Starwood Hotels and Resorts Trivia Query
Last week's question describes a large hotel company with brands such as Sheraton St. Regis The Luxury Collection Westin Four Points and others. It notes plans to open about 70 hotels in two years and employ around 120000 people. The answer is Starwood Hotels and Resorts.
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St. Regis
Luxury Collection
Westin
Four Points
Wown
Westin Heavenly
Nordstrom
Starwood Hotels and Resorts
Rule of 72 explained for investing quick guide
The rule of 72 estimates how long an investment doubles at a given growth rate. With a 10 percent return it doubles in about 7.2 years. at 5 percent it takes about 14.4 years, and at 2 percent roughly 36 years. It’s a quick mental tool to compare stock, CD, and savings options.
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P.W
Sacramento
The Rule of 72 Explained for Doubling Money
The rule shows approximate doubling times and returns. At 4 percent yearly growth it takes about 18 years to double. At 2 percent it takes about 36 years. If money doubles in four years the annual return is near 18 percent. The rule breaks at extreme numbers and for very high returns using 76 yields more accuracy.
Lessons From a Troubled Stock Club
DESS reflects on a stock club’s poor decisions. It bought McLeod after it IPOed, saw quick gains then a fall to about 30 cents from $17, and repeated the same mistake with Engineering Animation, buying more as prices declined and holding until further losses.
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McLeod
Investment club guidance and stock outcome notes
Kris of Iowa City Iowa comments on investing and warns that even careful members can misjudge. The Fool emphasizes learning before buying and notes McLeod shares fell to 30 cents before later changes.
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Kris
Iowa City
Iowa
Better-Investing.org
Fool.com
McLeod
The Fool School Splitting shares explained simply
Stock splits do not change the total value of your investment. A 2-for-1 split doubles shares but halves price, leaving a $4,000 stake at the same value. Coke’s history shows frequent splits, yet price and value reflect overall business performance, not share count. Focus on true value, not price alone.
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Cheese Sciences Inc
Coca- Cola
Inside Value
Insidevalue
Fool
Peter J. Sander
Janet Haley
Dell posts sizzling quarter with 16 percent revenue gain
Dell Inc. reports a strong first quarter with revenue up 16 percent from a year earlier, driven by a 21 percent rise in international sales that now account for 42 percent of total. Net income climbs 28 percent to $934 million as desktop PC sales, 40 percent of total, rise 6 percent.
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Dell
U.S
Dell Surges on High Margin Sales and Cash Rise
Dellicious notebook sales, 24 percent of sales, jump 22 percent as high profit printer ink and supplies nearly double. Worldwide software and peripherals rise 29 percent with imaging and displays. Operating margins edge up to 8.8 percent. cash and short term investments grow from 5.3 to 9.8 billion. Dell is seen as a strong, expanding profit leader despite debt of 504 million. Analysts expect earnings to rise 24 percent this year and 17.5 percent next year, making the stock attractive for a company that repeatedly enters and profits in new markets.
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Dell
Tech minded kids flock to university run computer camps
Technology camps surge as families invest in digital skills for youth. KU and UC Berkeley host Project Discovery and iD Tech Camps draw thousands, with prices around 649 to 999 weekly. Cybercamps at Giant Campus operate in 37 states, targeting 4100 attendees this summer. Industry figures from Microsoft back camps as developer pipelines.
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School of Engineering
Kansas University
Lily Gordon
Berkeley
Calif
University of California, Berkeley
Gordon
Laura Mason
Lily
Id Tech Camps
Campbell
California
Silicon Valley
Pete Ingram-Cauchi
idTech
Giant Campus Inc
David Kinard
Daryll McDade
Microsoft Corp
McDade
Microsoft
Reforming the AMT: Rise in thresholds and policy options
The article explains how the alternative minimum tax affects joint filers above $58,000 income and notes how the AMT thresholds were not indexed to inflation. It discusses the high tax impact on middle income, potential repeal or reform, and the political hurdle of budget deficits and Bush-era tax cuts, predicting the AMT will persist.
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IRS
Washington
AMT
Prepaid phones rise as next big wireless trend
The Washington Post notes prepaid mobile use surges among youth and credit constrained customers. Virgin Mobile and Boost, both prepaid brands, drive growth as carriers shift from long-term contracts to pay-as-you-go plans. Growth figures show Virgin Mobile contributing to Sprint’s new subscriber additions while Boost fuels a large share of Nextel’s recent gains.
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Brittney Brooks
Brooks
Virgin Mobile USA
Riers
Boost Mobile LLC
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Boost
Virgin Mobile
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