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A Tale of Three Turnaround Stocks

JCPenney, Hewlett-Packard and Best Buy are all off life support and trying to forge new lives. Which one might have the best chance?

Employment Data Hoists Stocks: Thursday’s IP Market Recap

Solid news on the employment front helped drive the broader market higher. Heading north were LNKD, BBRY and GRPN, among others.

Automakers Take the Wheel: Wednesday’s IP Market Recap

Automakers' strong August sales pushed the major auto stocks higher Wednesday amid a smooth, positive day for the broader markets.

5 Short-Lived CEO Stints

These five CEOs were hired and fired in the blink of an eye -- whether because of bad performance, lying or even more extreme circumstances.

3 Things We Learned During Summer Vacation

The fed, housing and some rebounding stocks taught us a few lessons during the past three months.

15 Household Names To Sell Right Away

Is the U.S. going to take military action on Syria now that our Secretary of State claims the country's government is responsible for a chemical attack?

Syria Concerns Crush Stocks: Tuesday’s IP Market Recap

All three markets staged a massive selloff in the wake of Middle East tensions, including the possibility of a U.S. military strike against Syrian troops.

5 CEO Jobs Nobody Wants

With Steve Ballmer stepping down, the next CEO of Microsoft will have plenty of work. But these 5 companies would be much worse to try to run.

Nasdaq Powers Past Tech Glitch: Thursday’s IP Market Recap

Nasdaq trading was halted for roughly three hours Thursday thanks to a tech glitch, but it and the other indices finished higher. Retailers didn't have it so good.

Fed Reports, Markets Slip: Wednesday’s IP Market Recap

Fed minutes sent the markets into the red on Wednesday despite solid earnings news from a major home retailer and a big bump in existing home sales.

Rah-Rah Day for Retail: Tuesday’s IP Market Recap

The retail sector led the S&P 500 and Nasdaq higher thanks to big moves from Best Buy, JCPenney and Urban Outfitters.

JCP Slowly Circles the Drain

JCPenney troublemaker Bill Ackman is gone and second quarter earnings are bad, but can JCP recover and stave off a Chapter 11 fate? The bet is on.

Urban Outfitters Earnings Show Strength Despite Weak Sector

Urban Outfitters earnings have investors excited today, but Janney Montgomery Scott analyst Adrienne Tennant called that weeks ago.

JCPenney Earnings: Still Terrible, But We’re Used to It

JCPenney earnings were downright ugly, as revenue missed expectations and the company posted a loss nearly twice as wide as analysts were expecting.

Bond Yields Rocket Toward 3%: Monday’s IP Market Recap

Investors pulled out of bonds and stocks en masse, pushing 10-year Treasury bond yields to 2.9% and sending the broader index to a fourth straight day of losses.

George Soros Is Getting Bearish on the Market

George Soros' big Apple stake in Q2 is making headlines, but few are calling out his huge bearish play on the U.S. stock market.

Cisco, Walmart Torch the Street: Thursday’s IP Market Recap

Blue chips Cisco and Walmart each delivered some crappy news and had their stocks sheared as a result, helping to drag down the broader indices.

Bill Ackman Still Loves Beam, Burger King

Bill Ackman and Pershing Square held tight to JCPenney, Beam and Burger King through Q2, but did trade Mondelez in for Air Products and Chemicals.

Soros Ups the Apple Ante, Trashes Gold

Soros Fund Management's recent 13F filing shows that George Soros took some big positions in tech, but waved bye-bye to the yellow metal.