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The improving advertising performance at Meredith Corporation's (MDP) National and Local Media groups, and increasing readership and online traffic have been benefiting the company's top and bottom line results. Meredith is one of the leading media and marketing companies with interests in...

The improving advertising performance at Meredith Corporation's (MDP) National and Local Media groups, and increasing readership and online traffic have been benefiting the company's top and bottom line results. Meredith is one of the leading media and marketing companies with interests in...

Piper Jaffray is raising its estimates on McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP). It has an Overweight rating and a $44 price target on shares. Piper Jaffray writes, "We are boosting our 2010 revenue and earnings estimates fractionally to reflect better-than-expected 4Q debt issuance volumes, partially...

Morningstar, Inc., (Nasdaq: MORN) today announced that Tao Huang, 48, chief operating officer, is leaving the company at the end of the month, but will serve as a management advisor to the firm. In addition to serving as COO, Huang is responsible for information technology, corporate sales, and...

The U.S. Energy Department's weekly inventory release showed a larger-than-expected drop in natural gas supplies, attributable to cold weather conditions across much of the country that pushed up the winter heating demand. The ‘Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report' – as reported by the Energy...

The U.S. Energy Department's weekly inventory release showed a larger-than-expected drop in natural gas supplies, attributable to cold weather conditions across much of the country that pushed up the winter heating demand. The ‘Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report' – as reported by the Energy...

Martha Stewart (NYSE: MSO) announces that Kelli Turner will no longer be CFO. Turner will be joining a private company. Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. (NYSE: MSO) announced today that Kelli Turner will step down as the Company's Chief Financial Officer and will be leaving to join a private...

The U.S. Energy Department's weekly inventory release showed a larger-than-expected drop in crude stockpiles, while gasoline and distillate supplies climbed steeply. Meanwhile, refinery run-rates were up slightly from the previous week. The Energy Information Administration (“EIA”) Petroleum...

The U.S. Energy Department's weekly inventory release showed a larger-than-expected drop in crude stockpiles, while gasoline and distillate supplies climbed steeply. Meanwhile, refinery run-rates were up slightly from the previous week. The Energy Information Administration (“EIA”) Petroleum...

Among the stocks that have lost ground during Monday's after hours trading session are Annaly Capital Management (NYSE: NLY), Meredith Corp. (NYSE: MDP), and Borders Group (NYSE: BGP). Annaly (NLY) has lost 1.85% on heavy volume to $17.54 after the company announced a secondary offering of 75...

Platts, a leading global provider of energy and metals information and a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. (NYSE: MHP), today completed for an undisclosed cash sum its acquisition of BENTEK Energy, LLC, a privately held energy market analytics company headquartered in Evergreen, Colorado...

QAD Inc (NASDAQ: QADB) jumped 20.02% to $11.93 at 10:00 am. QADB's shares have surged 58.79% over the past 52 weeks, while the S&P 500 index has gained 11% in the same period. China Direct Industries Inc (NASDAQ: CDII) climbed 15.89% to $1.75. CDII's subsidiary CDII Trading, signed a contract...

Dodd-Frank is seeing a lot of attention recently from Wall Street's elite and Washington policy maker are joining them, as they discuss what exactly will happen next year. According to New York Times (NYSE: NYT) DealBook, Elizabeth Warren, who will run the new Consumer Financial Protections Bureau...