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Just Missed Millions: People Who Left Early Jobs At Billion-Dollar Companies

FinanceGuru — Fri, 18 May 2012 16:04:15 +0000

Filed under: People , Personal Finance Just Missed Millions: People Who Left Early Jobs At Billion-Dollar Companies originally appeared on DailyFinance.com on 2012-05-17T15:50:00Z. Permalink | Email this | Comments

Facebook IPO Valuation Sets Record: Is It Really Worth $104 Billion?

FinanceGuru — Fri, 18 May 2012 16:04:11 +0000

Filed under: Market News As Facebook thunders toward its IPO, the 33 banks tasked with underwriting the offering have been desperately trying to determine how much the social networking website is actually worth. While it is closing in on 900 million users, its rate of growth has slowed and its current advertising model seems to be hitting a snag.

Are ETFs Really Necessary? Pros and Cons of the Investment Craze

FinanceGuru — Fri, 18 May 2012 16:00:00 +0000

Filed under: Investing , ETFs Everywhere you look, new exchange-traded funds are popping up. Many people think they're a must-have for a successful portfolio. But even though investors have poured more than $1 trillion into ETFs, the question remains: Do you really need them?

Despite One Bad Quarter, Don’t Discount J.C. Penney’s Chances

FinanceGuru — Fri, 18 May 2012 14:35:00 +0000

Filed under: JC Penney , Apple , Target Corp , Retail , Secret Shopper Nancy Pietschnig wasn't at all excited when she first heard about J.C. Penney's ( JCP ) plan to ditch most of their hundreds of annual sale events, dump their coupons, and just offer lower prices every day, with only a handful of regularly spaced sales a year.

China’s Economic Slowdown Foreshadows Trouble for the U.S.

FinanceGuru — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:52:09 +0000

Industrial activity is down. Retail spending and investment are down. Trade is weaker than expected.

Groupon Is Going to Be a TV Star

FinanceGuru — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:52:07 +0000

Filed under: Technology , Media , Entertainment The leading daily deals website is ready for its prime-time close-up. CBS ( CBS ) is picking up Friend Me , a sitcom about two friends who move to Los Angeles to work for Groupon ( GRPN ).

This Retailer Just Flat Out Stinks

FinanceGuru — Thu, 17 May 2012 17:35:00 +0000

Filed under: Earnings , JC Penney , Retail You'll be hard-pressed to find an uglier quarterly report out of the retail sector than what J.C. Penney ( JCP ) delivered on Tuesday night. Investors figured that new CEO Ron Johnson's "Fair and Square" pricing strategy wouldn't be a hit right away, but no one assumed that the recently remodeled department store chain would be this earnings season's biggest disaster

Bargain Shopping Simplified: Is This App the Answer?

FinanceGuru — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:50:00 +0000

Filed under: Technology , Saving Money , Shopping Comparison shopping is an art to some and an obsession to others. But getting the best price in one way can come at a cost in others -- in the gas you burn while driving to reach that great sale, for example, or the time it may take you to travel from one grocery store to the next to cherry-pick each one's weekly sale items, or the hours spent scouring the Internet for bargains. NetPlenish, a startup based in Ventura, Calif., aims to help you minimize those hidden costs.

GM Kills $10 Million Facebook Ad Campaign Because It Didn’t Work

FinanceGuru — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:59:40 +0000

Filed under: Company News , Technology , Facebook , General Motors By Jim Edwards General Motors has pulled $10 million in ads from Facebook because they just didn't work, according to Wall Street Journal reporter Dennis K. Berman . Berman, the Journal's Marketplace editor, wrote on Twitter: "GM has pulled its $10 million advertising campaign from Facebook.

Hollywood, Homeland Security Double Up Video Piracy Warnings

FinanceGuru — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:59:38 +0000

Filed under: Media , Crime , Entertainment If you thought the unskippable FBI warning about piracy included on every DVD was annoying before, it's about to get even worse. Soon, home entertainment customers will have to sit through an additional pre-roll message, brought to you by Homeland Security. Yes, Homeland Security.