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At the most recent Republican presidential debate in Sioux City, Iowa on Dec. 15, Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly questioned the candidates regarding federal judges and their judicial decisions. Among the candidates, Newt Gingrich criticized courts' "controversial decisions" regarding various issues...

The end of the world may not be coming, but whatever is coming might as well be the end of the world. And as we walk in this twilight, perhaps at the very least, we would do well to enjoy the sunset while it lasts.As We Traverse Towards TribulationMarketWatch's Paul B. Farrell had an interesting...

Marketwatch's Paul B. Farrell wrote a very interesting story Tuesday entitled "Super Rich vs. 99%: Class war will explode" regarding Occupy Wall Street, the evolution of class warfare, and the conservative response to the Occupy Wall Street movement. Farrell: "Forget politics. The 99%, the Occupy...

Think Goldman Sachs is having a bad year? Its former CEO isn't doing too well either. Jon Corzine was once in charge of the always in peril Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS). Corzine's new company, MF Global (NYSE: MF), may not be fighting the same battles as his former employer, but that doesn't mean that...

According to MarketWatch's Brett Arends, the Occupy Wall Street protests are doomed to fail. On the contrary, for a handful of reasons I think the underlying momentum behind the Occupy Wall Street protests suggests that the movement has no other direction than some measure of success. The power...

Get up close and personal with the experts, then go home and make some trades. Where will you be on October 20? Many traders will be headed to this year's World MoneyShow Chicago, an event where, for just a few short days, experts like David Callaway (the editor-in-chief of MarketWatch) will take...

Shares of OmniVision Technologies (NASDAQ: OVTI) are plunging more than 30% today after the company guided sharply lower than expected, and many are wondering whether the company is being squeezed out of the iPhone, or perhaps Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is squeezing the margins of yet another supplier....

Yesterday, Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher talked about the "Bernanke put" and the potential end to it. During the late 1990's and the early 2000's, we had the "Greenspan put." David Rosenberg, the notoriously bearish economist from Gluskin Sheff & Associates is saying good bye to those "...

Cody Willard, an editor at MarketWatch, posted a great opinion piece entitled "How Ron Paul can go mainstream and become our next president" on MarketWatch today. Supporters of the Texas Congressman should definitely check it out. Willard highlights the fact that the differences between Republicans...

Shares of Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) are slightly lower on the day, as reports are coming out that the Pentagon wants to purchase its F-35 fighter jets at a discount. The Pentagon wants 85 jets for the price of 80. Shares of Lockheed Martin are down 39 cents to trade at $69.20, a loss of .5%

A United Parcel Service Inc. (NYSE: UPS) cargo plane crashed during takeoff Friday in Dubai, reports Marketwatch. Two crew members were on board the plane, the shipping company said. UPS did not confirm any casualties on the 747-400 aircraft. The flight was scheduled to go to Cologne, Germany. "...

Perfumania Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PERF) announced today that Perfumania reported total net sales of $18.4 million for the four week fiscal month ending August 28, 2010 vs. $20.3 million for the four week fiscal month which ended August 29, 2009. On a year-to-date basis, total net sales were $126....

Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) reported today that net retail sales for the four weeks ending August 28, 2010 were $5,023M, up 3.4% from $4,856M for the four weeks ending August 29, 2009. On this same basis, August comparable-store sales increased 1.8 percent. Chairman, President, and CEO Gregg...

According to an article posted today at MarketWatch, hedge fund managers are turning more bearish on their outlook for the stock market. This conclusion is according to results of a recent survey released on Monday by TrimTabs investment research and BarclayHedge. The firms surveyed 104 hedge fund...

Are U.S. workers finally stretched to the limit? MarketWatch this morning has an interesting piece discussing today's weak non-farm productivity reading for the second quarter. In the second quarter, productivity fell by 0.9%. While this is ordinarily viewed as bad news because it could lead to a...