Should You Use Options to Go Short?

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Published June 4, 2010 at 12:24 p.m.
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Two Fools look at whether options are safer than stock-shorting ...

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[$$] Oil s Slide Unleashes Energy Bulls in Options (at The Wall Street Journal)

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Published May 5, 2010 at 3:44 p.m.

Oil s Slide Unleashes Energy Bulls in Options Goldman strategists recommend bullish positions in Suncor Energy and Hess, thinking the price of crude is bound to rise, fueling gains in the companies stocks ...

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Options Traders Bet on MGM Shares Doubling (Indie Research)

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Published Dec. 28, 2009 at 6:07 p.m.

A hazy near-term outlook for Las Vegas has weighed on casino shares, but some options traders are looking MGM Mirage shares to double ...

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Options? Are You Nuts?!

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Published Dec. 13, 2009 at 8:00 a.m.
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Is the options market really a place for individual investors? ...

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10 Things Your Headhunter Won't Tell You (10 Things)

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Published Oct. 25, 2009 at 11:00 p.m.
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1. “I’ll play you for a sucker.” ... Headhunters come in two flavors. “Retained” executive search firms, such as blue-chippers Korn/Ferry International or Heidrick & Struggles, charge a company up front to locate candidates for client openings. “Contingency” search firms, on the other hand, get paid by employers only if they place a candidate. The payoff? For both, around a third of your first year’s salary ... Charging the candidate for a search is verboten. The Association of

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New Alliances Shake Up Frequent-Flier Programs (Deal of the Day)

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Published Oct. 26, 2009 at 11:00 p.m.
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The potential value of participating in an airline’s frequent-flier program is up in the air ... Carriers are shaking up programs this fall as they settle into new coalitions ... Continental (CAL) on Tuesday entered the Star Alliance, whose members include United (UAUA) and US Airways (LCC). The move means Continental will eliminate the Saturday-night stay requirement for reward travel and will allow fliers to earn elite qualification miles on discount fares, among other changes. As it

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White House says stimulus money still kicking in (AP)

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Published Oct. 18, 2009 at 3:27 p.m.

President Barack Obama is considering all options to create jobs, including another stimulus package, while trying to pull the economy out of a deep recession and deal with a record deficit, White House advisers said Sunday ...

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Trading halted on Nasdaq's options floor (AP)

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Published Oct. 16, 2009 at 6:53 p.m.

Trading on the floor of the Nasdaq stock market's Philadelphia Stock Exchange has been halted after technical problems. The exchange, known as Nasdaq OMX PHLX, handles options trading ...

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Prepaid Cellphone Wars Heat Up. Should You Bite? (Deal of the Day)

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Published Oct. 15, 2009 at 11:00 p.m.
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If you haven't already considered switching to a prepaid cellphone plan, here's some news: the option is growing as alternative to traditional plans -- and now it's getting a major boost from a retail giant ... Prepaid cellphone plans, which allow users to pay for service as needed and without signing a contract, have been growing rapidly and supplanting other mobile services ... The plans are attracting new users and luring many cost-conscious consumers with traditional plans to opt out of

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Put Off Retirement? No Way! (Magazine Cover)

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Published Oct. 15, 2009 at 11:00 p.m.
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Every career has its share of days you never forget. There are the early memories, such as getting that first paycheck, and milestones like scoring the big promotion or the morning you finally moved into the corner office. But for many people, there's one special day that stands head and shoulders above the rest: the last ... Whether it's marked by a year, an age or even a specific date, the promise of that first day of retirement is the beacon that guides people through the often daunting

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