Filed under: Competitive Strategy , Small Business Some of my all-time favorite movies are from James Cameron, such as the Terminator series and Aliens . And this week, Cameron’s latest creation, Avatar , has become the top-grossing movie worldwide (going beyond his 1997 blockbuster, Titanic ).

Filed under: Earnings Reports , Forecasts Humana Inc. ( HUM ), who’s shares (like other insurers’) received a nice bump from the outcome of the special election in Massachusetts, is scheduled to discuss its fourth-quarter 2009 financial results and 2010 guidance in a conference call Monday, Feb. 1, at 9:00 AM (ET).

Filed under: Bad News The market is wildly overvalued given the trajectory of the economy and is being driven by traders. The trade of the day continues to be dollar/commodities/China, but more and more, individual stocks are being rewarded or whacked based on fundamentals, a good thing for stock pickers, but a bad thing for the vast majority of money managers who know little more than the movement of the indices. Continue reading Reason #5 to Short the U.S.: The Market Is Overvalued Reason #5 to Short the U.S.: The Market Is Overvalued originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Sun, 31 Jan 2010 13:00:00 EST.

A daily look at legal news and the business of law: Vivendi Gambled on a Jury … and Lost Vivendi ( VIVEF ) inflated the value of its shares by lying to investors 57 times between 2000 and 2002, a federal jury in Manhattan found this week. The case was the biggest securities class action to go trial, ever

American manufacturers of weapons and aerospace systems could face a backlash over a $6.4 billion defense systems deal between the U.S. and Taiwan, which the China claims could hurt its national security.