The Quiet Success Of Discover, a Banking Underdog

You're receiving this newsletter because you've requested it from us. Having trouble reading this email? View it on your browser. Not interested anymore? Unsubscribe. Investing Intelligence Aug 24, 2012 This Week's Top Story Consumer Lending The Quiet Success Of Discover, a Banking Underdog Discover is the second-best performer this year among the 81 financial companies in the S&P 500 Financials Sector index More Top Stories How Opt Out Keeps People In Force employees to instigate exits from 401(k)s, and chances are they won't leave Money Market Funds: Stable-Until They're Not After the defeat of an SEC proposal to boost money market funds' capital, Chairman Mary Schapiro has asked other regulators to weigh in on the need for reform Shanghai Tightens Home-Buying Rules for Singles Curbs on property purchases by unmarried singles flout tradition Hedge Funds, Grimacing, Open the Kimono A new rule requires investment managers to tell the government more than they ever have before With Lending Slow, Banks' Cash Piles Up Many banks are using the surplus cash to buy Treasury bonds and government agency debt Homebuilders Look to Get Ahead of Demand Homebuilders are beating estimates as demand has come back ahead of supply Strange Bedfellows Debate Exporting Natural Gas U.S. manufacturers fear that exporting natural gas would relieve a supply glut that's held down their costs Sex Helps Sell Books, Barnes & Noble Learns It helps that Borders liquidated, but Barnes & Noble finds that the sexy Fifty Shades series is really warming its bottom line The Movie Flop That Sank a Michigan Town A Hollywood producer promised thousands of jobs for Allen Park Unilever Wants to Be America's Ice Cream King The global ice cream leader uses its Magnum bar to spur U.S. sales This newsletter is a FREE service provided by BusinessWeek.com. To sign up for other newsletters, cancel delivery, change delivery options or change your e-mail address, please go to our Newsletter Preferences page. If you need other assistance, please contact Customer Service or contact: Dustine Peterson Bloomberg Businessweek Customer Rights 2005 Lakewood Drive, Boone, IA 50036 dpeterson@cds-global.com To learn more about how BusinessWeek.com applies this policy, you can contact our Marketing Department. This week in Investing Intelligence Welcome to Investing Intelligence, your weekly guide to the broad range of news, analysis, and strategies you can find on Businessweek.com. Our aim is to provide the information-and tools-you need to help you make smarter investing decisions. Advertisement Advertisement Unsubscribe Manage Subscriptions Change your E-Mail Marketing Department Privacy Policy Terms of Use Copyright 2009-2012 by BLOOMBERG L.P. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED