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As mentioned on Benzinga on Wednesday, legendary investor Jim Rogers stated that he sees the troubled Asian nation of Myanmar, also known as Burma, as possibly the best investing opportunity in the world. "I see enormous opportunities there because they're now opening up," Rogers said to OilPrice....

The earnings crunch ramps up this week. The many quarterly reports on the schedule ought to provide a good overview of several sectors, and the feared slump in earnings should make itself felt if it is going to. The financial sector will be highlighted by results from the likes of American...

This weekend in Barron's online: the top 100 women financial advisors for 2012, and the prospects for Deckers Outdoor, master limited partnerships and Blue Nile. Cover Story "UGGs Still Have Legs" by Christopher C. Williams. One of the hottest apparel brands over the past decade has been the UGG...

The earnings crunch is on this week. Among the scheduled quarterly reports from the financial sector are those from American Express, Bank of America, Bank of New York, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley. The tech sector will be represented by earnings reports from IBM, Intel, Microsoft,...

St. Patrick's Day is almost upon us. So here is a quick look at how the stocks of some companies headquartered in Ireland are faring, given the uncertain economic situation in Europe. Accenture's (NYSE: ACN) share price is up more than 17% year to date, including a 9% surge in the past month. The...

The earnings season ramps up this week. Tech giants Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Microsoft (NYSE: MSFT), Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) are scheduled to share their third-quarter results, as are big banks including Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), Citigroup (NYSE: C), Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS),...

Jabil Circuit (NYSE: JBL) is set to report third-quarter fiscal 2011 results Tuesday, June 21, after the markets close. Analysts are looking for the tech company to report that earnings grew 29.8% from a year ago to $0.57 per share. Sixty days ago, that consensus earnings estimate was the same. The...

Industrial engineering giant Siemens (NYSE: SI) has announced that it invested an undisclosed amount in, and will also market technologies from, home energy startup Tendril Networks. Tendril makes software and in-home devices for consumers to monitor and manage home energy consumption. Siemens...

Private-equity firms Warburg Pincus and TPG Capital are said to be cooperating on a bid for General Electric's (NYSE: GE) railcar leasing business, which has about $3 billion in assets. Private-equity firms Cerberus Capital Management and Apollo Global Management also reportedly have made bids....

So Bob Dylan turned 70 years old today. But he's still going strong, still staying in the limelight. As widely reported in the past few days, in a previously unreleased interview from 1966, he admitted kicking a heroin habit. This iconic musician also has an upcoming show in Israel with Rickie Lee...

Precision Castparts (NYSE: PCP) is on tap to report fiscal fourth-quarter 2011 results before the opening bell Thursday, May 12. Analysts are looking for the company to report that earnings grew 13.6% from a year ago to $1.91 per share. That consensus earnings estimate is unchanged in the past 90...