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SydraFarooqui

avatar Sydra is our content manager. She also is in charge of Search Engine Optimization of posts and pages. She is generally the person behind curtains who visualizes and implements the Social Media Strategy of the website. Sydra is one performance-driven, insightful individual, who is an important asset of our team. She holds a Bachelors of Business Administration from IU (Iqra University), one of the top universities.

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How Apple, Google And Facebook Avoid Taxes [INFOGRAPHIC]

March 15, 2013
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Big corporations must pay a lot in taxes right? Wrong. See how these big tech firms (Apple, Google And Facebook) are pocketing almost ALL their earnings. Source: VisualEconomics 'Get ValueWalk's Daily Edition By Email and Never Miss Our Top Stories'
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Hackers Looking For Data Target Junior Oil Explorers

March 12, 2013
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While most would think that the risks junior oil and gas companies are taking in exploring new frontiers as far away as the remote reaches of Africa are related to government instability and conflict, another risk they face is right at home and lies right beyond their network firewalls. Cyber security breaches are becoming more common place as the ranks of junior companies swell and take on new exploration venues with a great deal of energy. But at home their firewalls are not safe and hackers are being paid to find out what juicy exploration news is being discussed in their boardrooms. In Canada—home of some of the most tenacious of these exploration juniors—local media reported late last year that the internal firewall of Telvent Canada Ltd. had been breached by foreign hackers. These hackers can represent anyone from a competitor to an organized crime group to political and environmental activists. And the information they want can be anything from preliminary exploration results, merger and acquisition talks and expansion plans to geological data and technological information. All of it is valuable. All of it is sellable. According to Ernst & Young, most oil and gas companies don’t have high enough
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Leon Cooperman on Dell, Taxes, Equity Prices, More [VIDEO]

March 6, 2013
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  Leon Cooperman: We Need to Figure Out Top Tax Rate Leon Cooperman, Omega Advisors chairman & CEO, explains why politician have to get together to figure out the “proper maximum marginal tax rate on wealthy people.” Leon Cooperman made the remarks in a lengthy CNBC video. All five videos are embedded below and two computer generated transcripts for some of the segments Cooperman’s ‘Moral Argument’ Against Dell Deal “Generally speaking, leveraged buyouts are giant case of inside trading by management against their shareholders,” said Leon Cooperman, Omega Advisors chairman & CEO, sharing his views on Dell’s attempt to go private.    Hedge Fund Legend on Dow’s Next Move Leon Cooperman, Omega Advisors chairman & CEO, explains why he believes the markets are fairly valued and reveals where he is making money now. How to Play the Great and Powerful Dow Leon Cooperman, Omega Advisors; Jeffrey Kleintop, LPL Financial; and Barry Knapp, Barclays, discuss where the big money is going and whether it’s time to take some money off the table.    Cooperman: Stocks Are ‘OK’ But ‘Not Cheap’ Investor Leon Cooperman tells “Squawk Box” stocks probably will rise some more but they’re close to being fairly valued. Transcript: we
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David Einhorn Urges Apple To Return More Of Its $137.1B In Cash To Investors [VIDEO]

February 7, 2013
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Apple the world’s most valuable technology company, is being urged by David Einhorn’s Greenlight Capital to return more of its $137.1 billion in cash to shareholders. Einhorn speaks on Bloomberg Television’s “Market Makers.” (Source: Bloomberg) 'Get ValueWalk's Daily Edition By Email and Never Miss Our Top Stories'
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Ron Johnson on CNBC discussing JCP

February 6, 2013
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CNBC’s Courtney Reagan talks with Ron Johnson, JC Penney CEO, about whether his vision to transform the department store is working, and what customers and investors can expect to see next for the company. Transcript: this is a huge scandal in italy. how does it play into the this. in the middle of last year. phillip van heusen, we got a manufactured suggested retail price that really helps customers understand this is our high quality product. when your price is below that, we’d love you to show our manufacturers suggested price so the customer can understand the value. that was one of the biggest learning for last year. i still believe the customer knows the rice prigt for the product and they want a reference and the manufacturers suggested price is a way o conveying value. when we show that along with our price, it really does help sales. the question is what do you do with all of this privately label produced unbelievably well priced in arizona or jcp. it doesn’t have a compare. we don’t have to make up a price. we can do the hard work to find out what the price would be elsewhere. our buyers
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Ron Baron: Dow 60,000 in 20 Years [VIDEO]

February 5, 2013
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Baron: Dow 50,000 in 20 Years? Ron Baron, Chairman & CEO of Baron Capital, provides his outlook on where the market are headed long-term. And, Nouriel Roubini, Roubini Global Economics co-founder and chairman; and Andy Serwer, Fortune Magazine managing editor, weigh in. Baron: How the Dow Gets to 60,000 in 20 Years Buy-and-hold investor Ron Baron tells “Squawk Box” why he believes the Dow could be around 50,000 to 60,000 in 20 years. Nouriel Roubini sees a flaw in the logic. 'Get ValueWalk's Daily Edition By Email and Never Miss Our Top Stories'
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John Bogle on CNBC

February 1, 2013
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John Bogle, The Vanguard Group senior chairman & founder, discusses why it’s “counter-intuitive” for the retail investor to invest in the markets based only on its current record levels.”People should be thinking about stocks as return generators and income generators; where in the previous market, it was bonds that did the heavy lifting,” Bogle added. Transcript: asked. nice work, ward. let’s bring in the vanguard founder. jack, happy friday to you. good morning. good morning. and thank you. i think the most pertinent question to ask you is really regarding flow. and whether or not you think this year, as we start to see some movement into mutual funds, into equity etfs, is this the beginning of the real thing? has mom and pop really got religion now? i think the answer to that is no. january is seasonally a very good month, as halls been with the year-end reinvestment and pension contributions, has been a very good month for mutual funds. it’s better than it was in the summer and autumn and winter. just last year. and so it’s not the big pop that one would think you’d get. i, for one, think that’s good. you know, when mutual
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The Business Side Of The Super Bowl [INFOGRAPHIC]

February 1, 2013
The Business Side Of The Super Bowl [INFOGRAPHIC]

Super Bowl Sunday is nearly upon us. With the big game a few days away, we put together an infographic looking through the business side of the biggest sports day of the year. Source: infographicworld   'Get ValueWalk's Daily Edition By Email and Never Miss Our Top Stories'
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Mario Gabelli On How Retail Can Make $$ on Individual Stocks

January 30, 2013
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GAMCO Investors CEO Mario Gabelli on investing strategies to boost investors’ portfolios.   Watch the latest video at video.foxbusiness.com 'Get ValueWalk's Daily Edition By Email and Never Miss Our Top Stories'
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George Schultze On The Art of ‘Vulture Investing’

January 25, 2013
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George Schultze is the founder of Schultze Asset Management and author of “The Art of Vulture Investing.” George classifies himself as a “vulture investor,” investing in distressed securities and companies that are troubled. 'Get ValueWalk's Daily Edition By Email and Never Miss Our Top Stories'
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Robert Shiller: Housing Decline Could Go On [VIDEO]

January 25, 2013
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Robert Shiller, a professor at Yale University and co-creator of the S&P/Case-Shiller index of property values, talks about the global economy and the U.S. housing market. He speaks with Tom Keene on Bloomberg Television’s “Surveillance” on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. (Source: Bloomberg) 'Get ValueWalk's Daily Edition By Email and Never Miss Our Top Stories'
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