Google ads facing antitrust probe from FTC
Posted by: Joe Kukura
Mountain View :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 18:26:54 -0700 | business-news
Google's ongoing dominance in the Internet display ad business is seemingly unstoppable, but there may be one thing that can stop them -- a federal agency with the authority to shut them down. According to a report by Bloomberg News,...
Growth in Options Trading Helps Brokers but Not Small Investors
Source: The New York Times
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 17:14:57 -0700 | business-news
May 24, 2013 Some of the brokerage firms that helped pique American's interest in stocks are now luring them into something much riskier: stock options. As the stock market soars to new heights, E*Trade, Ameritrade and Charles Schwab are advertising...
Lobbying in American-US Airways deal focuses on small cities
Source: Reuters
Atlanta :: GA :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 19:40:08 -0700 | business-news
The airlines may be required to shed slots Washington's Reagan National Airport to prevent market domination. O ), which would likely use them for flights to major cities. That could have the trickledown effect of leaving smaller markets such as...
Market Snapshot: Bears cite performance chasing as stocks rise
Source: MarketWatch
Francisco :: IN :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 17:29:00 -0700 | business-news
A herd mentality on Wall Street is driving stocks to unsustainable levels. As an extended rally prompts some strategists to raise their price targets for the year, the pessimistic ones are arguing that those prices are being supported more by...
Exclusive: In surprise, General Growth eyes New York office tower
Source: Chicago Tribune
Chicago :: IL :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 20:12:06 -0700 | business-news
General Growth Properties Inc has paired with Brookfield Office Properties Inc to bid for an expensive New York building in what could mark the No. U.S. mall owner's entry into a new segment of the retail real estate market, according...
Top Workplaces 2013: Is your company a great place to work?
Source: Chicago Tribune
Chicago :: IL :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 20:12:25 -0700 | business-news
Select a date range Create a custom date range For the fourth year, the Chicago Tribune will publish a business magazine about Chicago's Top Workplaces...Perhaps your company if you enjoy your job, respect your employer, and if you nominate your...
These Are The Top 20 Tech Investors You Should Follow On Twitter
Source: BusinessInsider
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 19:35:59 -0700 | business-news
If you follow the right investors on Twitter, you can gain a lot of insight into how they think, the types of startups they find most interesting, and markets that are ripe for disruption. PeekAnalytics, a social media analytics company,...
New Research: Social Media Trends For Marketers In 2013 (Daily Deal Sites 80% Down?)
Source: Forbes
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 19:31:01 -0700 | business-news
The newest research says 80% of marketers aren't planning to use Daily Deal sites in their upcoming campaigns Social Media Examiner has just released its annual Social Media Marketing report. It reveals some interesting data about this year's social media...
Off the Charts: S.&P. Has More Than Doubled Under Obama
Source: The New York Times
Roosevelt :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 18:09:06 -0700 | business-news
May 24, 2013 IN the 84 years that the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index has been calculated, it doubled during the terms of only four presidents before Barack Obama 's election in 2008. This month that number rose to five...
Retirement Weekly: Retirement questions and answers
Source: MarketWatch
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 16:34:58 -0700 | business-news
If I retire at say 65 and wait to take Social Security until age 70 would my payout be reduced? Would I not be adding zero-income years to Social Security's calculation? Also, what is the balance between the 8% per...
Retirement Weekly: How does the custodian of your funds work?
Source: MarketWatch
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 16:33:21 -0700 | business-news
Victims of Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme, for example, might have avoided big losses had they noted that his custodian and brokerage firm were the same company...A custodiangenerally a bank or brokerage firmis the holder of your funds when your investment...
Retirement Weekly: Investing for Income: Floating rate securities
Source: MarketWatch
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 16:33:20 -0700 | business-news
The low-interest-rate environment of the past few years has forced many folks who are saving for or living in retirement to consider all sorts of investments, including something called floating-rate securities...The best of the mutual funds that invest in floating-rate...
Big Marketing On A Small Budget?
Source: Forbes
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 16:26:56 -0700 | business-news
A View From The Trenches Four or five times a year, we get calls from entrepreneurs, inventors mainly, looking for marketing help. As far as I can tell, that's about average for a small marketing agency. Recently, we heard from...
Energy secretary calls for review of US natural gas exports
Source: The Christian Science Monitor
Boston :: MA :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 16:26:28 -0700 | business-news
This has somewhat dampened the momentum following the Department of Energy's (DOE) decision last Friday to conditionally approve a Texas liquefied natural gas export project, Alic writes.
Here's What We Can Tell About You Just Based On Your Credit Score
Source: BusinessInsider
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 16:14:38 -0700 | business-news
Credit scores, as with most attempts to make sense of our world, operate on the assumption that the near future will look a lot like the recent past, and that going forward, people can be expected to behave pretty much...
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