The Traderszone Network

Restoration Hardware is being criticized by investors after its comparable sales growth decelerated in the second quarter, but thankfully, the company has a plan in place to ensure its robust growth is here to stay.

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Apple might have looked like a runaway success in education, but that was before Google

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Is the iPhone to high tech for you? You may want to try the NoPhone.

State attorneys general working to determine whether Comcast Corp’s deal to buy Time Warner Cable Inc is legal have expanded their investigation to include AT&T Inc’s plans to buy DirecTV, according to sources close to the merger probe. Justice Department to interview critics and proponents of the Comcast merger, which some lawmakers and public interest groups fear will result in higher costs and less competition. The states have now broadened their focus to include AT&T’s $48.5 billion proposed deal for DirecTV, the No. 1 U.S.

On September 18th Scotland will vote on whether or not to leave the United Kingdom and break a union that has lasted over 300 years. While it long seemed as though an independent Scotland was only a pipedream, recent polls have shown that a ‘yes’ vote is actually somewhat likely—the ‘no’ to Scottish independence vote is now winning by only 4% (it was up by as much as 11% on August 25th).

The U.S. Treasury’s sale of $13 billion in 30-year bonds attracted higher-than-average demand as international investors sought higher returning securities with European sovereign-debt yields close to historic lows. The bid-to-cover ratio, which gauges demand by the amount bid with the amount offered, was 2.67, compared with an average 2.4 at the past 10 sales. The difference in 10-year yields vs.

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Hertz Global Holdings reaches agreement with activist investor Carl Icahn to add three of Icahn’s representatives to its board of directors.

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