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Coke hiding secret shares?

Wintergreen Advisers CEO David Winters argues Coke is hiding secret bonus shares in their public statements.

Norway is the first country in the world to divest from fossil fuels

Norway, the nation with the largest sovereign fund in the world, is withdrawing from its investments in fossil fuels. A number of universities, cities, and religious institutions have joined the so-called “divestment” movement, but Norway is the first nation to do so officially. “It’s not the first time a country’s fund has sold off companies,” Jamie Henn, co-founder of […]

For kids, TV takes a backseat to gaming

Move over, millennials, kids are once again the top priority for marketers. Thanks to a confluence of factors, children have become the most valuable consumer segment of all.

Week ahead: Valuations may hurt small caps, despite job growth

The good news from Friday's jobs report may already be reflected in the prices of the smallest U.S. stocks.

Education Matters More Now Than in the Past: Krueger

Feb. 6 -- Princeton University Professor of Economics Alan Krueger discusses education in America. He speaks on “Bloomberg Surveillance.”

Book: Obama predicted iPhone boom. How much could he have made?

One of the details buried in the New York Daily News' look at David Axelrod's upcoming book is that Obama was given the chance to see the iPhone before it was publicly available.

10 things Starbucks won't tell you

Is Starbucks giving you something you can’t make yourself at home, for less? Unless you crave complicated espresso drinks, probably not.

Stocks Slide as Greece Fear Eclipses Blowout Jobs Report

NEW YORK (TheStreet) - Greece was the word on Wall Street Friday afternoon, stealing focus from a blowout jobs report out of the U.S. in the morning. Stocks tumbled into the red during the afternoon session after Greece's new government showed no signs of relenting in its discussions with the European Central Bank on reforms to its bailout program. "We will not accept any deal which is not related to a new program," an unnamed official told Reuters. ...

This is Switzerland's biggest IPO since 2006

Libor Voncina, CEO of Sunrise Communications, discusses why the company decided to float on the Swiss Stock Exchange and how investors reacted.

Lifestyle brands are acquiring their way to becoming tech companies

It’s no fun playing catchup. In the fall Under Armour overtook Adidas for the first time in sportswear sales, but the athletic apparel and gear company is still far behind Nike. Under Armour is now trying to get up to speed in the digital space, accelerated by its recent acquisitions of the fitness and nutrition-tracking tools MyFitnessPal and […]