Lender Processing Services plays a key role in the mortgage foreclosure process as a go-between for banks and lawyers handling foreclosures. But two class actions challenge how LPS and a similar firm do business. At stake: Pote…
Among the day’s top online stories for investors: suggested names for a merged Microsoft-Adobe, companies that most often beat their earnings estimates, and the legal suit against Madoff’s sons.
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It’s an ugly case about ugly actions, but it defends some of America’s dearest constitutional principles. And when the Supreme Court rules in Snyder v. Phelps, a church that holds anti-gay protests at the funerals of fallen U.S…
So far in 2010, U.S. companies have announced stock buybacks totaling more than five times as much as they had at this time last year. But evidence suggests that such buybacks a more likely to be money losing propositions — ex…
Among Thursday’s top online stories for investors:
How Apple brought Verizon and AT&T to their knees; Will hedge funds assets triple over the next few years? And, are banks finally starting to lend?
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