Smart, routine use of natural gas for transportation is still a long way away, but its prospects beat any other source you can name.

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Large-cap growth stocks are significantly outperforming their value counterparts this year -- and Apple (AAPL) has had a pretty loud say in it.

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Earnings no longer give an accurate and clear report of a company's condition, which hurts both companies and their investors.

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New CEO Virginia (Ginni) M. Rometty is as much of a sure thing for IBM as it gets. Here's what makes her clearly qualified to lead Big Blue.

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Companies have eschewed spending on new hires, R&D, even dividends, and instead are buying back stock at a rapid clip. Here's why.

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Forecasting oil prices is a crapshoot, but one company -- Brazil's Petrobras -- could do well no matter happens in Europe and the global economy.

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