Fri May 4, 2012 4:24pm EDT By Ashutosh Pandey <span class="articleLocation”>May 4 (Reuters) – PetroLogistics LP, a producer of propylene used by the plastics industry, fell as much as 14 percent on its market debut as raw material prices continue to rise and top customers plan their own propylene plants. PetroLogistics, which competes with units [...]
It’s time to make your pick for Sunday Journal’s 47th Investment Dartboard Contest. Select a stock from the New York Stock Exchange or Nasdaq market you think will do well between April 1 and Sept. 30. We’ll pick six entries to compete against each other and six stocks picked by tossing darts at stock listings. [...]
By ROB JOHNSON Stardom is calling. Product appearances in TV shows and movies are no longer exclusively for big companies with marketing budgets to match. Publicists and other promoters are actively going after small businesses for product-placement opportunities. And from Facebook to Twitter to bloggers, more ways exist to chat up and spread the word [...]
By TOM HERMAN It’s understandable that many people will look for almost any excuse to put off the mind-numbing task of figuring out their taxes and filing their returns on time. But some ultra-procrastinators have fallen several years behind—and now are in danger of losing valuable refunds. The Internal Revenue Service recently estimated that refunds [...]
By ANGUS LOTEN Over the past month, a Smashburger outlet in Denver has had some unusual help in the kitchen: a group of Kuwaiti entrepreneurs. More in Small Business The Winner of the Journal’s Small-Business Innovation Contest Many Outlets, One Voice The Self-Helps Books That Actually Helped Entrepreneurs What’s It Like to Run a Bed-and-Breakfast? [...]
By EMILY GLAZER If you’re looking to make some extra cash this summer, try renting your house or apartment to vacationers for a few days. It could be a lucrative move for people living near the beach, popular attractions or in locales that are hosting a large event—say, for instance, Maine’s Lobster Festival in Rockland [...]
Ford Motor (F: NYSE) By Sterne, Agee & Leach ($11.60, April 30, 2012) Ford Motor reported solid preliminary results for the first quarter, especially from its North American auto operations, but in our view, the company disappointed on the delivery of the message. While we expect results to remain strong throughout 2012 and into 2013, [...]
By BEN LEVISOHN Much of investing is based on a simple premise: When an asset’s price gets too far out of whack, it eventually will return to a more “normal” level. But no one knows when that will happen. When investors get the timing wrong, they could end up waiting far longer for a payoff [...]
LONDON | Thu Oct 6, 2011 1:41pm EDT LONDON Oct 6 (Reuters) – A former reporter on a tabloid owned by Trinity Mirror has claimed the newspaper hacked into the phones of celebrities, Sky News reported on Thursday, potentially broadening a scandal that has so far largely affected Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp . David Brown, [...]
With interest rates stuck at rock-bottom levels, retirees and soon-to-be retirees are hungry for better returns on their low-risk investments. Wall Street is rushing to capitalize on this need, rolling out a raft of interest-bearing investments known as “structured notes” that promise higher yields but often carry big risks. Brokers also are hyping dividend stocks, [...]