Weekend Investor: How to buy property in college towns
Student housing offers investors stability other multifamily real estate investments can’t.87d4a76e-c276-11df-ba89-00212804637c feeds.marketwatch.com |
Barnes & Noble shareholders back chairman in fight
By EMILY FREDRIX 2010-09-28T15:00:47ZNEW YORK (AP) -- Shareholders of bookseller Barnes & Noble Inc. sided with Chairman Leonard Riggio on Tuesday as they rejected a slate of board nominees by billionaire investor Ron Burkle and his proposal that would allow him to expand his 19 percent stake.... hosted.ap.org |
Weekend Investor: How to spot some age-old revenue-cooking tricks
Stock investors need to watch for changes to the “revenue recognition” policy a company uses. This policy can be found in the “critical accounting policies” section of a company’s 10-K and 10-Q filings with the SEC. feeds.marketwatch.com |
Berkshire defends the way it handled stock losses
By 2010-10-25T17:47:35ZOMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- Warren Buffett's company is defending its decision not to write down the value of its investments in Kraft Foods, US Bancorp and other stocks even though they were worth nearly $1.9 billion less at the end of 2009 than what Berkshire Hathaway Inc. paid for them.... hosted.ap.org |
Shetland drilling could trigger spill worse than BP's
Chevron has admitted its new deepwater drilling campaign off the Shetland Islands could cause an oil spill worse than BP's accident in the Gulf of Mexico. telegraph.co.uk |