Archive for February 25, 2008

Dow up 189 on bond insurer’s good news

Stocks shoot higher after Standard & Poor's reaffirms the AAA rating of bond insurer MBIA. Visa may raise as much as $19 billion in an IPO likely to come out soon. Existing-home sales aren't quite as bad as expected. Crude oil tops $99.

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Marketing Your Home Based Biz

Even if it's the only thing you do to promote your home based business, e-mail marketing will get you repeat business and referrals without breaking the bank.

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Differentiating Your Business

7 tips for creating a unique selling proposition that helps cut through the competitive clutter to drive sales

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Casual Games Get Serious

The $2.25 billion casual gaming industry is on the brink of explosive success. How can you join the game?

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Feng shui flows at McDonald’s outlet

A California fast-food joint seeks to help customers tap their inner Zen while lingering over Big Macs and fries. It's been good for business, too.

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Repeat after me: The economy is not that bad

The stock market's recent decline doesn't reflect the reality that I see. So, let's get the market down to a level that makes an investor want to buy. In the meantime, I'm hoping to clean up with Clorox.

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Investors look again to value stocks

I'm re-balancing my portfolio by selling more than half my holdings and replacing them with stocks that now score higher using my models.

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Lenders cut off the home-equity tap

Thousands of homeowners are getting notices that their lines of credit have been frozen, and it's harder to get new second mortgages. Here's what your bank is doing and whether you're at risk.

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Strong stocks in a weak economy

Robust demand for natural resources and growth in emerging markets are pumping up suppliers of industrial controls -- despite slowing sales growth for many industrial companies.

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A little ‘magic’ won’t fix debt insurers

Splitting monolines into high-risk and low-risk companies is only a partial solution to one particular part of the financial system's much larger bubble trouble.

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