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Upcoming stories from The Street:
Monday, August 20
Ways Colleges are Nickel-and-Diming Students Into the Poorhouse – Sky-high tuition is a new kind of sticker shock for the American family, but these minor charges which colleges are sticking to students are near-shameless. (STORY – SCHRAGER)
Do You Need a Retirement Coach? – 168 hours a week and nothing to do but the crossword puzzle in between your tee time at the country club? You may need a retirement coach. After you dismiss the idea as crazy, get ready to consider it. (STORY-ROSENBAUM)
The New Growth Aristocrats -- In an age of uncertainty and corporate austerity, moving investments into dividend aristocrats has been a winning play for investors. No longer. The companies poised for lasting earnings growth aren’t the ones you think they are. (STORY -- GARA)
Tuesday, August 21
Campaign Cash Rockets Ahead of Fall Election Season – A look at fundraising for Obama and Romney in July, the end of the summer and beginning of the Fall finale. (DEAUX – STORY)
LABOR at the DNC – Some important labor unions including the IAM are basically avoiding the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte. As it happens, NC is the least unionized state in the country. We tell this story through the eyes of a leading NC labor leader – who will ignore the convention. (STORY – REED)
10 Rules When Shopping Online for Back to School – Use these 10 rules before you head online to outfit your kid for another year of school. (STORY--GAMM)
The New Growth Aristocrats -- In an age of uncertainty and corporate austerity, moving investments into dividend aristocrats like Verizon, ATT and utilities has been a winning play for investors in 2012. However, after an earnings season that cut the tails from many high-performing and high valued growth stocks, the companies poised for lasting earnings growth aren’t the ones you think they are. (STORY -- GARA)
Wednesday, August 22
Can HP Survive Third Quarter Headwinds? – Investors are hoping that HP can emulate its rival Cisco with solid third-quarter results. (Earnings Preview) . (STORY–Rogers)
Comcast’s Olympic Challenge – After buying NBCUniversal, the Olympics are just starting for Comcast, as it tries to mint gold by monetizing Olympic content through its various channels and reverse the viewing trends in a world of cord cutting, Netflix, Google and Apple. (STORY -- GARA)
10 Faltering Products and Their Coveted Vintage Versions -- From single-screen movie theaters to cask-style draft lines, we find old-time trends on the rise as their popular versions hit the skids. (STORY -- NOTTE)
Drugs You’re Kids Are Using You’ve Never Heard Of – Another school year, another set of worries about the trouble their peers will get your kids into. These drugs you’ve never heard of top the list of dangers. (STORY – FIVECOAT-CAMPBELL)
Thursday, August 23
Following Paperboy Buffett on His Route -- Warren Buffett’s recent string of newspaper purchases has some concluding the aging capitalist has become overly sentimental toward a dying business. The actual paper trail presents a more balanced story. (STORY -- ROSENBAUM)
10 Rules When Shopping In-Store for Back to School -- Follow these 10 rules when hitting the office supply and discount retailer for all your school year needs. (STORY-GAMM)
Friday, August 24
The Economics of Swing States – Parsing the economic health of Ohio. (DEAUX – STORY)
5 Media Companies Building the Best Moats Around Cord Cutters -- Not sure which media company model will survive in an age where Hulu and iPad watching aim to make channel surfing extinct? Here are 5 distinct media company strategies to build moats around their audiences. (STORY – GARA)
Colleges That Come Closest to Club Med – These colleges have “luxed” their facilities to such a degree that they blur the line between educational institution and resort. (STORY – FIVECOAT-CAMPBELL)
The Five Dumbest Things on Wall Street This Week – Gregg Greenberg offers an acerbic take on the zany doings of corporate America. (STORY/VIDEO -- GREENBERG)
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