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9 Dividend Stocks Working Hard During The Holidays

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:37:41 GMT

As we officially head into the holiday season, many of us in the U.S. did not have to go into work today in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.[More...]

Eight Stocks With Positive Dividend Momentum

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:03:03 GMT

A body in motion tends to stay in motion unless acted on by an outside force. The following dividend payers kept the dividend momentum coming, by raising distributions to shareholders. What is particularly interesting is the fact that most of them have raised distributions consistently for more than one or two decades each.[More...]

Seven 5-Star Stocks From Berkshire's Latest Portfolio

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:31:39 GMT

Burlington Northern was just one of several purchases Berkshire has made lately.[More...]

Diabetes Care: Global Investing Opportunities

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:23:59 GMT

The American Diabetes Association estimates that there are currently 23.6 million diabetics in the U.S. (7.8% of the total population, including 17.9 million diagnosed cases, 5.7 million undiagnosed, and 57 million pre-diabetics. Diabetes results in an estimated $174 billion in costs from diagnosed cases of diabetes in the U.S. (2007).[More...]

10 Conviction Buy Ideas From Our Top Managers

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:23:40 GMT

The holdings of a majority of our Ultimate Stock-Pickers yield 10 5-Star stocks.[More...]

Foursome Of 'Healthy' Blue Chips

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:05:57 GMT

Kelley Wright, a value & dividend investor, is cautious on the market; nevertheless, he sees long-term opportunity in the health care sector. Here's the latest from IQ Trends.[More...]

'Timely Ten' From IQ Trends

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:43:40 GMT

"High-quality stocks bought at historically low-price-to-high-yield offer the best potential for downside protection and upside appreciation," says Kelley Wright, editor of IQ Trends.[More...]

10 Health-Care Stocks To Consider Buying Now

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:38:54 GMT

Our Ultimate Stock-Pickers continue to load up on health-care stocks.[More...]

15 Stocks Having ATough Quarter But Worth A Look

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 05:06:38 GMT

The S&P 500 ended moved into the green in May and has never looked back. So far in Q3, it's up a whopping 16.8%, even better than Q2's 15.9% total return. Despite the large advance, 40 of the members are actually down QTD. Thinking that there might be some opportunities from the long side, I wanted to take a closer look, so I created a screen in StockVal to narrow the list. Here is how I constrained the group:[More...]

Tickers For The Latest Portfolio Reshaping

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:45:21 GMT

Fortunately my portfolio management methods don’t revolve around frequent trading. One of my kids came up to me recently and said, “What did you do today, Dad?” I said, “I made one trade, and I did a bunch of research.” He then asked, “How often do you trade?” I answered, “That was my first trade in a week, and I haven’t traded much in the last two months, but that’s not normal. There is no normal for me. When the market is really volatile, I trade a lot more, selling when stocks are rising, and buying when they are selling off. When the market is relatively placid, I don’t do much.” He looked at me, kind of smiled, and moved on. Information overload from Dad. Most people and investment managers trade too often. They sell their winners too rapidly, and panic too soon on their losers. Now, I’m not advocating “buy and forget,” or Buffett’s statement, “Our favorite holding period is forever.”[More...]

Becton to Buy Ann Arbor's HandyLab

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:46:00 GMT

Oct. 24--Ann Arbor-based HandyLab Inc. on Friday became the second University of Michigan spin-off firm to be acquired by a multinational company within the last 12 months.
The deal, whose terms were not disclosed, represents a victory for the state's small but growing venture capital industry since most of HandyLab's major investors are Michigan venture capital firms.
"It's the quintessential Michigan venture deal," said Jan Garfinkle, managing director of Ann Arbor-based Arboretum Ventures, one of HandyLab's investors.

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9 Dividend Stocks Working Hard During The Holidays

Eight Stocks With Positive Dividend Momentum

Seven 5-Star Stocks From Berkshire's Latest Portfolio

Diabetes Care: Global Investing Opportunities

10 Conviction Buy Ideas From Our Top Managers

Foursome Of 'Healthy' Blue Chips

'Timely Ten' From IQ Trends

10 Health-Care Stocks To Consider Buying Now

15 Stocks Having ATough Quarter But Worth A Look

Tickers For The Latest Portfolio Reshaping

Becton to Buy Ann Arbor's HandyLab

New Plant to Open in Mebane

Poor Earnings Hurt N.J. Index

New Jersey Briefs - Feb 6 2009 1:52PM

Health Care Poised to Weather Recession

Health care, defense poised to weather recession

Retractable Technologies, Inc. Has 3Q 2009 Revenues Increase 19.5 Percent Over 3Q 2008

Accelr8 and Becton Dickinson Conclude Technical Development Project

BD and PEPFAR Collaboration Will Improve Blood-Drawing Practices in Hospitals and Clinics in Sub-Saharan Africa

BD Adds Surveillance Capability to Infectious Disease Portfolio

BD Announces Results for Third Fiscal Quarter

BD Board Declares Dividend

BD/PEPFAR Lab-Strengthening Initiative Marks Progress in Fight Against HIV/AIDS and TB in Sub-Saharan Africa

Retractable Technologies, Inc. Acts to Reduce Annual Operating Expenses By $6 Million

BD Announces Live Webcast of Third Fiscal Quarter Earnings Conference Call

BD and FIND Achieve Milestone in Global Battle Against MDR-TB

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