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Midyear Investment Guide
It wasn't smooth sailing for stocks in the first half of 2008. Is it time to jump back in? SmartMoney sets out to find the most promising midyear investments. They zeroed in on the sectors that were hit hardest over the past 12 months. The result: stocks whose better days should be ahead of them. They include Valero Energy, Applied Materials, International Paper to name a few.
SmartMoney's Midyear Investment Guide - SmartMoney.com
Oil CEOs: High Prices, Fat Paychecks
Energy chief executives got raises last year much bigger than in other industries. Was it pay for performance-or pay for high oil prices?
Oil CEOs: High Prices, Fat Paychecks - BusinessWeek
Wal-Mart Pushes Square Milk
Get ready to pour your milk out of a square jug. Wal-Mart sustainability chief says the giant retailer is pushing harder than ever to go green. And so - like concentrated laundry detergent, environmentally-friendly cleaning products and compact fluorescent light bulbs, all of which are being pushed by Wal-Mart - square milk jugs are likely to find their way into tens of millions of American homes.
Square milk and mulch from old tires - FORTUNE
Has the Electric Car's Time Finally Come?
Backed by U.S. venture capital, Norwegian startup Think is betting its Ox concept vehicle can prove that the electric car's time has finally come.
The Electric Car Lives - BusinessWeek
Real-Life Families Who Cut Out Their Credit Cards
At one time Suzi and Terry Tolliver charged everything: gas, dinners, wedding expenses. And they had a $70,000 credit-card bill to show for it.They could handle the minimum payments, but the debt was weighing them down. Now that they've stopped using credit cards and gotten out from under their debt they're becoming parents for the first time, adopting twin boys from Vietnam. The adoption is expensive, $25,000, but they're paying for it in cash. See how they and 9 other families decided it was time to break their bad plastic habits. Here's how they did it.
They cut out their credit cards - The Tollivers (1) - CNNMoney.com
Best-Paid Bench Warmers
Which pro athletes do the least for the most? Here's a rundown of whose playing time and contributions don't jibe with their salary status within their league.
The Best-Paid Bench Warmers - Forbes.com
Will Rich Ross really have a positive impact on Disney's movie operations?
Consumers sick of recession, may spend extra on holidays
Corrections, seasonality and Santa Claus
