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Economically, Siri has provided Apple with billions of dollars in profit. It has helped the company sell more iPhones than it could have ever imagined. But as the number of Siri users continues to rise (more than 70 million people now own an iPhone 4S), Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has incurred a growing...

On May 14, 2012, MarketWatch featured an interesting article written by Jason O'Mahony discussing the possibility of a new economic model for the world. The heading to the article stated that "picking either unregulated capitalism or stifling socialism is a false choice." O'Mahony: "Watching the...

The subtitle of Michael Drosnin's Bible Code III is "Saving the World". Interestingly, MarketWatch's Paul Farrell recently discussed "investing ideas that can save the world". Farrell: "We're practical optimists but with a lot of company, investors with the same vision, searching, inspired by a...

I. The Death of Capitalism?A recent MarketWatch article written by Chris Oliver discussed how a financial author named Richard Duncan believes that capitalism is dead and credit is forming the basis of the contemporary economic system. According to the article, Duncan has said that "this...

With the news of Sears Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: SHLD) and Best Buy's (NYSE: BBY) closing a number of stores, it is as if we are witnessing the twilight of retail. The decline of the retail world is probably related to the rise in Internet commerce and tightening wallets, but how does retail's...

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke heads back to Capitol Hill this AM amid a bullish market that saw indices regain a lot of lost ground since the crisis began in 2008. The chairman is likely to face a wide array of questions, from concerns over the overly accommodating monetary policy to that...

MarketWatch's Paul B. Farrell had an interesting article on Tuesday regarding a "doomsday capitalist's winning strategy". Farrell's commentary was quite ominous: "Plan now for 'a breakdown of the civilized infrastructure'." Citing a book from 2008 written by "hedge fund guru" Barton Biggs,...

Investors were energized this morning on a jobs report that blew consensus estimates out of the water. Markets had braced for potentially bad news on expectation of employment corrections on the heels of the holiday season - and the temporary jobs it was thought to have brought. Will the stronger...

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...

In light of the recent decline of the precious metal, is gold becoming a lackluster investment? MarketWatch's Claudia Assis had an article from Jan. 13, 2012 on "why gold could lose its glitter in 2012". Assis: "Investors who have recently jumped on the gold bandwagon will need plenty of patience...