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Symantec, the security software corporation, beat Wall Street analysts' quarterly profit and revenue predictions with its Tuesday posting. This had the effect of sending the company's stock shares up by 3 percent.

I remember driving home one night listening the radio (in the days before podcasting, maybe 20 months ago).

I've come to the conclusion that the Stock Market is an easier medium for investors to understand (i.e., to form behavioral expectations about) than the Fixed Income Market.

One of the most enlightening experiences I've had in my 5+ years at Yahoo was sitting in on some usability tests. Being on the "watching" side of the one way glass is fun.

Last month, the gross domestic product for the U.S. was estimated to grow at a rate of 3.1% in the first quarter of this year. The rate turned out to be bigger than that according to a report released today by the Commerce Department.

A report released today by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) says that it has reduced its expectations for economic growth in 2005.

Hewlett-Packard shares went up as much as 3.3% after the company posted results that beat Wall Street expectations and new CEO, Mark Hurd announced that the company is planning to cut costs.

Wal-Mart predicted that it will miss Wall Street expectations for its current-quarter earnings as a result of a drop in consumer spending. On the other hand, Target's earnings exceeded Wall Street expectations.