Hot Shots, July 2: Collaring a BIG Wave 4?
The big, bad ol nonfarm payrolls report is out of the way and investors have responded early on in Fridays session by apparently turning the market on auto pilot and getting a head start on the three-day plus July 4th holiday. That being said, any potential fireworks for the market from a fairly stiff oversold condition look to be on hold. Ultimately, any upside action granted to bulls, will …

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Are Investors Turning the Page on Barnes & Noble?
Stiff competition from Amazon and Apple is one reason for the gloomy income statement the company released this week: Barnes & Noble lost $32 million in the quarter ending May 1, compared with a $2 million loss during the same period last year.

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The Demise of the IPOand Ideas on How to Revive It
If new stock offerings are to resume fostering innovation and creating jobs, the process itself needs to be innovated.

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SEC Investigation Sparks Amedisys Downgrade
BB&T cuts rating to hold on news that regulators are eyeing home health care provider’s Medicare billing practices.

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Asian Stocks Mixed After Wall Street Losses
Asian stocks look for direction after Wall Street declines; Australia rises on mining tax plan Spain – Business – Equities – Stocks and Bonds – Investing

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Dangerous liaisons for investors
Thousands of investors in the collapsed trader Sonray Capital have become unsecured creditors, writes Adele Ferguson.

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PPR – $.0275 June Dividend
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.—-ING Prime Rate Trust , a diversified closed-end management investment company listed on the New York Stock Exchange, declared 2.75 cents per share monthly dividend on June 30, 2010 for the 30 days of June, payable on July 22, 2010 to shareholders of record on July 12, 2010.

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Morgan Stanley China A Share Fund, Inc. Announces Proposed Rights Offering
NEW YORK—-Morgan Stanley China A Share Fund, Inc. announced today the filing of a Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding a proposed rights offering to holders of the Fund’s common stock.

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Tiger Woods Divorce: $750 Million Price Tag
Tiger Woods’s divorce settlement with his former wife Elin Nordegren is reportedly almost finalized, with Elin set to receive $750 million in exchange for her silence.

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Best High Yielding Stocks for 2010, Q2 Update
By Dividend Growth Investor. When it comes to dividends, investors either immediately grasp the concept or dismiss it altogether. After all dividend payments aremore stable than price returns. In addition to that, dividends have accounted for 40% of average annual total returns since the 1920s. Reinvested dividends on the other hand have accounted for over 90% of total stock market returns since …

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