Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. CLF -0.03% said it plans to increase its spending 12% to about $1 billion this year to boost its mining and transportation capacity around the world. The projected expenditures include roughly $300 million of sustaining capital and $700 million of funds aimed at improving growth and productivity. The coal and iron-ore producer’s earnings have been soaring in recent... 

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Walgreen Co. WAG +0.15% unveiled a plan to retain Express Scripts Inc. ESRX +0.79% customers by offering a discount in January and other perks as the drugstore chain’s contract with the pharmacy-benefits manager is set to expire at year’s end. Walgreen’s announcement Friday is its most detailed response to the looming end of the contract and the possible... 

QLogic Corp.’s QLGC +4.49% board authorized $200 million in stock repurchases, the latest in a series of companies to unveil shareholder-friendly moves. A number of companies have been buying back shares to take advantage of stock market volatility or to show confidence in their long term prospects. The maker of chips that help connect servers and storage devices has a market value of about $1.48... 

Entergy Corp. ETR -0.29% on Friday unveiled plans to spend about $7.1 billion from 2012 through 2014, and issued its first guidance for next year’s earnings. Entergy’s preliminary capital plan includes $3.2 billion for maintenance from 2012 through 2014, with the remainder allocated to help fund a number of projects, including two power plant acquisitions and a new unit at its Ninemile... 

LONDON (MarketWatch) — British Broadcasting Corp. Monday announced the sale of Television Centre, home to BBC Vision and BBC News, in a deal that could fetch as much as GBP300 million at a time when the organization is under pressure to cut costs. The corporation initially decided to sell Television Centre in 2007, just before the economic downturn, but only in November appointed commercial property... 

Every successful investor needs a game plan… Every successful sports team, every successful investor needs a game plan. This includes your big picture view of how the markets will develop.  It involves identifying winning trends, picking the right asset classes, sectors and geographical regions that will outperform.  Not having a good game plan is a classic rookie investor error.  Without a... 

PHOENIX, AZ and HONG KONG, Aug 06, 2010 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — The Amergence Group (PINKSHEETS: AMNG), a company that focuses on the development, nurturing, and rapid expansion of selected emerging companies across a wide range of industries and disciplines, announced today its new vision called “Dividend Farming” — a methodology intended to more directly share the benefits...