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United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz did not use the announcement today of a $129 million/41-cents-a-share profit in what used to be the industry's ugliest quarter of every year to celebrate his airline’s financial success. He apologized again for the rough treatment of Dr. David Dao on April 9.

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When macroeconomic forces are a big yawn, the market cottons onto story stocks and wild analyst extrapolations of earnings and price-earnings ratios.

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Standard & Poor's says 82% of managers lagged their benchmarks over 15 years. But, one cannot judge a manager’s returns without taking into consideration the risks that were taken. A manager who delivers 95% of the market’s return with only 80% exposure to the market has done a great job.

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Recently Wal-Mart announced discounts on several products listed on its e-commerce site if they are bought online using the “pick-up from store” option. The company currently has 10,000 such products on its site

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Beijing shouldn’t confuse India’s Modi with Philippines’ Duterte.

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average continues to have a negative weekly chart, so earnings from stocks reporting this week will be pivotal to steadying the market.

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Before environmental groups and companies jump straight into litigation, they should stop to consider whether this new model of corporate environmentalism might be more effective.

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Why we should thank techies and engineers for the global economic recovery.

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Though it has seen significant improvements in Asia and Europe, Guess seems to be missing out on sales in the Americas. The company attributed the declining footfall in its brick-and-mortar retail stores as one of the main reasons for this performance.

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