Indeed, it is when investors are blindsided by the very corporate malfeasance and mismanagement that short-sellers seek to root out that they lose confidence in the stock market.

FORBES: Political Economy

Equity returns before valuation adjustments are a function of earnings growth (which have their root in GDP growth) and dividend yield including stock buybacks.

FORBES: The Next 10 Years

However we acknowledge that if the iPhone 5 fails to reveal new features that impress Apple followers as one WSJ article yesterday highlights, this could weigh on the stock as fears of product fatigue take root.

FORBES: Apple Stock Price Lives And Dies With iPhone

Known as Nexus Root Toolkit, the program can be used to easily unlock and root Nexus devices, and can also return them to stock and re-lock the bootloader.

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