Cramer's Lightning Round – EMC Is Controversial (4/23/13) + MORE

China doesn't want your manufacturing dollars anymore. It's set out on a five-year plan to shift its economy away from an export model to one based on consumption.

That's good — because the business world may not want China anymore, either. Wages in the world's second-largest economy have been climbing an average of 12% a year…

April 24 (Bloomberg) — Michael Holland, chairman and
founder of Holland & Co. LLC, and Bloomberg West editor at large
Cory Johnson discuss Apple Inc.’s announcement of the largest
buyback plan in corporate history. Holland and Johnson talk with
Bloomberg’s Pimm Fox and Carol Massar on Bloomberg Radio’s
“Taking Stock…

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April is Financial Literacy Month, and our goal is to help you raise your money IQ. In this series, we’ll tackle key economic concepts — ones that affect your everyday finances and investments — to help you make smarter choices with every dollar decision you face…

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Big Blue Won’t Stay Bruised for Long    

Consumer sentiment hasn’t been great lately. Some bad data lately — including weak March retail sales and a dip in the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers, among others — has investors very concerned about the state of spending and what that means for the fragile recovery…

By SA Editor Miriam Metzinger: Stocks discussed on the Lightning Round segment of Jim Cramer’s Mad Money Program, Tuesday April 23. Bullish Calls:
Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX): “I think the stock could go much higher. I say own Vertex. I am not trading it. VRTX has a breakout drug right now. Don’t sell your Vertex…

Boeing’s delivery schedule slowed, but the long-term value is still quite appealing.    

There is a lot of good stuff happening in U.S.-Mexican business relations.

Each day, $1.4 billion worth of two-way trade and roughly 1 million legal border crossings.
About 1 million American citizens live in Mexico and approximately 10 million Americans visit Mexico every year.
More than 15,000 American companies have operations in Mexico, and U…