Archive for April, 2014:

Inside Kurt Cobain’s $450 Million Empire

Date: Apr 05 2014
Filed under: Entertainment Industry, Celebrities, Wills, Music & Entertainment, Investing Frank Micelotta/Getty ImagesKurt Cobain of Nirvana during the taping of MTV Unplugged in New York City, 1993. By Adam Molon Twenty years ago Saturday, as best the coroner could tell, Nirvana front man ...Read More »

U.S. jobs recovery is near – hold your applause

Date: Apr 05 2014
After a six-year slog, U.S. payroll jobs are finally nearing their 2008 peak. http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/XKyZCWsJm68/ Read More »

How a Financial Crisis Can Help Your Retirement

Date: Apr 05 2014
Filed under: Retirement, Recession, Investing Basics, Bonds Blend Images/Ariel Skelley By Joe Udo It's been five years since the global financial crisis, and the stock market has made a remarkable recovery. The S&P 500 (^GPSC) rose 125 percent and is now at an ...Read More »

Selling Power Magazine Selects Brookeside as 2013 Top 20 Sales Training Company

Date: Apr 04 2014
1888PressRelease - The Brookeside Group is a customer experience management company that provides B2B sales organizations with a market-proven model to dramatically improve both their sales effectiveness and value creation within their 1-1 customer relationships, announced that it has been ...Read More »

Neilson Capital announces Phase 3 of its Management Agenda

Date: Apr 03 2014
1888PressRelease - Neilson Capital today announces the launch of 'Phase 3' of its management agenda. Dean Abbott, Chairman of the Management Board, presents this new phase at an Investor Conference in Hong Kong. This follows successful completion of Phases 1 and ...Read More »

NationaLease Appoints Joe Puff Vice President of Truck Technology and Maintenance

Date: Apr 03 2014
1888PressRelease - Puff will be the organization's main resource in advising members of new truck technology and maintenance best practices. NationaLease, the North American organization of full service truck leasing companies, has named Joe Puff as Vice President of Truck Technology ...Read More »

After Market: Stocks Take a Breather Ahead of Jobs Report

Date: Apr 03 2014
Filed under: Market News Investors hit the pause button on the stock market rally, with the Dow industrials just shy of record territory. The Dow Jones industrial average (^DJI) lost less than a point. Just seconds before the closing bell it was ...Read More »

U.S. Housing Market: Few Buyers, Not Enough Sellers

Date: Apr 03 2014
Filed under: Mortgages, Real Estate, Housing Market, Materials & Construction, Home Buying Paul Sancya/APA prospective homebuyer meets with a real estate agent at a house for sale in Grand Rapids, Mich. By JOSH BOAK WASHINGTON -- Entering the 2014 spring buying season, the ...Read More »

Are the Nifty Features of Amazon’s Set-Top Box Worth $99?

Date: Apr 03 2014
Filed under: Company News, Technology, Amazon.com, Electronics, Entertainment Industry Jin Lee/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesAmazon executive Peter Larson with the Fire TV. The Fire TV from Amazon.com (AMZN) raises the bar for set-top devices in new and unusual ways. Wednesday's debut came with plenty of ...Read More »

Millions by millions, CEO pay goes up

Date: Apr 03 2014
CEOs' median pay leaped 13% to $10.5 million in 2013, finds a USA TODAY analysis. http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/XLwSOoRs-Sw/ Read More »