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September’s Hot Start May Signal Bulls are Back

By Louis Navellier, Editor, Growth Investor
The stock market surged Wednesday, September 1, and then it kept rising through Friday. Though we gave back some of that yesterday, the S&P rose a total of 5.25% in the first three days of September -- supposedly the "worst month" for historic market returns. And it looks like we’re trending upwards today in early trading to continue that momentum.

Target (TGT) Expands Push into Clinics

By Burke Speaker, Investorplace Writer
On the heels of the ever-expanding health services of Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT), CVS (NYSE: CVS) and Walgreens (NYSE: WAG), big box giant Target (NYSE: TGT) is today opening more of its clinic locations, expanding more of its services to entice more consumers to stores.

Smartphone War Heats Up as Android Rises and Apple Falls

By Anthony John Agnello, Consumer and Technology Writer
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: APPL) has much to celebrate going into the Holiday 2010 season. Despite some serious PR issues during its launch window, the iPhone 4 had a tremendous release at the beginning of the summer, selling 1.5 million in its first 24 hours and doubling that number by the end of its two weeks.

Starbucks (SBUX) Takes Via to Global Grocery Stores

By Burke Speaker, Investorplace Writer
Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) today announced the expected overseas expansion of its already popular VIA Ready Brew line of products, through international grocery channels in Japan, Canada and the U.K.

Google Inc. (GOOG) Sets Sights on Apple iTunes

By Anthony John Agnello, Consumer and Technology Writer
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG), already nipping at Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) on multiple technology fronts, is prepping to take on the Cupertino, Calif., company in their strongest division: digital music and sales.

Apple Inc. (AAPL) News – iTunes Ping Users Top 1M

By Anthony John Agnello, Consumer and Technology Writer
The Apple iTunes social network Ping is off to a healthy start with 1 million users signing up in the service's first 48 hours. Unfortunately, many were spammers. Speaking of numbers with lots of zeroes, Apple spent a hefty sum on online advertising through a major competitor's contextual ad service in the month of June.

Why You Should NOT Invest Like Warren Buffet

By Ivan Martchev, InvestorPlace Contributor
It may sound like heresy to tell people they should not follow what Warren Buffett is doing, yet I am going to do exactly that. Note that I am not saying that long-term investing cannot work -- I believe it can -- but copying Warren Buffet can only be done one way: Buying Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.B).

Investors Cheer Return of Quantitative Easing by Fed

By Jon Markman, Editor, Trader's Advantage and CounterPoint Options
The headline on comments by Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke at his Jackson Hole retreat in August focused on his comments that the economy is going to be just fine, now, don't you worry.

Retailers Turn to Internet for Global Sales Reach

By Burke Speaker, Investorplace Writer
In a bid to catch up to what’s quickly becoming the new norm, more big-name international retailers are jumping online, including Spanish retailer Zara and chic retailer H&M, spurred by less-than-savory sales at their brick-and-mortar stores.

How August Job Numbers Have Been Misrepresented

By ETFguide
According to the August jobs report, the U.S. lost another 54,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate rose to 9.6%. The government claimed that the private sector added 67,000 jobs, although most of these jobs came from the Health Care and Social Assistance category and from Education, both of which are filled with government supported jobs.

Burger King Cooks Up Breakfast Menu to Compete with McDonald’s

By Jeff Reeves
Wall Street was abuzz last week with the news that Burger King Holdings (NYSE: BKC) is being purchased by private equity firm 3G Capital for a cool $3.2 billion. Now Main Street gets is serving of Burger King business news – this time with a sweeping plan at the Home of the Whopper to reinvent its breakfast menu.

Chevron Deal with Devon Yields South China Sea Oil Opportunities

By Paul Ausick
Chevron Corp. (NYSE:CVX) has decided to join the oil and gas free-for-all that is otherwise known as the South China Sea. The company has purchased the operating rights to three exploration blocks about 250 kilometers offshore of Hong Kong from Devon Energy Corp. (NYSE:DVN) for an undisclosed sum. Chevron acquired about 59% of one block and 100% of the rights in two others in the deal.

Big News on a Short Week – Stocks to Watch Include CIEN, LULU, NE,RTN, NFLX

By Jon Ogg
This may be a shortened week for U.S. investors, but there are many stocks with many events to watch this week. There are a couple earnings to watch, we have positive news flow from publications hitting companies, and we have a substantial amount of ongoing M&A and proxy names.

This Week’s Highs and Lows – DD, MCD, LO, TM, CTXS, YUM and More

By Jeff Reeves
Some big stocks rose to new highs this week, including Dow components DuPont (NYSE: DD) and McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD), tobacco stocks Lorillard (NYSE: LO) and Phillip Morris (NYSE: PM) and tech firms including Citrix Systems (NASDAQ: CTXS).

Take Two Interactive (TTWO) at Risk Despite High Scoring Earnings

By Anthony John Agnello, Consumer and Technology Writer
Take Two Interactive (NASDAQ: TTWO), the video game publisher behind such successful franchises as Grand Theft Auto and Bioshock, seems to be weathering the steep decline in video game sales. The company closed its third quarter yesterday, with Take Two earnings posting a return to profitability.

Avis Budget (CAR) Tries Even Harder to Acquire Dollar Thrifty (DTG)

By Paul Ausick
Ever since late April, when Hertz Global Holdings (NYSE: HTZ) made its original offer for Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Inc. (NYSE: DTG), Avis Budget Group, Inc. (NYSE: CAR) has been trying to upset the deal and get Dollar to accept a counter offer.

7 Dividend Stocks Increasing Their Yields

By Jeff Reeves
If you’re looking for dividend stocks that have just increased their paydays as we enter September, here are seven high yield investments worth a look. Each of these companies has a plump yield and just made an increase to its dividend recently.

Apple Inc. (AAPL) Rumors – Cloud Patents and Facebook Snubbing

By Anthony John Agnello, Consumer and Technology Writer
The new iTunes social network Ping gets a fighting chance with the introduction of Facebook connectivity -- then quickly has that chance taken away. Apple.com provides a tantalizingly mundane preview of the new iPad update coming in November. Finally, two Apple patents hint at how Apple TV will allow users to browse content and store information.

Retail Stocks Post Big Gains This Week

By Burke Speaker, Investorplace Writer
With strong August retail sales numbers in general, along with news retailers such as Nordstrom Inc. (NYSE: JWN) and Kohl’s (NYSE: KSS) that exceeded estimates, clothing shops and mall mainstays are back on track after a summer of mostly bad economic news.
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