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Earnings on tap: AMZN, Alphabet, and UA After three weeks of gains, the U.S. stock market is poised to open modestly lower in premarket trading this morning. Investors and traders are now focused ...

"Our approach during this phase must be particular dependent on information from incoming data." "The Fed has, and must have, a commitment to price stability." "People stop buying things and that's how you turn a slowdown into a recession." "While admirers of capitalism, we also to a certain extent believe it has limitations that require government intervention in markets to make them work." "The trust that institutions have in the marketplace, the confidence customers, suppliers, workers, and employees have, are very important to a business's effectiveness."

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Quotes: Janet Yellen "Our approach during this phase must be particular dependent on information from incoming data." "The Fed has, and must have, a commitment to price stability ...

"Google founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, met in 1995 at Stanford when Sergey was assigned to show Larry around campus." "On September 15 1997, Google.com was registered as a domain and filed for incorporation on September 4, 1998 in California." "Google's home page is kept simple not only because the founders didn't know HTML at the time but also because they didn't want to exceed 28 words." [ 50 more words. ]

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Fun Facts: Google "Google founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, met in 1995 at Stanford when Sergey was assigned to show Larry around campus." "On September 15 1997, Google.c ...

Stock futures are gaining about 1% in premarket and it looks like Wall Street is set to open higher again today. Here are the top 3 things investors are watching today: 1. The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) report for July (10 am EDT). 2. Apple's product event at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco (1 pm EDT). [ 71 more words. ]

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3 Things Investors Are Watching Today Stock futures are gaining about 1% in premarket and it looks like Wall Street is set to open higher again today. Here are the top 3 things investors are wa ...

"Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be" - Abraham Lincoln. "Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get" - Dale Carnegie. "Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go" - Oscar Wilde. "Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony" - Mahatma Gandhi. "The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself" - Benjamin Franklin.

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Quotes: Happiness "Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be" – Abraham Lincoln. "Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get" – Dale C ...

The latest 2015 data from the U.S. Labor Department showed 2nd quarter productivity (nonfarm) increasing 3.3% with unit labor costs falling 1.4% (seasonally adjusted annual rates). Output gained 4.7%, mainly due to the increase in the amount of goods and services produced by American workers. And while many had hoped for stronger numbers since GDP recently rose to 3.7%, the latest results continue to confirm that the U.S. [ 45 more words. ]

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3.3% Productivity Increase with Labor Cost Falling 1.4% The latest 2015 data from the U.S. Labor Department showed 2nd quarter productivity (nonfarm) increasing 3.3% with unit labor costs falling 1.4% (seasonally adj ...

"Failure was a key element to my life's journey." "Intellectual capital will always trump financial capital." "Trading gives you an incredibly intense feeling of what life is all about." "I'm always thinking of losing money as opposed to making money. Don't focus on making money, focus on protecting what you have." "After awhile size means nothing. It gets back to whether you're making 100% rate of return on $10,000 or $100 million dollars. It doesn't make any difference."

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Quotes: Paul Tudor Jones "Failure was a key element to my life's journey." "Intellectual capital will always trump financial capital." "Trading gives you an incredibly intense fee ...

This week, we're focusing on 3 key earnings that'll provide further details into the housing, cloud, and retail sectors. The Home Depot (HD): HD is scheduled to report their earnings before the market opens on Tuesday. According to Thomson Reuters, analysts are expecting $1.71 EPS with $24.7 billion in revenue. For the past two years, HD has reported positive growth, improving EPS by 21% compared to the same quarter a year ago, and we feel that this trend should continue. [ 118 more words. ]

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Earnings to Watch This Week – HD, CRM, FL This week, we're focusing on 3 key earnings that'll provide further details into the housing, cloud, and retail sectors. The Home Depot (HD): HD is sche ...

"We really believe that Walt Disney is a very able company with great depth and a great set of franchises." "I get up at 4:30 in the morning, seven days a week, no matter where I am in the world." "The heart and soul of the company is creativity and innovation." "The riskiest thing we can do is just maintain the status quo." … [ 33 more words. ]

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Quotes: Bob Iger "We really believe that Walt Disney is a very able company with great depth and a great set of franchises."  "I get up at 4:30 in the morning, seven days a ...

So far, 2015 has been a great year for Disney (DIS) and the company's stock has risen a whopping 29% YTD. Having climbed roughly 10% in just three months from blockbusters, such as Marvel's Avengers: Age of Ultron and Inside Out, the company seems to be firing on all cylinders under the leadership of Bob Iger. And this doesn't even include the highly-anticipated… [ 94 more words. ]

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The Force Awakens with Disney in 2015 So far, 2015 has been a great year for Disney (DIS) and the company's stock has risen a whopping 29% YTD. Having climbed roughly 10% in just three months fr ...

Google Inc. will report second-quarter earnings today after the market closes. Wall St. will be watching closely to see if the company is gaining traction with mobile traffic, along with how its new CFO (Ruth Porat) is managing expenses to combat decelerating revenue. Analysts are expecting Google to report adjusted EPS of $6.70, which is a 10.2% increase from $6.08 a year earlier. [ 89 more words. ]

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Google Set to Report Earnings Today Google Inc. will report second-quarter earnings today after the market closes. Wall St. will be watching closely to see if the company is gaining traction w ...

"Founder, Jeff Bezos, started the company in his garage and originally incorporated it as Cadabra but quickly changed the name since it sounded too similar to cadaver (co**se)." "The name Amazon was chosen not only because Bezos wanted to be at the top of search results (alphabetical order in those days) but also because like the river, he planned to make his store the largest in the world." [ 82 more words. ]

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Fun Facts: Amazon "Founder, Jeff Bezos, started the company in his garage and originally incorporated it as Cadabra but quickly changed the name since it sounded too similar to c ...