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An explosion that rocked a Southern California medical building, killing the owner of a day spa and seriously injuring two patrons, is being investigated as a crime after federal officials found remnants of an explosive device inside the spa, officials said Wednesday. The explosion occurred Tuesday in Aliso Viejo, about 50 miles (80.5 kilometers) south of Los Angeles. “At this point, we do not believe this was an accident,” said Paul Delacourt, special agent in charge of the FBI’s field office in Los Angeles. …read more […]

Senate Democrats won a vote to preserve net neutrality regulations, a victory for a measure that still faces obstacles to becoming law but could appeal to young voters and boost the party in mid-term elections. The Senate voted 52 to 47 with three Republicans joining all the Democrats and independents, in favor of a resolution to eliminate the Republican-led Federal Communications Commission’s December gutting of earlier rules passed by Democrats. The Senate measure needs to win a vote in the House where Republicans have a larger majority, and to get a signature from President Donald Trump, who supports …read more […]

Amazon.com Inc. is bringing its competition with Alibaba right to the Chinese e-commerce giant’s backyard. In the coming weeks, Amazon will host an event in the city of Hangzhou — Alibaba’s hometown — to connect online merchants with 400 Chinese manufacturers keen to sell electronics, car parts, home goods and more directly to American and European consumers. Amazon experts will provide insights into buying trends so merchants can stock up for the 2018 holiday season, according to an invitation reviewed by Bloomberg. …read more […]

Leading the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) rumor mill today is news of plans for a new Campus. Today, we’ll look at that and other Apple Rumors for Wednesday. …read more […]

CNBC’s Eamon Javers reports on President Trump’s new financial disclosure form where the president discloses a loan he took from Michael Cohen. The form did not disclose reason for the payment. …read more […]

Microsoft’s always taken a premium approach to its Surface line, showing users …read more […]

Eaton Vance (NYSE: EV) is a mid cap company that operates within the capital markets industry. Its market cap is $7 billion today and the total one-year return is 29.16% for shareholders.

Eaton Vance stock is beating the market, and it reports earnings soon. But does that make it a good buy today? To answer this question we’ve turned to the Investment U Stock Grader. Our research team built this system to diagnose the financial health of a company.

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✗ Earnings-per-Share (EPS) Growth: Eaton Vance reported a recent EPS growth rate of 23.64%. That’s below …read more […]

Although Cambridge Analytica (CA) is preparing to shut down, US Congress isn’t …read more […]

“You can win a horse race, but you can’t beat the races.”

– Jesse Livermore

“It is easy to determine that Warren Buffett’s performance was due to his skill in picking stocks. But for more mortal portfolio managers, it is extremely difficult to determine with any degree of confidence whether the superior returns of money managers are due to skill or luck.”

– Jeremy “The Wizard of Wharton” Siegel
At Berkshire Hathaway’s annual shareholders meeting this year, Warren Buffett reported on a 10-year, $1 million bet he had with a group of hedge fund managers.

Protégé Partners chose five top money managers who it argued …read more […]

The chipmaker reported a profit in the first quarter of 2018, marking an important milestone in its multiyear turnaround. …read more […]

Donald Trump Jr. said he didn’t tell his father before a 2016 meeting with Russians who promised to deliver damaging information about Hillary Clinton, according to transcripts of interviews released Wednesday by the Senate Judiciary Committee. …read more […]

The energy infrastructure giant’s management team was very candid on its first-quarter conference call. …read more […]

Israel celebrated the opening of Guatemala’s new embassy in Jerusalem on Wednesday as the Palestinians, infuriated by the relocation of the U.S. Embassy to the contested city, recalled their ambassadors to four European countries that had supported the move. Israel has been buoyed by the new Jerusalem missions, which have infuriated the Palestinians. The opening of the U.S. Embassy on Monday was met with mass protests on the Gaza border, where Israeli troops killed nearly 60 Palestinians, triggering a wave of international condemnation. …read more […]

The last Porsche 911 Speedster was a limited-production special that marked the end of the 997-generation 911. We’ve seen spy photos of that car’s follow-up a few times by now, each revealing a little bit more than the last. From what we can tell, the new model is essentially a drop-top version of the 991.2 Porsche 911 GT3, 500 horsepower naturally-aspirated flat-six and all. …read more […]

A make-it or break-it determination is fast approaching for one tiny clinical-stage company. …read more […]