U.S. companies should pay U.S. taxes

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Dear AbbVie CEO Richard Gonzalez,

I am a shareholder of your company. I am pretty happy with how the stock has done since it was spun-off from Abbott Laboratories (ABT) last year. (I own that too.) MORE

Amazon stock: Look out below?

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Amazon was the anti-Apple ... for one day at least. Amazon unveiled a new product on Wednesday that wasn't a surprise to anybody, and the stock went up!

But Amazon gave up much of those gains MORE

T-Mobile CEO blasts AT&T and Amazon on Twitter

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Tell us how you really feel about AT&T, John Legere.

The enigmatic T-Mobile (TMUS) CEO, whose Twitter profile picture makes him look more like an 80s hair metal icon than a corporate suit, has often had MORE

BlackBerry running out of lives

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Does BlackBerry have more lives than a cat?

Every time the company's stock hurtles from a stunningly great height, it somehow seems -- in cat-like fashion -- to land on its feet.

(Rumor has it that the MORE

The most important stock in the Dow is ...

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Stocks have pulled back a bit from their all-time highs lately.  It makes sense. The bull needs a rest. He needs to nap every now and then.

But there is one reason why I think that MORE

Just 27% of investors bother to vote

If retail investors received a "participation" grade, they'd definitely be flunking.

A key benefit of owning shares in a company -- besides the gains or losses as the stock moves -- is the ability to vote in corporate elections. Shareholders get a voice in many key decisions, including the approval of members on the company's board of directors.

It's a lot of power, but average Joe's who own stock rarely bother to exercise MORE

No profits? No problem for biotechs!

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Earnings are supposed to matter. But that little bit of Investing 101 may need to be thrown out of the window when it comes to biotech stocks.

The biotech sector has staged a remarkable comeback from MORE

Want to make a lot of money? Be a bank CEO

In 2013, it paid to be the boss of a bank.

The CEO of Wells Fargo, John Stumpf, received $19.3 million last year. That includes base pay, bonus, stock options and long-term incentive awards if Stumpf hits his targets.

Stumpf won the highest paid bank CEO prize, according to a study of regulatory filings by SNL Financial, but you don't have to be the head of a mega-size financial group to rake MORE

Uber is worth more than Barbie

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That's one expensive cab ride! Uber disclosed Friday that it had raised $1.2 billion from investors. The latest round of financing values the company at a whopping $18.2 billion.

To put that in perspective, Uber -- MORE

Netflix: Buy or sell?

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Netflix stock was hit so hard earlier this year, it made you wonder if billionaire Raymond Tusk from "House of Cards" was shorting it. Or if religious zealot Pennsatucky from "Orange is the New Black" MORE