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Linking executive compensation to ROIC could create immediate shareholder returns and drive a long-term commitment to the lean and disciplined corporate structure that Peltz wants P&G to adopt.

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A quick turnaround for Buffalo Wild Wings seems unlikely. The company released second quarter earnings results Wednesday afternoon that missed Wall Street's expectations by such a large margin that the stock was halted in after-hours trading. When it finally reopened, it did so with a 10% loss.

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We know that precious metals are uncorrelated assets. But while we wait for inflation, Palladium is our most precious of precious metals.

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Investors are pushing international oil companies to focus on short-term profit, so they are cutting costs and neglecting exploitation and development. The result could be a long-term oil shortage.

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Last night, after the close off regular market trading, Facebook reported a stellar set of numbers for its June quarter.

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Chinese regulators have increased the number of IPOs in the stock market, but reform toward a market based system is still much needed.

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If you are learning to invest, watching a stock's price change every day can take some getting used to. It is not obvious why stocks whose daily price fluctuations are impossible to predict or to explain are better investments than money market funds and bank accounts.

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The Coca-Cola Company posted its second quarter earnings on July 26, reporting a 16% fall in revenues, hit by headwinds of 17% from the refranchising of its bottling operations, and a 2% impact from foreign currency.

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"For now the hope [for tax cuts] is still alive, partly because not enough of the details are known to make people pessimistic about which way we're going just yet."

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Comcast released its Q2 earnings on July 27, beating analyst earnings estimates by 4 cents per share, driven by a 9.8% y-o-y rise in revenues and a 10% surge in adjusted EBITDA. The top line increase was led by the Theme Parks business, which saw a 15.6% increase in revenue.

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