Filed under: Forecasts , Good news , Employees , Economic data Investors haven’t had much to cheer during this 19-month-and-counting recession, but here’s one item: U.S. worker productivity.

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Tell-tale stat: U.S. worker productivity soars 6.4% in Q2

Filed under: Law , Scandals Robert Allen Stanford has been charged with running one of the largest Ponzi schemes in history and, like any other millionaire, that means he’s looking to spend a ton of money on his defense.

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Give Stanford the legal team he wants

Filed under: Stocks to Buy I’m Reiterating my Buy rating for Whirlpool (NYSE: WHR ), first recommended on April 13, 2009 at a price of $34.47. If you managed to Buy WHR in April you’re up a gargantuan 69%. Whirlpool’s shares are a tad overvalued right now, but that does not change the growth story.

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Whirlpool knows emerging markets are appliances’ new frontier

Filed under: Deals , Business of sports When it first appeared, fans flocked to the television to watch the world’s best poker players and the world’s biggest chumps vie for huge pots on the World Poker Tour (NASDAQ: WPTE ). Unfortunately, one of the biggest losers walking away from the table now is the World Poker Tour itself, having turned a table stake at one time estimated at $500 million into chump change. Last week, the company announced that it had reached agreement to sell all its rights and operations for slightly over $9 million, plus a share of future profits, to Gamynia Enterprises, a privately held company.

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World Poker Tour — the house loses

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Filed under: Forecasts , Good news , Economic data Some trends are obvious enough and visible to all investors. Others are more subtle, but are just as potent, and these often slip “under the radar.” Case in point: The U.S

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Under the radar: U.S. budget picture quickly improves by $109 billion

Filed under: Market matters , Regions Financial (RF) , CIT Group (CIT) , Federal Natl Mtge (FNM) , Amer Intl Group (AIG) , Stocks to Buy , Cramer on BloggingStocks , E*TRADE (ETFC) From TheStreet.com Network Is It Safe? Insurers Thrown in Bargain Bin Leveraged ETFs: A Call for Coordination TheStreet.com’s Jim Cramer says many stocks, considered frothy at one time, have turned into good turnaround stories.

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Cramer on BloggingStocks: From froth to investible