Bally Technologies Has Eyes on Online Gaming With SHFL Purchase + MORE

Those of us who have at least 60 years behind us remember when America was the ultimate meritocracy. The 1950s and 60s were the “anyone can make it big in America” decades. America’s political leadership had the same ideals too.
My father started working in a local printer’s mailroom right out of high school…

conky11 wrote:Rob5TCP wrote:" conky11 wrote"hi Rob,fyi: EMBLEM has the EXACT same Plan F for $207 in New York. That was one of my questions…if people thought that the carrier (Emblem) was something to be concerned about."I looked over the listings – the cheapest was AARP. Emblem did not show up…

By SA Editor Miriam Metzinger: Stocks discussed on the in-depth session of Jim Cramer’s Mad Money TV Program, Monday July 15.
Success In The Citi (C). Other stocks mentioned: Leap Wireless (LEAP), Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), AT&T (T), Dell (DELL), Best Buy (BBY), Netflix (NFLX), Yahoo (YHOO), Organovo (ONVO…

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Consolidation among gaming suppliers is continuing, and now it’s with an eye on the future of online gaming. Earlier this year, Scientific Games said it would buy WMS Industries for $1.5 billion, creating a company with lottery equipment and slot machines. Today, Bally Technologies agreed  to buy SHFL entertainment for $1…

Merck is hoping for more positive results from its experimental Alzheimer’s disease drug.    

The S&P 500 index rose another 3% last week, continuing a winning stretch that began last fall. 
Since Nov. 7, the S&P has risen 22%. That works out to be a roughly 35% annualized gain. Trouble is, the rally is increasingly due to a perception by individual investors that stocks can only move in one direction: up…

Housing clearly has been booming in the last year or so. But it’s time to move out of your housing plays, because most of the gains have already been realized and the outperformance is likely to end soon.
Don’t get me wrong — the housing market isn’t going to crash or anything. Data on Tuesday showed continued strength in real estate, with homebuilders increasingly confident and sales outlooks bright…

The S&P 500 index rose another 3% last week, continuing a winning stretch that began last fall. Since Nov. 7, the S&P has risen 22%. That works out to be a roughly 35% annualized gain. Trouble is, the rally is increasingly due to a perception by individual investors that stocks can only move in one direction: up…