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End 'Too Big to Fail': Fisher vs. Gregg

Dallas Fed's Richard Fisher and former Sen. Judd Gregg rail against 'too big to fail' but differ on how to end it. Read More | View Original Article

Alteva Named Top Dividend Stock With Insider Buying and 10.81% Yield

In this series, we look through the most recent Dividend Channel ''DividendRank'' report, and then we cherry pick only those companies that have experienced insider buying within the past six months. The officers and directors of a company tend to have a unique insider's view of the business, and presumably the only reason an insider would choose to take their hard-earned cash and use it to buy stock in the open market, is that they expect to make money — maybe they find the stock very undervalued, or maybe they see exciting progress within the company, or maybe both. Read More | View Original Article

The biggest merger you didn't hear about today

Why we're paying attention to the wrong deal. Read More | View Original Article

GM gearing up for big ad push for crucial new pickups: executive

DETROIT (Reuters) - The launch of General Motors Co's redesigned Chevrolet Silverado, the most important since the automaker's bankruptcy and $50 billion taxpayer-funded bailout in 2009, is on track and advertising for its full-size trucks should begin in a few weeks, a top GM executive said on Monday. Read More | View Original Article

Analyst Moves: RRC, PCLN, LOW

Stifel Nicolaus downgraded shares of Range Resources (RRC) from buy to hold citing valuation. Read More | View Original Article

Caterpillar machinery sales down 9 percent in April, led by Asia

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Caterpillar Inc said on Monday that retail demand for its construction and mining equipment continued to be sluggish in April, though the sales picture appeared to be improving in almost every market outside North America. Read More | View Original Article

Analyst Moves: ABT, ACN, EFX, JCP

Goldman Sachs (GS) upgraded shares of Abbott Labratories (ABT) from neutral to buy citing growth of margin expansion. Additionally Goldman upgraded Accenture (ACN) shares to buy placing a $90 target price. On Friday, Accenture (ACN) announced they are buying Acquity Group Ltd. (AQ), a leading digital marketing and eCommerce company. Read More | View Original Article

Britain's Cameron tells Google and others to play fair on tax

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday told Google's Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt and other business leaders that he expected their companies to pay their taxes in exchange for benefiting from low tax rates. Read More | View Original Article

P.M. Kitco Metals Roundup: Gold, Silver Post Dramatic Late-Day Price Rebounds To End Higher

(Kitco News) - Comex gold and silver futures prices suddenly surged higher near midday Monday, to reverse early, substantial losses and then ended the U.S. day session higher and near their daily highs. Heavy short covering and bargain hunting were featured during the precious metals’ turnarounds. The key “outside markets” were also in a bullish posture for gold and silver Monday, as the U.S. dollar index was lower and crude oil prices were higher. Gold on Monday ended a seven-session losing streak, while silver posted technical action that now hints it has put in a near-term market bottom. Read More | View Original Article

Fed's Evans: Need more time to assess job gains

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - There has been "good progress" in the labor market, but questions remain over whether the gains are sustainable, said Charles Evans, the president of the Chicago Federal Reserve Bank, Monday. "I think we need a little more time to assess that," Evans said in a speech to the CFA Society Chicago. His comments suggest that Evans is not willing to support tapering the Fed's bond-buying program at the next rate-policy meeting on June 18-19. Evans, a leading supporter of the bond buying program, is a voting member of the committee this year. Read More | View Original Article

Monday 5/20 Insider Buying Report: LPSN, FTEK

Bargain hunters are wise to pay careful attention to insider buying, because although there are many various reasons for an insider to sell a stock, presumably the only reason they would use their hard-earned cash to make a purchase, is that they expect to make money. Today we look at two noteworthy recent insider buys. Read More | View Original Article

Gold futures rise, breaking seven-day streak

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Gold futures settled higher on Monday, snapping a seven-day losing streak. Gold for June delivery ended up $19.40, or 1.42%, at $1,384.10 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news. Read More | View Original Article

Monday's ETF with Unusual Volume: DTN

The WisdomTree Dividend ex-Financials Fund ETF (DTN) is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Monday, with over 168,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 65,000. Shares of DTN were trading flat on the day. Read More | View Original Article

