• Will The FTC Summon 'The Kraken' To Investigate Herbalife?

  The Herbalife ( HLF ) story continues to unfold. Yesterday and today we received an 8k revealing that Mr. Icahn is negotiating for more board seats. This seems like common sense to me. Due to the share buyback, Mr. Icahn's 17 million shares now account for over 20% of the company. 2 out of 13…

• 4 things to expect from Yellen's Fed

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• Why You Shouldn't Fall For These Corporate Capex Fallacies

  By Cyniconomics : We get experts on everything that sound like they're scientific experts … They'll sit at a typewriter and make up all this stuff as if it's science and then become an expert … Now, I might be quite wrong, maybe they do know all these things. But I don't think…

• Wealth Management Of The Body Snatchers

  On my desk is a 76-page investment proposal from the wealth management department of a world-famous financial services firm.  Having reviewed it, I can tell you this much: these aren't the droids you're looking for.

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• Third-Level Thinking: Enhanced Value Investing

  By The Amalgamator: It seems that value investing is having its moment these days. Sure, hunting for things priced at less than "intrinsic value" goes back to our earliest human impulses, yet the popularity of the Ben Graham-inspired approach to public equities (modified through a range of…

• Earnings Preview: FedEx Q3 2014

  By Selerity Research : By Craig Bowles Overview FedEx Corporation ( FDX ) is slated to report 3Q 2014 earnings before the bell on Wednesday, March 19. The earnings release is expected at approximately 7:30 a.m. EST with an 8:30 a.m. earnings conference call webcast available at FedEx Investor…

• Abercrombie: A Decade-Long, Post-Jeffries Malaise?

  By YCharts : By Jeff Bailey Few companies have been so closely associated with the personality of their CEOs as Abercrombie & Fitch ( ANF ) and Mike Jeffries in recent years. The pretty-young-people advertising, the controversial hiring practices and the string of strong sales increases were…

• Sanctions imposed over Ukraine incursion

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• Build HS2 more quickly, says boss

  HS2 chairman Sir David Higgins calls on the government to "accelerate" the northern section of the £50bn high-speed rail project.

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• States to pharmacies: Stop selling tobacco

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• AUDIO: HS2 could 'suck' business from North

  An opponent of HS2 has claimed there is "no academic evidence" that the HS2 rail line would grow the economy.

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• Paris pollution leads to car ban

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• ModernGraham Quarterly Valuation Of Deere & Co.

  By DE ) fares in the ModernGraham valuation model. DE data by YCharts Defensive Investor – must pass at least 6 of the following 7 tests: Score = 6/7 Adequate Size of Enterprise – market capitalization of at least $2 billion – PASS Sufficiently Strong Financial Condition – current ratio…

• Is There A Formula To Predict The Dow, S&P For 2014?

  By Sanjeev Sharma: With 70% of the US economy based on consumer spending, disposable income of the masses is the primary fuel for demand of new goods and services. If the amount of money left after spending on essential needs like housing, food and fuel is higher, people tend to spend higher on new…

• It's 1997, Not 1999

  By Dana Blankenhorn : There is froth in the market. Yahoo ( YHOO ) is frothy, because we don't know yet what its stake in Alibaba is worth. Once that company completes its IPO, then we'll know, and can adjust valuations downward accordingly. But that's not all. Keurig Green Mountain (…

• Care.com's Recent IPO

  By Sramana Mitra : According to an IBIS research released in 2012 , nearly $243 billion was being spent in the U.S. on care services such as day care, in-home care providers, housekeepers, nursing care facilities, tutoring and pet care. The care services market is highly fragmented across the globe.…

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• The science behind peak human performance

  Why HR departments should take a cue from extreme adventure sports to help employees become more productive.

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• John Hussman: Restoring The 'Virtuous Cycle' Of Economic Growth

  By John Hussman : Excerpt from the Hussman Funds' Weekly Market Comment (3/17/14): During the past 14-year period, the S&P 500 has achieved a total return, including dividends, of just 3.3% annually. Even this outcome has been achieved only because market valuations have now been…

• Dow soars nearly 200 points

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• Renault and Nissan name management team to step up integration

  TOKYO/PARIS (Reuters) - Carmakers Renault SA and Nissan Motor Co announced moves on Monday to combine key operations under a new team of managers, the boldest step yet taken in their 15 year-old alliance.