USC is the largest private employer in Los Angeles, with an endowment worth $4 billion. You'd think being "Top Trojan" would be a plum job. So why is USC taking out half-page ads in the Wall Street Journal? Read More
When it was hovering around $4 bucks, the thought of Bank of America being a $30 stock seemed patently absurd. But that's exactly what one option investor is betting on. Read More
The Consumer Price Index, a measure of the average price level of a basket of consumer goods and services, was up 0.3% for the month of October, while the core CPI rate, excluding energy and food, rose 0.2%. On a year-over-year basis, consumer prices were down .2%. Read More
On Monday the nation’s largest investors released information about their top holdings. And as the traders sifted through all the data, they found some surprises! Read More
Meredith Whitney is making headlines: She has not been this bearish in a year! Whitney was the first to call the bubble in financial stocks. And then she predicted the stock market rally. But now Whitney is starting to turn negative again. Read More
In what appears to be a bet consumers will stick with discount retailers even after the economy rebounds, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway increased its Wal-Mart holdings by almost 90 percent during the summer. It added almost 18 million shares, currently worth almost $1 billion, in the third quarter. Read More