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In Washington Irving's story "Rip Van Winkle," the titular character wanders off into the woods, gets drunk, and wakes up 20 years down the line. Hopefully, he hadn't invested with Thomas Farr, who went...... (read more)

To most stock holders, hedge funds are viewed as unimportant, old investment vehicles of years past. While there are over 8000 funds trading at the moment, we look at the moguls of this group, close to...... (read more)

In all fairness, I suppose you can't blame them for being antsy; J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP) shareholders got absolutely schmucked in February after the company released horrendous fourth-quarter...... (read more)

Barneys New York, a luxury retailer, this year plans to use iPads or iPod Touch devices for credit and debit card purchases in seven of its nearly two dozen regular-price stores. Urban Outfitters, Inc...... (read more)

My favorite childhood book  was "My Side of The Mountain," about a boy who lives off the land, hunting and fishing. If there had been a Cabelas Inc (NYSE:CAB), the outdoors retailer, around me I would...... (read more)

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) had few critics six months ago, when its stock price had eclipsed $700 a share, and some analysts were calling for $1,000-price targets. Still, when Cupertino's shares were at...... (read more)

Long known for pushing companies to take actions to increase or unlock value, Carl Icahn is delivering a bit more to his own shareholders. Icahn Enterprises, the billionaire’s publicly-listed investment...... (read more)

A streak of grown-up Tiger cubs are reuniting to honor their elder statesman. Julian Robertson turned 80 in June, but a major birthday party is being thrown in his honor this Saturday night at Lincoln...... (read more)

High-frequency traders are continuing to build their presence on European stock markets with new data from Nasdaq OMX, revealing that the firms doubled their trading activity on the operator's Nordic...... (read more)