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CNNMoney: Bank of America stock closes below $5updated: Mon Dec 19 2011 16:18:00

Bank of America's shares closed below $5 per share Monday, their lowest level since the worst of the financial crisis in March 2009.

CNNMoney: Should HP (aka IBM Lite) be kicked out of Dow?updated: Mon Aug 22 2011 13:29:00

The Dow Jones industrial average already has a successful technology company that has pulled back on consumer gadgets in order to emphasize software and services. Its name is IBM.

CNNMoney: Citigroup in reverse split, reinstates dividendupdated: Mon Mar 21 2011 16:17:00

Citigroup on Monday announced a 1-for-10 reverse stock split of the company's common shares, and the bank will also reinstate its quarterly dividend.

CNNMoney: Stuck in reverse: Split doesn't fix Citiupdated: Mon Mar 21 2011 14:29:00

Citigroup will soon escape penny stock status. Shares of the beleaguered bank have, for the most part, been stuck below the $5 level for the better part of two years.

CNNMoney: Facebook does 5-for-1 stock splitupdated: Fri Oct 01 2010 16:06:00

Those lucky few with Facebook stock shares now own a whole bunch more.

CNNMoney: Don't bet against Priceline (or William Shatner)updated: Wed Sep 29 2010 13:37:00

William Shatner is a modern day King Midas.

CNNMoney: Baidu surges after stock splitupdated: Wed May 12 2010 15:26:00

Shares of Baidu soared in afternoon trading Wednesday after the Chinese search giant split its stock 10 to 1.

CNNMoney: ETrade names former Citigroup exec as CEOupdated: Mon Mar 22 2010 12:00:00

ETrade Financial Corp. has appointed former Citigroup executive Steven Freiberg to chief executive officer, the online brokerage announced Monday.

Fortune: Berkshire's big day: $24 billion in tradingupdated: Fri Feb 19 2010 08:01:00

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway got a rousing introduction to the S&P 500 this month -- though it wasn't quite the most lavish ever.

CNNMoney: Buffett's Baby Berkshires: Buy or bust?updated: Thu Feb 11 2010 13:12:00

To borrow a tag line from one of Warren Buffett's most well-known companies, buying Berkshire Hathaway is now so easy, even a caveman can do it.

CNNMoney: Berkshire Hathaway for $68? Sweet!updated: Mon Nov 09 2009 07:48:00

I don't know about you, but I don't have a spare $101,900 stuffed under my couch cushions to buy an "A" share of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway. I probably could scrounge together $3,395 for one "B" share, but I would rather not.

CNNMoney: AIG stock up 264% in Augustupdated: Thu Aug 27 2009 16:15:00

AIG's stock closed at $47.84 on Thursday. At the start of the month, shares were trading at a mere $13.14.

CNNMoney: Citigroup seeks reverse stock splitupdated: Thu Mar 19 2009 16:38:00

Citigroup unveiled plans Thursday to pursue a reverse stock split, and the company officially gave notice of its previously announced plans to convert the government's massive preferred share stake into common stock.

Money Magazine: Why You Should Ignore a Stock's Priceupdated: Fri Dec 01 2006 00:01:00

Something amazing happened on Oct. 24. For the first time in modern history, a stock closed above $100,000, as Berkshire Hathaway's A shares ended the trading day at $100,600. For the price of a si...

CNNMoney: Google: The $400 clubupdated: Thu Nov 17 2005 10:10:00

NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - To call Google a juggernaut would be an insult.

CNNMoney: Google: The $400 gorillaupdated: Wed Nov 02 2005 11:50:00

NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - To call Google a juggernaut would be an insult.

CNNMoney: Meet the dot-com survivorsupdated: Thu Mar 10 2005 11:15:00

NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Let's take a stroll through the dot-com cemetery.

CNNMoney: eBay profits miss the markupdated: Wed Jan 19 2005 15:08:00

Ebay Wednesday reported fourth-quarter earnings that missed Wall Street forecasts and announced a two-for-one stock split.

