Hewlett-Packard has been running a lot of ads lately in an attempt to influence shareholders with regards to the planned merger with Compaq Computer. With 18% of the shares definitely voting against the transaction Carly Fiorina has a tough road to follow if this merger is going to work.More...
Kathy Mazza was 46 years old. She was advanced well into a second career. She rushed into the World Trade Center on September 11 to do her job, help save the people who were desperate to escape. After saving dozens she had a chance to escape with her life. Instead she went on to save others. She is a real American hero in the truest sense of the word.More...
Daniel and I took a road trip a few weeks ago. On Saturday night, we loaded into my truck and headed off to the East Coast. Normally these trips can be kind of boring. After about four hours or so, Daniel and I get bored talking to each other. This time, we found a way to pass the time, the mobile Internet.More...
The stock market is looking very bleak right now and the cause is Enron. More accurately, it's the second more critical look that all investors have toward the market in the aftermath of the Enron accounting scandal.More...
Invoking the words and spirit of Thomas Paine, investor-turned-historian John Bogle concedes that his ideas for revamping the mutual fund industry are perhaps "not yet sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favor." But despite likening the "ills and injustices suffered by mutual fund investors" to those "our forebears suffered under English tyranny," Bogle--founder of the Vanguard Group--makes a strong case for index funds with this exhaustive study of investing.
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