02/20
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Today’s Watch List : eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY), The Home Depot (NYSE:HD), Timberline Resources (NYSEMKT:TLR), National Penn Bancshares (NASDAQ:NPBC), Biocept, Inc. (NASDAQ:BIOC)

Chris Lewis03 mins

EBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY) said on 30 September that it would separate its PayPal digital-payments unit and marketplace business into two companies by the end of next year. Earlier this week, Hewlett-Packard Co. said it would hive off the personal computer (PC) and printers businesses into one entity and carve the corporate hardware and services businesses…

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COF Sailing Along Into Q3

Mark DeFrance02 mins

Capital One Financial Corporation reported net income of $1.1 billion or $1.87 per diluted share in the second quarter of 2013, compared with $1.0 billion or $1.79 per diluted share last quarter, and $92 million in second-quarter 2012. Last year’s results reflected significant purchase accounting impacts as Capital One closed the acquisition of HSBC U.S….

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Stock Review: Bill Gates Happy With the “New” Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT)

Richard Atkins03 mins

Bill Gates sat down with Bloomberg Television anchor Erik Schatzker at the Sibos conference in Boston, where they discussed Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ MSFT)’s strategy, the Ebola outbreak, his philanthropic efforts, financial payment systems in Africa and more. On whether Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is moving fast enough, Gates said, “I’m very happy with what he’s…

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