Daily Dividend Report: UMPQ, SJT, CRT, AVIV, SPAN

This morning Umpqua Holdings (UMPQ) announced its quarterly dividend of 15 cents per share, an increase of about 50% over its prior dividend in March of 10 cents. Ray Davis, President and CEO of Umpqua Holdings Corporation said “The increased quarterly dividend is due to the capital strength and the ongoing capital management here at Umpqua...” Read More | View Original Article

Fed's Evans: Fed could keep rates low after unemployment below 6.5%

Fed's Evans says Fed could keep rates low even after unemployment falls below 6.5% if inflation remains low Read More | View Original Article

Via libera della Camera al decreto sulle staminali

(Teleborsa) - La Camera ha detto sì, con 504 voti, un solo no e 4 astenuti, a favore del disegno di legge di conversione del decreto sulle staminali e alla proroga della chiusura degli Ospedali Psichiatrici... Read More | View Original Article

Online takeout companies GrubHub and Seamless to merge

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Two of the nation's biggest online food delivery businesses said they are merging in a deal that they hope will drive more orders, in more cities, through their platforms. Read More | View Original Article

Tumblr Deal Gives Yahoo Mobile Boost

With the $1.1 billion acquisition of Tumblr, Yahoo is putting a serious claim in for the future of mobile technology. Read More | View Original Article

Vacation Homes Heating Up

Prices are stabilizing in SC, but in the Hamptons, home prices are roaring back and rentals are fully booked. Read More | View Original Article

Daily Dividend Report: HAL, NOV, ESV, WLK, CSC

On Friday, Halliburton Company (HAL) announced that it will be maintaining its quarterly dividend of 12.5 cents per share. Based on the current stock price, investors can expect a yield of about 1.1% going forward. Shares of Halliburton were relatively flat on Monday, trading right around $45.34. Read More | View Original Article

Hockey's Power Play in Shortened Season

Despite the shortened season, hockey is at the top of its game, says NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman. Read More | View Original Article

Campbell batte le attese sui conti ma il titolo scivola a New York

(Teleborsa) - Risultati sopra le attese per la Campbell Soup, che ha riportato, nel terzo trimestre dell'esercizio 2013, un fatturato in crescita del 15% a 2,09 miliardi di dollari, superando i 2,04 miliardi del... Read More | View Original Article

The Market Is Not the Economy: What the Fed Misses

Whatever course it chooses, the Federal Reserve will have to grapple with the reality that while its policies have helped levitate stocks, they've been considerably less effective at expanding the economy. While rising equity prices help add to total growth, the stock market is not the economy. ... Read More | View Original Article

FTSE 100 hits highest in 12 years

The FTSE 100 rose 0.5% or 32.57 points at 6,755.63, its highest level since September 2000, with utilities underpinning the advance Read More | View Original Article

Imprenditore scala la Cupola di San Pietro in segno di protesta

(Teleborsa) - La crisi arriva fino al Vaticano. Un uomo, oggi pomeriggio si è arrampicato sulla cupola della Basilica di San Pietro, a Roma, tenendo in mano uno striscione su cui campeggia una scritta in... Read More | View Original Article

IAC Looks Like Travel Site Laggard Ready To Lead

IAC (IACI) recently delivered a big first quarter earnings beat on rising revenue and expanding profit margins. Since the first quarter report, analysts have risen their estimates significantly higher for both 2013 and 2014, sending the stock a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy). Read More | View Original Article

Fed’s Evans: Economy improving ‘quite a lot’

Comments from Chicago Fed President Evans: Sees 2.5% growth this year, 3-4% next year US growth should be self-sustaining in 2 years Economy performing pretty well now Recent economic data have been a little mixed Confident the Fed has the right accommodation in place Labor market is improving... Read More | View Original Article

US Oil Boom a Shock Absorber From Dollar

The energy boom in the world's largest economy is providing a shock absorber of sorts for major oil companies. Read More | View Original Article

Los Angeles jeweler pleads guilty in KPMG case

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The owner of a Los Angeles jewelry store pleaded guilty Monday for his role in an insider-trading case involving a former senior partner at accounting firm KPMG.... Read More | View Original Article

Forbes Earnings Preview: Lowe's

Wall Street is expecting higher profit for Lowe's (LOW) when the company reports its first quarter results on Wednesday, May 22, 2013. The consensus estimate is calling for profit of 51 cents a share, a rise from 43 cents per share a year ago. Read More | View Original Article