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Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is perfectly poised to bring jobs back to America, even as Apple ramps up pressure on supplier Foxconn with an audit by the Fair Labor Association, whose mandate is to "end sweatshop conditions in factories worldwide." With over $100 billion in cash reserves that CEO Tim Cook...

Venture capital firm GSV Capital (NASDAQ: GSVC) will sell an additional 3 million shares of common stock in order to raise funds that it will use to buy interests in Facebook, Twitter, and Kno Inc.. The company will also use the funds to invest in Dropbox, StormWind, DreamBox, Grockit, ZocDoc, and...

If you want to get rich, don't invest in things people want. Invest in things people need. Of course, besides food, shelter, and safety, needs change. Those changing needs are often the most profitable, and the more people need, the more suppliers can profit. History shows us that one of the most...

With the prospect of Iran's potentially developing missiles that could reach the U.S., the tension in the Middle East related to Iran is suddenly starting to feel ominously close to home. According to an article published Feb. 2 written by the Christian Science Monitor's Howard LaFranchi, "The...

Pres. Barack Obama seems to have high hopes for the US economy and the US consumer, but does the marketplace have other ideas? Pres. Obama took on a more populist tone in his State of the Union speech Tuesday night. Obama attempted to reassure the American people that the US economy will regain...

As was previously speculated tech titan Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) delivered blowout fiscal first-quarter results with the company reporting EPS of $13.87 on sales of $46.3 billion. Analysts were expecting $10.08 a share on revenue of $38.85 billion. The company sold 37 million iPhones, 15.4 million...

Is space the final frontier of investing? Recent developments suggest that it is. Whereas China may be preparing for a manned journey to the moon, Fox DC reported on Jan. 19 that "Russia is talking with the US and Europe on plans to create a manned research base on the moon." The head of the...

The South Carolina primary is over, and Newt Gingrich has emerged victorious. With Gingrich's decisive victory over former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, the chase for the Republican nomination is heating up.CNN reported Sunday that with 95 percent of the polls reporting, Gingrich finished with...

Income inequality has become a hot issue in the current political debate, but what does income inequality really portend for the future?MarketWatch's Darrell Delamaide had an article Wednesday arguing that the issue of income inequality in the American political debate is not going away anytime...

Reporting rumors on Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is an industry itself, and the rumor mills have been busy churning out stories of an upcoming iPad 3 that may be released at an early event in February. The speculation first appeared on a Japanese website that previously reported correctly on the iPad 2...