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2013/4/23
--Schwab website hit by denial of service attack --Issue affected clients for approximately one hour and forty minutes --Company says web access "largely restored." (Adds information on denial of service attack throughout.) By Brett Philbin Customers of Charles Schwab Corp.
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2013/4/16
-- Target backs full-year guidance --Retailers contending with unseasonably cold weather --Other retailers may follow with similar adjustments to guidance (Adds additional information starting in first graph.
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2013/4/16
-- TD Ameritrade fiscal second-quarter profit rises on higher asset-based revenue --Company gathers $12.9 billion in net new assets, up roughly 20% from a year earlier --Trading volume falls 2.4% from a year ago; April activity still weaker than a year earlier (Updates to add information on trading and comments from analyst and CEO throughout) By Brett Philbin TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.'s (AMTD) fiscal second-quarter profit rose 5.1%, helped by a nearly 20% increase in net new assets, but the online brokerage said its trading volume this year has missed its own expectations as many retail investors remain on the sidelines despite a market rally.
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2013/4/23
--Travelers net income rises 11% to $896 million --Operating profit of $2.31 a share sets a new quarterly record and beats consensus --Price increases continue, with renewal rates rising 8% in its business-insurance unit (Adds CEO comment in the seventh paragraph, ROE in the eighth, additional details throughout.) By Erik Holm Travelers Cos .
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2013/4/19
(Adds comment from Mondelez .) By Paul Ziobro Nelson Peltz's Trian Management Funds LP has taken a $2.5 billion stake in PepsiCo Inc. (PEP) and Mondelez International Inc. (PEP), split evenly between the two companies, CNBC reported Friday.
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2013/4/17
--U.S. wireless carriers bring different pricing strategies to Samsung launch --Comes as customer turnover low, devices launch across all providers (Adds Samsung comments beginning in the 12th paragraph) By Thomas Gryta Major U.S. wireless carriers are following different strategies in pricing Samsung Electronics Co.'s (005930.SE, SSNHY) new flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S 4, as they attempt to distinguish their offerings in a market with little customer turnover.
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2013/4/18
--Biggest health insurer sees lower earnings on smaller benefit from extra reserves --CEO highlights challenges from lower Medicare Advantage rates --Major customer changes to different kind of contract, pressuring revenue (Updates throughout with details on results and outlook) By Jon Kamp UnitedHealth Group Inc. (UNH) on Thursday sounded a cautious tone as it deals with the near-term impact of the government's crackdown on spending and looks ahead to lower funding for its Medicare plans.
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2013/4/18
-- Verizon report 16% rise in first-quarter profits --Wireless service margins increase to 50.4%, highest ever --Adds 677,000 contract customers in quarter (Updates with details throughout beginning in the fifth paragraph) By Thomas Gryta Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) first-quarter profits rose 16% as its wireless business continued to add customers and reached its highest profitability ever.
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2013/5/9
--Retailers' April same-store sales rise 5% --Gap has solid month --Cold weather again a drag on many (Updates with final same-store sales figures and results from Gap.) By Anna Prior and Karen Talley Retailers saw sales pick up a bit in April, but they continue to be stymied by cool weather.
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2013/4/24
--WellPoint first-quarter earnings climb with help from light health-care usage --Insurer raises full-year earnings guidance but maintains cautious outlook --Company gives new CEO a strong start (Adds comments from company, analyst on Medicare and outlook.) By Jon Kamp Health insurer WellPoint Inc. (WLP) reported stronger first-quarter earnings, helped by a continued trend of Americans using health services lightly, while giving new Chief Executive Joseph Swedish a running start.
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2013/4/12
-- Wells Fargo's first-quarter profit rises 22% on stronger credit, but mortgage-banking income drops --Earnings beat Street views --The bank's net interest margin narrows and mortgage originations fall (Updates with more details, share movement) By Shayndi Raice and Saabira Chaudhuri Wells Fargo & Co.
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2013/4/19
BANGALORE, India -- Wipro Ltd.
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2013/4/24
-- Procter & Gamble shares fall from multiyear highs --Profit tops P&G's outlook although sales fall at low-end of guidance --Company issues fiscal fourth-quarter earnings outlook below Wall Street expectations (Adds comments and details from earnings call.
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2013/5/6
(Adds more comments from Yum Brands .) By Annie Gasparro Yum! Brands Inc. (YUM) shares fell slightly Monday on reports that China is launching a probe into a mutton supplier, though Yum says it is not one of the two suppliers it uses.
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2013/3/27
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Burton Malkiel and Charley Ellis are interested in your money.
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2013/04/25
Bob Doll to take the helm of a Nuveen large-cap value fund, Gary Black to manage a new alts fund for Calamos, RiverPark drafts a new alts fund, and ALPS plans a tactical Asia-Pacific fund. Also, 3 new actively managed ETFs from PIMCO are ready for launch.
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2013/04/28
Narrow-moat firms as a whole have underperformed during the past year, leaving a few stocks trading at discount prices.
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2013/3/14
While shares stubbornly cling to recent gains, participants are loathe to exit a broad, four-month advance that fires on most of its important cylinders.
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2013/3/29
There are two ways of taking advantage of the investment prowess of hedge fund managers.
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2013/5/6
Dividends remain all the rage for investors seeking income, and with good reason.
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2013/3/11
Last year, U.S. dividend ETFs and gave readers a simple choice.
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2013/5/8
FRANKFURT Private-equity firms BC Partners , Bain Capital LLC and Cinven are the remaining bidders for the industrial ceramics unit CeramTec that U.S.-based Rockwood Holdings Inc. (ROC) is hoping to sell for more than 1.4 billion euros ( $1.8 billion ). The suitors, each of whom valued CeramTec at about EUR1.4 billion in a previous round of bids, are expected to place final offers around mid-June, several people familiar with the transaction said, adding that a further suitor could always emerge.
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2013/5/3
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Any doubts about whether Facebook’s business model would survive the rise of the mobile Web should be put to rest.
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2013/5/1
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2013/2/1
Recently, Time Warner Cable’s philanthropic initiative Connect a Million Minds (CAMM) commemorated its third-year anniversary and met 500,000 minds pledged – a critical milestone in its campaign to help connect one million young people to hands-on learning opportunities in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). To celebrate these achievements, Time Warner Cable is inviting the public to enter its 3-2-1 Pledge! Sweepstakes now through February 28 th at 12PM ET.
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2013/3/14
Primerica, Inc. (NYSE:PRI) , the largest independent financial services marketing company in North America, announced that it will host approximately 3,500 representatives from across North America for its 13th Annual African American Leadership Council (AALC) meeting in Atlanta at the Georgia World Congress Center, March 15-17.
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2013/3/19
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2013/3/21
February Marks 16th Consecutive Month of Home Value Gains SEATTLE , March 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Home values nationwide rose for the 16 th straight month in February to a Zillow® Home Value Index[i] of $158,100 , and all 30 of the largest metro areas covered by Zillow registered both monthly and annual appreciation as the housing market recovery became more widespread in advance of the traditional spring home shopping season, according to the February Zillow Real Estate Market Reports[ii]. U.S. home values rose 0.1 percent in February compared with January and were up 5.8 percent year-over-year.
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2013/2/13
After covering more than 30,000 miles, GE’s (NYSE: GE) FlexEfficiency* Truck Tour, showcasing the power generation technology of tomorrow, will make its 27 th and final stop Wednesday, Feb.
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2013/2/21
Audible Studios, the production arm of Audible.com, has received 31 nominations for the 2013 Audie Awards, which honor outstanding audiobooks and other spoken-word performances.
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