UPS

FedEx Independent Contractor Investigation

 

Who says corporate rivalry is a bad thing? Bloomberg report details how the 'competitive fighting spirit' between FedEx and main rival UPS has lead to an Ohio state investigation into FedEx's classification of its 15,000 truck drivers as independent contractors.

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No vested interest
Stock Symbol: FDX FEDEX CORP Stock Price: $60.91 Todays Change: +4.16 (+7.33%)

Looking for an Equity Safe Haven for Current Turbulence?

Don Dion, the publisher of the Fidelity Independent Adviser family of newsletters, pointed out the PowerShares FTSE RAFI Industrials Sector ETF (PRFN) as a potential safe haven for during this turbulent market. Not everyone has the time or the understanding of the markets to make wise investment decisions and this might be the answer for those people.

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UTX, GE, CAT
Stock Symbol: PRFN PowerShares Excha Stock Price: $29.90 Todays Change: +1.53 (+5.39%)

22 High-Quality Dividend Paying Stocks

Alan Brochstein of AnalystForHire has been preaching that this is not the time to "be reaching for yield." He wrote articles in November, July and

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MMM, UPS
Stock Symbol: MPR MET PRO CP Stock Price: $9.47 Todays Change: +0.54 (+6.05%)