Filed under: Columns , Small business If you take a look at a book on microeconomics, you’ll see a section on bartering. Generally, it will say that the process is fairly inefficient. Hey, that’s why societies have invented currencies, right?

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Entrepreneur’s Journal: Save some bucks with bartering

Filed under: Market matters , Financial Crisis The SEC has declared a new crackdown on securities fraud cases . Mary Schapiro, head of the SEC says that there are 525 investigations underway and 397 enforcement actions in the works, up 30% from last year

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A new SEC crackdown on securities fraud

Filed under: Scandals Fairfield Greenwich Group is trying to play ball , but Massachusetts Secretary of State William Galvin isn’t listening.

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Massachusetts not backing down on Madoff feeder fund

Filed under: Earnings reports , Penney (J.C.) (JCP) , Sears Holdings (SHLD) , Kohl’s Corp (KSS) JCPenney (NYSE: JCP ), a mall retailer that competes with Macy’s (NYSE: M ), Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD ), and Kohl’s (NYSE: KSS ), reported Q2 earnings on Friday. How were they? They were exactly how you’d expect them to be in this environment: not so good

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JCPenney beats in Q2, but should investors remain cautious?

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Filed under: Suntech Power Hldgs ADS (STP) , Stocks to Buy , Green Stocks China-based Suntech Power Holdings Co. (NYSE: STP ) is one of China’s top stocks . The country’s largest solar panel maker recently took steps to increase its hold on the Chinese solar market when it reached an agreement with a unit of China Huadian Corp

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Solar stock #5: Suntech Power (STP)

Filed under: Earnings reports , Forecasts , Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) , Sears Holdings (SHLD) Last week we looked at expectations for some retail earnings . More shopping mall favorites are reporting second-quarter results this week, and analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters are looking for significant earnings growth from some of them. Aeropostale Inc.

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The week in preview: More retail results (and a few techs too)

Filed under: Stocks to Buy , Green Stocks Also reporting after the close on July 30 was Arizona-based First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR ). Now these guys had a blowout quarter! The company reported net income more than doubled in the second quarter, easily beating consensus Street estimates

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Solar stock #3: First Solar (FSLR)