The Z-Score is a formula for predicting whether a company will go bankrupt within two years. Look at some retailer/wholesalers to see what's happened in the past two years.

Minority interests can be great investments, but you have to do a little digging to find ones worth looking at.

J.C. Penney Co.'s third-quarter profit tumbled 78%, hurt by higher pension expense and consumers cutting back on non-essential items such as fine jewelry.

Retail stocks rise as Goldman Sachs added Polo Ralph Lauren Corp. to its America's conviction buy list. American Apparel Inc. shares were also up slightly after its third-quarter profit was a penny above Wall Street expectations.

Stocks surged sending the S&P 500 up for a sixth straight session and propelling the Dow to a 13 month high after a G-20 host became the market’s Darling for a day. Equities and ironies enjoyed an equally auspicious day as with shares on fire a tobacco titan made moves to buy a smoking cessation company. East West Bancorp (EWBC) (+55.03%) went north while in otherwise up activity Sunoco (SUN) (-2.09%) and Sunrise Senior Living (SRZ) (-32.02%) each experienced an eclipse and Sun Microsystems (JAVA) is on edge after Europe issued objections to its proposed acquisition by Oracle (ORCL). Gold gapped up to ...

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