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H&R Block Climbs as CEO Says Mortgage Claims ‘Better’ - H&R Block Inc., the tax preparer whose stock slid 18 percent last month, told investors to ignore speculation that it faces a surge in costs tied to its defunct mortgage business. The shares rose the most in more than a year.

H&R Block Surges as Chief Says Firm Can Handle Mortgage Refunds - H&R Block Inc. , the tax preparer whose stock slid 18 percent last month, told investors yesterday to ignore speculation that it faces a surge in costs tied to its defunct mortgage business. The stock rose almost 10 percent in early New York trading.

H&R Block Surges as CEO Says Mortgage Claims ‘Better’ - H&R Block Inc., the tax preparer whose stock slid 18 percent last month, told investors to ignore speculation that it faces a surge in costs tied to its defunct mortgage business. The shares rose as much as 9 percent, the most in more than a year.

Big Time Investors Who Made Big Time Mistakes Example #2 - Tom Brown Prominent Bank Stock ... - By CanadianValue. I wrote earlier in the week about Richard Pzena who in the months leading up to the financial crisis was still calling Freddie Mac the "cheapest stock" that he had ever seen. Read more » »

Obama: New jobs numbers 'positive' but not enough - President Barack Obama welcomed news Friday of better-than-expected private sector job growth. But with the unemployment rate ticking upward nevertheless, he said he'd roll out new plans next week to spur the economy.

Business Highlights - Private employers hired more workers over the past three months than first thought, a glimmer of hope for the weak economy ahead of the Labor Day weekend. But the unemployment rate rose because not enough jobs were created to absorb the growing number of people looking for work.

Bears Bet on a Fall from Grace for First Solar, Inc. - First Solar, Inc. (FSLR) has been a favorite target of put buyers lately, despite the stock advancing roughly 10% during the past two weeks...( Read More )

related stories - WASHINGTON — Here's how area members of Congress voted on major roll calls in the week ending July 2.

Flash crash due to canceled trades? - Regulators are scrutinizing what some in the stock market are calling "quote stuffing," trading in which unusually large numbers of orders to buy or sell stocks are placed in a fraction of a second, only to be canceled almost immediately.

How to Call Bluffs in Poker... and Investing (By the Numbers) - Hough: A pair of new studies suggests when to bet big or walk away.