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| The Deal | ||
12:15pm: How two big, long-term investors, Bill Miller and Gordon Crawford, played a short-term game with the Yahoo/Microsoft deal and stumbled. (more)
Apr 14: High-income folks like me don't qualify for rebate checks. But we're getting so much more. (more)
Mar 19: Because the trust fund is invested in Treasuries, the real problem starts not in 2040, but a decade or so from now. (more)
Mar 10: It shouldn't work this way, but it's true: Tax-exempt mutual funds are today yielding more than Treasury funds. Is it time to swap your portfolio? (more)
Feb 18: Steve Miller's autobiography is a must-read if you want to understand business - and businesspeople. (more)
Feb 4: Wall Street heavy hitter Joe Rosenberg says the Yahoo bid doesn't make any sense for Microsoft shareholders. (more)
Jan 11: Brace yourselves, taxpayers of America. You're going to help Bank of America finance its $4 billion buyout of Countrywide. (more)
Dec 31: Two things stand out from 2007 -- the peak of the private equity craze, and panic about debt markets. (more)
Dec 27: You don't know whether we're in a recession until months after it starts. But investing successfully requires looking forward, not backward. (more)
Oct 19: Even a skeptic like Fortune's Allan Sloan admits that sometimes - as with banking stocks and rating agencies - it's hard to see financial holes until it's too late. (more)
Oct 16: A close-up of one deal shows how subprime mortgages went bad, says Fortune's Allan Sloan. (more)
Oct 3: Longtime Forbes editor James W. Michaels was the best of the best, recalls Fortune's Allan Sloan, who worked with him for decades. (more)
Sep 28: The reckless are getting relief from Bernanke while the prudent are paying the price, argues Fortune's Allan Sloan. (more)
Sep 24: A little-noticed provision of Rupert Murdoch's Dow Jones takeover allows the Bancroft family to defer taxes. Fortune's Allan Sloan opens up the books. (more)
Sep 7: In all the anxiety over turbulent markets, it's easy to lose sight of what has and hasn't changed. Fortune's Allan Sloan spotlights two eternal financial verities. (more)
Sep 4: You're about to hear that the budget deficit is falling. Don't believe it, warns Fortune's Allan Sloan. The deficit is much, much bigger than you think. (more)
Aug 22: When Wall Street fails, it inevitably asks for a handout. Fortune's Allan Sloan says there must be a better way. (more)
Aug 1: Because of the share structure, the family had less control than owners of the New York Times and Washington Post. And guess what: The same thing could happen to Murdoch. (more)
Jul 30: A triple-digit change in the Dow means... almost nothing. Fortune's Allan Sloan explains the math, and why you shouldn't panic in tough times. (more)
Jul 23: Blackstone's IPO was even sweeter for its founders than you thought, says Fortune's Allan Sloan. (more)
| Company | Price | % Change |
|---|---|---|
| Temple-Inland Inc | 14.69 | 8.25% |
| Agilent Technologies Inc | 34.97 | 7.51% |
| Peabody Energy Corp | 75.62 | 6.48% |
| Allegheny Technologies Inc | 79.60 | 6.16% |
May 15 12:35pm ET †
| Index | Last | % Change |
|---|---|---|
| Dow Jones | 12,942.67 | 0.34% |
| Nasdaq | 2,519.69 | 0.92% |
| S&P 500 | 1,416.30 | 0.54% |
| 10yr | 99 30/32 | Yield: 3.88% |
May 15 12:40pm ET †
| Company | Price | % Change |
|---|---|---|
| EMC Corporation | 17.54 | 5.16% |
| Nvidia Corp | 23.18 | 5.03% |
| Charter Communications Inc D | 1.22 | -3.94% |
| Micron Technology Inc | 8.82 | 3.28% |
May 15 12:38pm ET †




