Archive for December, 2012:

Insider Trading at Playboy: The SEC Case Against Christie Hefner’s Husband Revealed

Date: Dec 12 2012
Filed under: People, CrimeChristie Hefner, daughter of Hugh Hefner, was CEO of Playboy Enterprises for two decades, from the late 1980s to the dawn of the Obama era. And for several of those years, her husband was secretly trading Playboy ...Read More »

24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — December 11, 2012: Markets Track Higher Today (KORS, FWLT, ARUN, TWC, GPS, DG, TEA, FGP, COST, JOY, CLWR, S, FDO, SPW, BGMD)

Date: Dec 12 2012
Filed under: InvestingU.S. equity markets opened higher this morning on hopeful sentiment that negotiations related to the approaching fiscal cliff might show some progress. In Asia, that sentiment helped push shares higher at most of the major exchanges. In Europe, ...Read More »

The 8 Hot Toys Your Kids Really Want This Holiday Season

Date: Dec 12 2012
Filed under: Sears Holdings, Wal-Mart Stores, Amazon.com, Holidays, Shopping Gallery: The Hot Toys Your Kids Actually Want for Christmas Matt Brownell is the consumer and retail reporter for DailyFinance. You can reach him at Matt.Brownell@teamaol.com, and follow him on Twitter at @Brownellorama. Get ...Read More »

Johnny Monsarrat Moves into Boston Globe Headquarters with New Events Business

Date: Dec 12 2012
1888PressRelease - Johnny Monsarrat, the founder and first CEO of Turbine, Inc., has moved his new business, Hard Data Factory into the Boston Globe Headquarters. Johnny Monsarrat and Hard data factory are the makers of largest calendar of high-tech and ...Read More »

Treasury sells AIG stake for $22.7B profit

Date: Dec 11 2012
Treasury now has sold all shares of AIG, collateral for the company's $182 billion bailout. http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/QRwIaeUjlqU/ Read More »

Stocks jump, investor focus turns to Fed meeting

Date: Dec 11 2012
'Fidgety investors' focus on Federal Reserve meeting, fears about 'fiscal cliff' remain. http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/nwYjsJ4Oe5I/ Read More »

Fed meets: Continued bond buying expected

Date: Dec 11 2012
The Federal Reserve is expected to announce continued step to stimulate the recovery. http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/dgidn_NNCUk/ Read More »

Office Supplies on a Budget — Savings Experiment

Date: Dec 11 2012
Filed under: Savings Experiment, Shopping View PollView Poll Related Savings Experiments Ink the Best Deal on Printer Toner -- Savings Experiment Every office should be well stocked with supplies, but making sure that there are enough writing instruments and notepads for everyone to use ...Read More »

Your Year-End Tax To-Do List: A 5-Step Plan

Date: Dec 11 2012
Filed under: Taxes, Personal FinanceTens of millions of Americans don't even start thinking about their taxes until a few days before April 15. But if you're interested in turning over less of your hard-earned money to Uncle Sam, it pays ...Read More »

Fiscal Cliff Tax Worries May Drive Stock Sell-Off

Date: Dec 11 2012
Filed under: Investing, Taxes, Market NewsBy Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK -- Investors typically sell stocks to cut their losses at year end. But worries about the "fiscal cliff" -- and the possibility of higher taxes in 2013 -- may act as ...Read More »