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  • FBN Exclusive: Qualcomm's CEO on his newest $3B acquisition

    Published January 08, 2011

    Semiconductor chip heavy-weight Qualcomm [QCOM]is already huge in smart-phone business, but thesemicroprocessor guys...

  • Porn+3D=Big Money for Friendfinder: First on Fox Biz

    Published January 08, 2011

    Live from Las Vegas, Fox Business breaking the news that Penthouse-parent Friendfinder will launch the world's first 3-D porn channel. Friendfinder CEO Marc Bell and porn star Nikki Benzarrived at the Fox Broadcast location at the Consumer Electronics Show armed with the very first shot-in-3D adult film, entitled "Real Porn Stars of Chatsworth." (Chatsworth??? Why not Bakersfield?

  • Le "Best-of" Countdown to the Closing Bell 2010

    Published January 01, 2011

    I was once lucky enough to attend the French Open tennis tournament years ago after talking my way into Stade Roland Garrosby using my Cleveland tv station press pass.

  • Stocks You May Have Never Heard of

    Published December 31, 2010

    That's what's driven David Nadel of the Royce Value Global fund and his 2010 returns of ^35%. He seeks out foreign companies poised to do big business.

  • His Financial Vector is Vietnam

    Published December 14, 2010

    Imagine having been the guy to start stockpiling gold when it was $300 an ounce. Steve Leuthold of Leuthold Weeden *is* that guy. I've always listened keenly to his investment wisdom. His funds have a track record that Morningstar says outperforms funds in its league. Leuthold is highly respected in the investment world. He's fascinating too. Operates out of his home in an uber-remote part of Maine *BUT* insists on access to Fox Business, even waaay up there. So where's he putting his clients millions now? Leuthold is pulling back on bullishness when it comes to U..

  • Wikileaks' Worst Nightmare

    Published December 14, 2010

    Document Security Systems [DMC] is a small company that should strike big fear in the hearts of Wikileaks or anyone who wants to copy stuff they shouldn't be Document Security Systems [DMC] copying. The company's proprietary technology stymies downloads, unauthorized copying, scanningand counterfeiting of sensitive or private information. Suddenly, CEO Patrick White is a popular guy with the Fortune 500 crowd. Ever since Wikileaks spewed private government documents to the world, companies like Quaker Oats, Kodak and other giants have rushed to get DSS

  • Blue Nile Looking at Green Holiday $ales

    Published December 14, 2010

    He came up with the concept in 1998, and 12 years later, Mark Vadon, founder and Chairman of Blue Nile online jewelry company has quite an amazing company on his hands. How else would you describe a virtual jewelry storethat so expertly displays jewels on the webthat it's enough to have convinced at least one customer tohave plunked down $250,000 for a ring, without even having seen it in person? This is the week that matters most for retailers and Blue Nile has a lot to gain or lose leading up to Christmas.

  • Small Cap Super-Star

    Published December 11, 2010

    I love when we can introduce you to people who make a lot of money not just when it's easy, but when it's most difficult. THAT'S impressive. So is Don Hodges, founder of Hodges Capital Management and manager of Hodges Small Cap Fund. He's got $750 million in assets under management and what makes him so interesting is he success. His fund is up 34% YTD, but perhaps more importantly, he blew the lid off 2009. When most money managers were losing air *and* clients, Hodges' fund was up 49%. Meet our Texas pal Don Hodges.

  • Sex Make a Deal! Friendfinder Still Hot For the Playboy Bunny

    Published December 11, 2010

    The bid is still in. 5 months after social networking and multimedia entertainment company (which also happens to own Penthouse)made a $210 million dollar bid for Playboy, we at Countdown to the Closing Bell wondered, "Whatever happened with that?" We picked up the phone and invited FriendFinder's CEO Marc Bell to come on the show.

  • Aykroyd Like You've Never Seen Him Before

    Published December 11, 2010

    And of course, it all happened during a Fox Business chat on Bulls&Bears. Dan Aykroyd, the Saturday Night Live superstar actor and comedian, is also a smart entrepreneur. He and his artist pal John Alexander came up with the concept of Crystal Head Vodka, a high-end spirit in a most unique, crystal skull bottle. They just marked the one millionth sale of the product and he came on to talk about that. However, just minutes before, the debate over the extension of tax cuts had just heated up as Senator Bernie Sanders