Latest Articles from Daniel Pereira

Banks settle foreclosure fraud cases for $26 billion, but MERS lawsuit continues

Daniel Pereira — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:31:18 Z

Five of the largest banks in the United States and government authorities in all 50 states have reached an agreement about how to settle a massive investigation into flawed and fraudulent

Rising productivity, falling unemployment and the shrinking labor force

Daniel Pereira — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:14:35 Z

Lower unemployment rates typically benefit society - unless they're caused by more workers becoming "discouraged," in the clinical language of government statistics, and dropping out of

Five ETFs that started 2012 strong

Daniel Pereira — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:01:01 Z

For investors, the next few months will involve a fair bit of retrospection. Filing federal income taxes makes everyone look back at the money they gained - and lost - in the last

Facebook readies IPO with Morgan Stanley as "lead left" investment bank

Daniel Pereira — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 01:47:25 Z

Social media giant Facebook will probably file papers with the Securities Exchange Commission for an initial public offering this week, according to anonymous sources. The Wall Street

Tension in the Persian Gulf threatens global oil supplies and stability

Daniel Pereira — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:32:03 Z

A decision by the European Union to ban imports of Iranian oil dramatically raised the temperature of the rhetoric about Iran's nuclear program, threatening to destabilize the region

Anti-SOPA protests black out wide swathes of the web

Daniel Pereira — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:02:04 Z

Need to look up a fact on Wikipedia ? Want to burn a bit of the workday browsing reddit 's library of links, memes and discussions? Feel like taking a look at how Google ( GOOG )

Collecting taxes remains a challenge for IRS as 'Tax Gap' grows

Daniel Pereira — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:45:33 Z

Every large or small business knows that collecting revenue from recalcitrant clients can be a trying task. How much more difficult a chore, then, must the Internal Revenue Service face when

Berlin summit aims to solve euro crisis as it nears third year

Daniel Pereira — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:01:50 Z

The problems of the eurozone persist in 2012, casting a persistent shadow over hopes for smoother sailing on the economic seas of 2012. Germany and France's respective heads of state - Chancellor

Apple's Siri feature doubles iPhone data usage

Daniel Pereira — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:06:22 Z

Enthusiastic users of Siri, Apple 's ( AAPL ) clever voice recognition and command software for the iPhone 4S, may have a new question to ask the virtual assistant: "How can I

Consumer boycott power and the new web

Daniel Pereira — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 16:18:30 Z

One might expect that a firm like GoDaddy, a privately held company which is also the world's largest domain-name registrar, would have some ability to shrug off criticism. In a very real way,

Payroll tax 'compromise' builds uncertainty.

Daniel Pereira — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 17:05:09 Z

Scanning news headlines this morning, one might get the impression that Congress has achieved a great political breakthrough, salvaging a piece of relief for taxpayers around the country and

Fresh tensions unsettle the Falklands

Daniel Pereira — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:27:06 Z

It can be somewhat disorienting to see modern nation-states once again flying the jingo flags over (relatively) insignificant specks of land. Though the last half-century has been marked by

Court sides with Apple against HTC in UI patent dispute

Daniel Pereira — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:40:37 Z

A patent dispute over an apparently minor technical trick - the ability to turn phone numbers and addresses into interactive links - may wind up preventing HTC from importing its phones to U.S.

Extra capital requirements hammer bank stocks

Daniel Pereira — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:40:13 Z

Bank stocks dropped sharply today, helping drag down indexes around the world amidst a torrent of worrying news. In East Asia , the death of North Korean dictator Kim Jong

Trillion Dollar Baby: Lockheed, Boeing and the JSF

Daniel Pereira — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 14:30:04 Z

The F-22 Raptor, a highly advanced but deeply flawed fighter aircraft, arrived promising a huge advance in air combat technology . It soon became an albatross around the collective neck of