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Mergers and acquisitions are becoming ever more popular, with activity up 24% in the first two months of this year -- after already growing 23% in 2010. Here's how your portfolio can benefit from this trend.

Goldman Sachs drew some undeserved ire when it recently pointed to proposed cuts in federal spending as a key near-term risk. While the proposed cuts are modest, they could still undermine the rebound at a critical time.

A former Goldman Sachs computer programmer has been convicted of stealing trade secrets and property in an effort to help a Chicago-based startup develop its own high-frequency securities trading operations.

Goldman Sachs reported sharp declines in third-quarter earnings and revenue, hurt by slower summer trading activity. But its profits still easily exceeded analysts' average forecast.

To understand why the American public is so enraged by Wall Street's bonus structure, one needn't look further than New York-based Morgan Stanley. Despite a dismal year in 2009, the company paid out record bonuses and salaries.

The most ridiculous ETFs of all time. ___________________ Weijei explains why James Altucher is wrong about Ron Paul being wrong. I disagree, of course, but welcome all opinions. ___________________ Goldman thinks the market will have a very jolly Christmas. And if Goldman thinks it, it must be...

Goldman Sachs tells us where to invest. _______________________ Freakonomics notes that some good can come from swine flu. _______________________ Four notable dividend increasers in the news. _______________________

How to implement super investor Jim Roger's favorite investment idea. ______________________ Goldman loves these stocks with BRIC exposure. ______________________ Is this stimulus really working? ______________________

My favorite game and yours. The story of tetris. ____________________ The lonely value investor does a sum of the parts analysis on Loew's and concludes its dirt cheap. Don't be so lonely, Lonely Value Investor. ____________________ Never have so many stocks been stretched above their 200-day...