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The following commentary comes from an independent investor or market observer as part of TheStreet's guest contributor program, which is separate from the company's news coverage. By David Gillie ... Click to view a price quote on URA. Click to research the Financial Services industry. Read More »
Survey says too many Canadians are living in denial about dementia, which delays treatment and counselling that can improve their quality of life. Read More »
The following commentary comes from an independent investor or market observer as part of TheStreet's guest contributor program, which is separate from the company's news coverage. NEW YORK (ETF Expert) -- The SPDR S&P China Fund fell 37% from an April high to an October low. That was nearly twice the top-to-bottom devastation for the S&P 500 SPDR Trust . What's more, the dramatic selloff acros Read More »
It’s time to bring out the bird feeders. But some people don’t stop there. And we don’t just mean providing suet. Some people have squirrel proof birdfeeders and even heated birdbaths. Read More »
BOSTON (MainStreet) -- When it comes to retirement planning, who has it better, singles or married couples? The answer -- singles, according to many Americans -- may be based more on perception than reality. Singles may find it harder to save for retirement than the conventional wisdom suggests. Singles are actually significantly less prepared for and confident about retiring, a study say Read More »
A University of Texas neurology professor has found that Alzheimer cells from an elderly patient can trigger the disease in mice, a finding that could change everything currently understood about the disorder. Read More »
Whew! This is the first day in a while where things were at least comprehensible. Markets rallied early on better news from Target (TGT) but on closer inspection, earnings were improved by previous stock buybacks and cost cutting. For the most part this is financial engineering at its best. Dell's (DELL) earnings last night were horrible, Analog Devices (ADI) earnings also missed and the Abercr Read More »
Is this the weekend Dale Earnhardt Jr. finally breaks through? There are at least five things to watch for at Richmond on Saturday night, and the real potential for a win for the No. 88 tops the list. Read More »
Set in a brothel in the war-wracked countryside of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, this is an epic, meaty and old-fashioned type of play. Read More »
Telling a loved one they may have Alzheimer’s is made more awkward by the fact they won’t realize anything is wrong. Read More »
The "change in season" described as the theme of yesterday's post continued Wednesday at a more modest pace. Even Bucky is rallying some as better economic data (ADP Employment Data) make it more attractive than even gold and other alternatives. Is this a temporary phenomenon? Perhaps since hopes for a cure to U.S. deficit issues remain a pipedream. But, clearly better economic data is taking h Read More »
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- President Barack Obama proposed a two-year pay freeze for federal employees Monday in an effort to reduce the deficit facing the U.S. "The hard truth is that getting this deficit under control is going to require some broad sacrifice, and that sacrifice must be shared by the employees of the federal government," President Obama said. The Obama administration said Mond Read More »
A Canadian university is embroiled in a bitter controversy after a professor was suspended for identifying a PhD candidate who couldn’t take a final exam because of ‘extreme exam anxiety’. Read More »
The scene was almost too good to be true. The rusty old gates were flung open at the North Wilkesboro Speedway last Sunday for the resurrected track's second major racing event and a wonderful thing happened.Race fans showed up.I should not be surprised by this fact, but I am. Ever since the 63-year-old track was shuttered in 1996, my e-mail inbox had been steadily filled with cries of horror and Read More »
Antron Brown is up for anything. Even NASCAR. Maybe.He admitted as much during lunch last week at the Charlotte Motor Speedway's Speedway Club, in town to promote this weekend's O'Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Nationals at the zMax Dragway (Sunday, 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. ET, ESPN2). Brown is the only racer to ever make a successful jump from Pro Stock Bikes to Top Fuel. He's led the point standings in bo Read More »
WELCOME, N.C. -- There was a bit of anxiety. Kevin Harvick hasn't always handled questions about replacing Dale Earnhardt at Richard Childress Racing so well, and I was about to ask what it was like to replace Dale Earnhardt Jr. -- albeit a few years removed -- as the new face of Budweiser.He didn't snap.He didn't shrug his shoulders and move onto the next question.He actually laughed."If you're Read More »
Tammy Graeber has a good-size piece of property and a big heart. She's combined the two with a love for her neighbor to form Garden of Giving, a ministry where she grows food to help the needy. Read More »
Lyle Lovett’s heart, and his music, keep coming back to small-town Texas. Read More »
The Gulf situation is downright scary with a variety of negative outcomes. Read More »
Is the wild west world of Canadian specialty channels good for Canadian TV? Read More »
Today, credit cards are available for everyone such as the “bad credit card”, which is designed for people with bad credit. This type of card is designed to help people rebuild credit so the FICO score increases. In other words, this type of card helps rescue people from an otherwise bleak situation. [...] Read More »
How can a driver who retired after the 2008 season be a candidate for ESPN's Driver of the Decade? Simple … if your name is Bernd Schneider. Read More »
The sheer size of insurance reform legislation in Congress becomes a tool to attack it. Republican Rep. John Culberson of Houston tore out pages of one bill and threw them to a crowd. Read More »
Still think Sunday's Cup race at Talladega -- the world's largest roulette wheel -- is the Chase field's best chance to derail three-time defending champ Jimmie Johnson? You kiddin'? Read More »
Is Jimmie Johnson a product of the system at Hendrick Motorsports or is the three-time defending Sprint Cup champ just that good? The debate continues ... Read More »

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