time Warner earnings
Time Warner Inc. reported fourth-quarter earnings Wednesday that rose from a year earlier and beat Wall Street’s expectations, largely due to the final Harry Potter movie.
The iPhone is a nightmare for carriers
The iPhone may be great for consumers, but takes a nasty toll on wireless carriers’ bottom line.