CNNMoney: Google sticker shockupdated: Tue Jan 04 2005 10:40:00

Two hundred is a pretty darn good score in bowling. But is it a good price for Google?

CNNMoney: Stocks to Watch Fridayupdated: Thu Jul 15 2004 17:06:00

Some soothing news came out of IBM's afterbell earnings release Thursday and investors will look for signs of inflation in economic data due Friday morning.

CNNMoney: Lickety-splitupdated: Thu Apr 29 2004 12:45:00

Tech company sales and earnings are booming. Internet stocks are scorching. And everybody's salivating about the next big IPO (Google, but of course).

Money Magazine: Word On The Street Lockheed's F-22 | So long, Jack | Bullish talk from a bearupdated: Tue Oct 01 2002 00:01:00

Heading to Splitsville

Fortune: Yikes! My Stock's In Single Digits! Shocking, ain't it? Yesterday's bull-market icons keep hitting new lows.updated: Mon May 27 2002 00:01:00

There is something strange about Focal Communications' stock chart. Very strange. No, it's not just that its shares recently traded at $3. That, as we all know, is hardly a mark of distinction thes...

Money Magazine: Splitsville Can investors really make money buying stocks because they split?updated: Thu Mar 01 2001 00:01:00

Fish gotta swim, birds gotta fly--and Wall Street can't let a day go by without spewing out a fresh supply of nonsense. But smart investors know that there's usually a tiny grain of wisdom hiding i...

Money Magazine: Are Those $49.99 Lists Of Foreclosed Properties Legitimate?updated: Sat Apr 01 2000 00:01:00

Q. If I buy an advertised list of foreclosure properties for $49.99, will I get valid information on real homes? CHERYL DACEY ADDRESS WITHHELD

Money Magazine: Mutual Fund Tax Bombs How to run up a $10,000 tax bill without even tryingupdated: Thu Jul 01 1999 00:01:00

Mutual funds are supposed to be a bit dull; when they get interesting, watch out. On Nov. 11 of last year, a 67-year-old physician in San Francisco invested $50,000 in a mutual fund called BT Inves...

Money Magazine: The Matter Of Logic Is it reasonable that stocks are more expensive than ever?updated: Thu Apr 01 1999 00:01:00

From Bloomberg News: "Shares of Cisco Systems Inc., the No. 1 computer-networking company, fell as much as 3.3% after fiscal second-quarter earnings topped forecasts by just a penny and the company...

Fortune: Don't Be Fooled By Stock-Split Mania LOOK FOR EARNINGS, NOT HYPEupdated: Mon Feb 01 1999 00:01:00

This split thing is getting way out of hand. Not long ago, in response to a reader who wanted to know if there was any Internet site that predicted stock splits, I wrote, "Not that I know of." Goes...

Money Magazine: What The MONEY 30 Will Do In '98 Our index of companies for the 21st century figures to keep outperforming the Dow.updated: Mon Dec 15 1997 00:01:00

When we created the MONEY 30 stock index in 1996, it would have been immodest to predict that our index of growth stocks for the next millennium would scorch its more famous 30-stock predecessor, t...

Fortune: WHEN THE SHOESHINE BOYS TALK STOCKS IT WAS A GREAT SELL SIGNAL IN 1929. SO WHAT ARE THE SHOESHINE BOYS TALKING updated: Mon Apr 15 1996 00:01:00

JOE KENNEDY, a famous rich guy in his day, exited the stock market in timely fashion after a shoeshine boy gave him some stock tips. He figured that when the shoeshine boys have tips, the market is...

Fortune: DEFINITIONS AND EXPLANATIONS updated: Mon Apr 24 1989 00:01:00

SALES All companies on the list must have derived more than 50% of their sales from manufacturing and/or mining. Sales exclude nonoperating revenues but include sales of subsidiaries if they are co...

Money Magazine: -- ''How can I invest in the tunnel under the English Channel?''updated: Wed Apr 01 1987 00:01:00

Q. I am over 55, and I plan to marry a widower whose house is up for sale. When my fiance, who is in his sixties, sells the house, he will take his one- time $125,000 capital-gains tax exclusion on...

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