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  • Busy Week for IPOs

    By OLIVIA ORAN, Reuters

    Private equity firm Oaktree Capital Management kicks off an estimated $2.2 billion of U.S. initial public offerings next week, the busiest flurry of offerings this year.

  • Home Improvement Stocks to Spiff Up Your Portfolio

    By Suzanne McGee, The Fiscal Times

    As investors and economists continue to debate whether the housing market has finally turned for the better, they may be overlooking one corner of the business where recovery has taken hold: Home...

  • Can You Hear Me Now? Good Signals for Cell Tower Cos.

    By Suzanne McGee, The Fiscal Times

    As long ago as the California Gold Rush, it became clear to some individuals looking to make money that providing the necessary tools and infrastructure was a safer bet than hunting for the nuggets...

  • Stocks Tumble on Fed Outlook

    By Angela Moon, Reuters

    Stocks sank on Wednesday as investors digested minutes from the latest Federal Reserve meeting published Tuesday suggesting further monetary stimulus action is unlikely.

  • The Fed’s IOUs Can Cripple the Economy in 2013

    By Liz Peek

    Does Fed Chair Ben Bernanke know what he’s doing? We better hope so. Every tweet and cluck from the Open Market Committee has the power to move markets, as we saw again yesterday. Traders dumped...