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How to Invest in BDCs
Among high-yielding stocks, business development companies (BDCs) are some of the most common income investments that few people understand. These companies can boost the yield earned from an....
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12 Facts All Seniors Should Know About Medicare
IMAGE SOURCE: GETTY IMAGES.Medicare provides insurance coverage to 56 million Americans, yet many people don't know everything they should know about this valuable program. Here are 12 important....
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LUCIBEL : Crédit Mutuel Arkéa: 1er groupe bancaire à adopter la technologie "LiFi by Lucibel"
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Le Crédit Mutuel Arkéa est le 1er groupe bancaire
à adopter la technologie « LiFi by Lucibel »
Rueil-Malmaison, le 13/10/2017 - Le groupe bancaire Crédit Mutuel Arkéa a....
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Stock Offerings, Buybacks, Shorts, and Another Inexplicable Name Change
On this Market Foolery podcast, host Chris Hill and Motley Fool Asset Management's Bill Barker review the most interesting tidbits from the business world today: Delta (NYSE: DAL) beat on earnings....
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2 Reasons Pfizer Is on Our Minds Today
In this Market Foolery podcast, and with the big news coming out of healthcare, host Chris Hill calls upon the expert insight of Industry Focus: Healthcare host Kristine Harjes.First, they....
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A New FDA Approval Sends Small Cap Flexion Soaring
This week, small-cap biotech company Flexion (NASDAQ: FLXN) received its first FDA approval for Zilretta, a non-opioid sustained-release steroid injection for knee pain. In this week's episode of....
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What Is Organic Growth, and When Is It a Smart Idea?
There are two main ways companies grow. They can buy other companies, which represents inorganic growth, or they can grow organically, which is what happens when a company invests its money to....
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Why Do Companies Spend Money Buying Other Companies?
When one company acquires another, it generally pays more than the current market value of the target. Why do companies do this, and when is it a smart idea to use capital for M&A? In this....
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Why Do Companies Pay Dividends?
In this edition of Industry Focus, host Michael Douglass and Fool contributor Matt Frankel discuss dividends. They agree that dividends can be important features of a stock to income investors,....
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When Do Share Buybacks Make Sense?
In this edition of Industry Focus, host Michael Douglass and Fool contributor Matt Frankel discuss share buybacks. They agree that buybacks make sense when a stock is trading for less than its....
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Should Advertisers Keep Paying the Rising Prices for Broadcast TV Commercials?
In this segment from the Market Foolery podcast, host Chris Hill and Million Dollar Portfolio's Jason Moser discuss the questions about media Anthony Crupi raised in his Ad Age article....
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Not Even "Blade Runner" Could Cut It at the Box Office
In this segment from the Market Foolery podcast, host Chris Hill and Million Dollar Portfolio's Jason Moser check in on the status of Hollywood stocks, which were already having a dark 2017. Blade....
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3 Stocks to Buy, Hold for the Next 75 Years
Among all of the investing legends, you will find no day traders and penny stock buyers. A buy-and-hold strategy of picking good businesses has proven time and again to be the surest way to....
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3 Stocks for Baby Boomers to Reach Their Goals
While the earliest of the baby boomers have retired or are starting to, beginning within the next 15 years the vast majority will be putting in their retirement papers. Finding stocks now to help....
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3 Stocks for Future Millionaires
You don't have to buy into the motto of Gordon Gekko that "greed is good" to want to be a millionaire, but investing on Wall Street is certainly one avenue of achieving that goal.Three Motley Fool....
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3 Growth Stocks With Virtual Monopolies
Becoming so dominant in your industry that you suck out all the oxygen needed for competitors to survive is a hallmark of what are known as virtual monopolies. They're perfectly legal and can make....
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Micron Technology at 52-Week Highs: Buy, Sell, or Hold?
Memory specialist Micron Technology's (NASDAQ: MU) stock price hit a 52-week high following the company's stellar fiscal fourth-quarter results. As it stands, Micron shares have shot up 140% in....
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Why Did Citigroup Take a Hit After Reporting Q3 Earnings?
At first glance, you'd be excused for thinking that Citigroup (NYSE: C) had a great quarter, as both its revenue and earnings climbed on a year-over-year basis in the three months ended Sept. 30.....
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Are Better Days Ahead for This Watch Maker?
It has been a dismal year for owners of watchmaker Fossil Group (NASDAQ: FOSL). The stock is down over 60% as profitability for company is non-existent, and sales trends remain negative.A brief....
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Facebook's and Microsoft's New Undersea Cable Is How Fast?
Image source: Microsoft.There aren't many sure things these days, but the need for fast broadband connections is one. Of course, this isn't limited to the borders of the U.S. According to....
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JPMorgan Chase's Q3 Earnings Go Up, but Its Stock Heads Down
The nation's biggest bank by assets kicked off third-quarter bank earnings season by outperforming analysts' estimates. For the three months ended Sept. 30, JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) reported net....
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How to Protect Your Debit Card From Fraud
A debit card gives you the convenience of paying in cash without having to carry wads of it around. Unfortunately, it also opens you up to debit card fraud. FICO reports that in 2016 the number of....
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MEDICREA publie son chiffre d'affaires du 3eme trimestre
CHIFFRE D'AFFAIRES DU 3EME TRIMESTRE 2017
Lyon et New York, le 12 octobre 2017 – Le Groupe Medicrea (Euronext Growth Paris : FR0004178572 - ALMED), pionnier de la convergence entre....
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2 Reasons Micron Technology Stock Could Continue Soaring
Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU) recently reported another blowout quarter, sporting terrific growth in both revenue and earnings. The memory specialist almost doubled its revenue year over year and....
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3 Growth Stocks to Hold for 50 Years
At the Motley Fool, we tend to think that the best investing approach is to find great companies and hold on to them for the ultra-long term. With that in mind, we asked three of our investors to....