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Daily Oil News: BP Claims U.S. Covered Up 2010 Spill

By Adam Patterson, InvestorPlace Assistant Editor
Oil giant claims U.S. is withholding evidence -- and maintains the federal government covered up over 80,000 industrial intelligence documents.

Bridgewater’s Dalio the Top Manager in Town

By InvestorPlace Staff
Bridgewater Associate's Ray Dialio takes home the top prize, earning $3.9 billion in a difficult year for hedge fund managers.

LivingSocial Gives ‘Takeout’ a Try

By InvestorPlace Staff
LivingSocial is launching a takeout/delivery online ordering service in hopes of boosting revenues.

Stock Buybacks Drop for 1st Time Since Market Bottom of ’09

By InvestorPlace Staff
Stock buybacks can sometimes boost shareholder value, but after a long series of repurchases the S&P 500 components have finally slowed down their buying plans.

4 Reasons to Love Puts and Calls

By Jim Woods, Editor-in-Chief, Successful Investing, Intelligence Report, Bullseye Stock Trader
They provide a host of benefits for very little risk.

Daily Oil News: France May Release Strategic Oil Reserves

By Adam Patterson, InvestorPlace Assistant Editor
Releasing oil reserves could help stabilize crude's market value -- France's announcement may mitigate greater anxiety about the unstable oil economy.

Daily Oil News: Crude Futures Rise Following Bernanke Remarks

By Adam Patterson, InvestorPlace Assistant Editor
Ben Bernanke recently hinted that the Federal Reserve will be maintaining low interest rates -- sparking optimism around oil investments.

Southwest Air Hikes Raise the Industry

By InvestorPlace Staff
Southwest followed on the heels of their competitors JetBlue and Virgin, increasing fares on most round-trip flights -- and many major carriers followed.

‘Pink Slime’ Meat Slithers out of Stores

By InvestorPlace Staff
BJ's Wholesale Club, Giant Food Stores have joined in with other national grocery chains in no longer selling meat products containing pink slime.

Daily Oil News: American Gas Hits $3.93

By Adam Patterson, InvestorPlace Assistant Editor
The price of fuel sold in the United States continues to climb -- with market factors portending further escalation.

Why Would Anyone Want to Buy Monster.com?

By Tom Taulli, InvestorPlace Contributor
The job-posting site has put itself up for sale, but it's now a dinosaur that has been too slow to adopt new technologies.

How Savvy Investors Build True Wealth

By Keith Fitz-Gerald
Investors' greatest asset is the ability to look at their investment horizon over a long period of time, and to invest early and often.

Nestle’s CEO Sees Agricultural Output Rising

By InvestorPlace Staff
Chief Exec Paul Bulcke says higher food costs are spurring new investment in agricultural production. Good thing, because the world clearly needs more food.

HP Shuffles Some Chairs on the Titanic

By Tom Taulli, InvestorPlace Contributor
Combining the PC and printer units won't cure HP's problems. In fact, Carly Fiorina tried the same move in 2005, and it didn't do the job then either.

Sponsor Favorite Manning Headed to Denver

By InvestorPlace Staff
Reports say quarterback Peyton Manning has agreed to a five-year, $96 million deal with the Denver Broncos. A glut of sponsors could be along for the ride.

Dodge Durango to Become a Cop Car

By InvestorPlace Staff
A specialized, beefier version of the SUV is now for sale to police and fire departments around the U.S.

Homebuilder Confidence Steady in March

By InvestorPlace Staff
It held at 28, after rising for five consecutive months. That keeps it a high point since June 2007, but it's still far below a healthy reading.

NetZero to Offer Free Wireless Broadband

By InvestorPlace Staff
United Online will offer NetZero subscribers a year of free wireless Internet service in an effort to woo their existing subscriber base to a future paid plan.

Shareholders to Receive Record $263B in Dividends This Year

By InvestorPlace Staff
In spite of the market still resting in a slump, the amount companies are paying as dividends has jumped $10B in the past four years.
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