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An alleged Leonardo da Vinci drawing in a private collection, "La Bella Principessa," widely reputed to be worth $150 million and subject of worldwide publicity and a recent book, may actually be a work by the eminent 19th-century German artist Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (1794-1872), one of the...

Morningstar, Inc. (Nasdaq: MORN), a leading provider of independent investment research, today reported estimated U.S. mutual fund and exchange-traded fund asset flows through August 2010(...)Read the rest of Morningstar Reports U.S. Mutual Fund and ETF Asset Flows Through August 2010 (SPY, HYG,...

Scholastic (Nasdaq: SCHL) announced today that it has acquired Math Solutions. Founded by renowned mathematics educator and author, Marilyn Burns, Math Solutions has previously worked with Scholastic to create Do The Math®, the award-winning math intervention program that gives students who have...

Below are the top publishing-books stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of dividend yield. Courier Corporation (NASDAQ: CRRC) has a dividend yield of 6.20%. CRRC's shares closed at $13.52 on Friday. The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc (NYSE: MHP) has a dividend yield of 3.10%. MHP's shares closed...

Piper Jaffray is slightly raising its earnings estimates on The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP) on stronger debt issuances. It continues to rate shares at Outperform, with a $42 price target. Piper Jaffray boosted its 2010 EPS estimates to $2.58 from $2.57. Shares of McGraw-Hill gained 26 cents...

USA TODAY announced Chet Czarniak, formerly network managing editor of USA TODAY, has been named executive editor, content distribution and programming. Czarniak will be responsible for content distribution and programming for USA TODAY's print, online and mobile news and information platforms. USA...

It's a bit early for a Halloween-themed post, but this New York Times article about the bottleneck of previously taken-private companies looking to re-IPO is enough to give you the willies! Out of the 161 potential IPOs on file looking to raise a gut-busting $56 billion bucks right now, a big chunk...

The Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters (NYSE: TRI) today announced that Deloitte is the second firm to become a Thomson Reuters Certified Implementer (CI) for various ONESOURCE tax software products. Initiated earlier this year, Thomson Reuters created the CI program to provide...

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Happy Birthday Warren Buffett! The Oracle of Omaha may have turned 80 this week, but that does not mean he has any plans to slow down. On the contrary, in an interview in the days prior to his birthday, the famous financier vowed that he will work past 100. Throughout his...

Cusick’s Corner The market was content staying in a grind, holding a tight range of 1082-1086. All the fireworks will be blown off tomorrow premarket when the Payrolls and Unemployment numbers are released which may potentially add some volatility. If there are no big surprises in Unemployment, if...

Cusick’s Corner The bulls are in control and the market from a technical perspective is setting up nicely for a potential challenge of upside resistance, 1100 on the SPX. Right now there is a Reverse Head and Shoulders pattern specifically in the SPX. You can find this formation on the chart --...

At 11:00 am, the Dow gained 0.20% to 10,290.17, the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index moved up 0.57% to 1,086.44 and the NASDAQ composite index rose 0.72% to 2,192.50. The industries that are driving the market today are: Home Furnishing Stores: This industry jumped 3.84% by 11:00 am. The top...

The GridWise® Alliance today announced that New York Times (NYSE: NYT) foreign affairs columnist and Pulitzer Prize winning author Thomas Friedman will join Jeff Immelt, Chairman and CEO of GE (NYSE: GE), in a discussion of the planet’s energy future and the role of smart grids during the GridWise...

G-III Apparel Group Ltd (NASDAQ: GIII) shares surged 17.90% to $28.46 at 12:02 pm. The volume of GIII shares traded was 815% higher than normal. GIII has reported Q2 profit unexpectedly and lifted its projections for the full year. Morningstar Inc (NASDAQ: MORN) shares rose 1.43% to $41.03. The...

Pre-open movers US stock futures rose on Wednesday, giving some hope to the equity market. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 103 points to 10,109, those on the S&P 500 gained 13.10 points to 1,061 and Nasdaq futures were up 25.75 points to 1,792. August was not a good month, with...