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Billionaire media mogul Oprah Winfrey is credited in some part for helping Weight Watchers International, Inc. (NYSE: WTW) stock outperform the broader market in her roles of brand ambassador, large shareholder and board member. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is clearly hoping the same...

President Barack Obama is leaving office in January after serving two consecutive terms in the White House. So what's on his agenda after he retires from office? A return to the classroom? Practicing law? Dedicating his life to philanthropy? None of the above. Not even close. At least not according...

President Obama unveiled his final budget on Tuesday which proposed a $4.1 trillion spending plan for fiscal 2017. "The Budget makes critical investments in our domestic and national security priorities while adhering to the bipartisan budget agreement signed into law last fall, and it lifts...

Investors learned last week that there can be some serious upside to having the nation’s highest court on your side. Stocks of hospital operators and other healthcare-related companies rallied after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a key piece of President Obama’s Affordable Care Act (...

In a report published Monday, Deutsche Bank strategist David Bianco offered investors 10 key themes heading into the summer months. "S&P reached a new high of 2130 last Thursday on an 18 trailing PE, the highest since 2010 despite anemic EPS growth expected this year," Bianco wrote. "Both EPS...

Any company doing business in mainland China faces challenges. Such challenges include, according to the Global Association of Risk Professionals: relationship building, the role of respect, widespread tax evasion, weak internal controls and use of third-party agents. Here are four major...

U.S. stocks ended the week higher as investors were encouraged by announcements in Europe and China. The European Central Bank outlined plans to expand its asset purchase programs by "altering the size, pace and composition of our purchases" if inflation shows signs that it could stay...

Markets exploded higher Friday on reports that Russia is ending military activity near the Ukrainian border. The United States attacked ISIS fighters in Iraq on two separate occasions, prompting little market response. This suggests investors are much more interested in the Russian conflict...

U.S. stocks rose as many questions remain unanswered following the crash of MH17 over the unstable region of Donetsk in Ukraine. U.S. intelligence sources speculated the plane was brought down by a ground-to-air missile but cannot confirm who was responsible. Investors appear to focus on...

When the Obama administration and the Environmental Protection Agency recently proposed new regulations designed to limit power-plant pollution, they set in motion a chain reaction that could create a $200 billion surge in the value of one industry in six years, according to Bloomberg. That...

According to The Washington Post, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce released a report saying the Obama administration’s proposed plan to reduce carbon emissions from power plants by 30 percent over the next 16 years would cost businesses more than $50 billion per year. The Natural...

When you want to announce something important you wait until late Friday, right? That’s what the Obama administration did when they announced plans to give up a key role the United States plays in overseeing the Internet. In a press release, the Department of Commerce said that its...

With the State Department’s release of a report Friday concluding the Keystone XL pipeline would not substantially worsen carbon pollution, the Obama administration apparently had one less reason for not approving the project. Last summer, the President said he would approve the 1,700-mile...

This weekend in Barron's online: part three of the 2014 Barron's Roundtable, Ford vs. GM, as well as the prospects for Akamai Technologies, Stanley Black & Decker, Weight Watchers and more. Cover Story "Better Get a Grip" by Lauren R. Rublin. This week's cover story in Barron's is the third...

Never kick a company while it’s down, but Blackberry (NASDAQ: BBRY) has certainly been kicked this year. On the brink of bankruptcy, the phone maker has lost most of its customers and more than 80 percent of its stock value. But, the company still has one loyal supporter: The President of the...