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In afternoon trading on Tuesday, Energy stocks are the best performing sector, up 1.3%. Within that group, Newfield Exploration (NYSE: NFX) and Diamond Offshore Drilling (NYSE: DO) are two large stocks leading the way, s...

The F-35 fighter's long road toward deployment has hit a new, unexpected bump.

U.S. stocks dropped Tuesday, following the previous session's losses, as oil prices hovered around five-year lows. U.S. crude fell to less than $63 a barrel during the previous session for the first time since July 2009....

Hoping to broaden the pool of home buyers and boost the real estate market, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are launching mortgage programs with down payments as low as 3%.

Gas prices likely to accelerate slide on renewed fall in crude oil.          

Mortgage website HSH.com has updated its estimate of how much annual income a household would need to buy a home in major cities in the US according to Q3 data. The site looked at median home prices from the National A...

On 12/11/14, HSBC Holdings plc's Adjustable Rate Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series D (NYSE: HUSI.PRD) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.2812, payable on 1/2/15. As a percentage of HUSI.PRD's recen...

Europe is already hovering right on the edge of deflation, and a further drop in oil prices would shove the eurozone right over the edge, according to Oxford Economics. The group have used their November prediction for o...

(Reuters) - Benchmark Brent crude slipped on Tuesday to its lowest in five years, dropping below $66 a barrel after plunging more than 4 percent the day before on worries of a swelling supply glut. Oil prices are likely ...

Germany's Deutsche Bank, already awash in lawsuits, can add another legal fight to its plate. The U.S. government on Monday said it is suing the Frankfurt bank for committing federal tax fraud, according to news reports....

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) will update its terms of service and policies pertaining to the privacy settings effective from January 1, 2015 and onwards. The terms of service will be updated to help users understand how to p...

When hedge fund manager "titans" think alike, investors are wise to pay attention. At Holdings Channel, we have reviewed 3,603 13F filings for the 09/30/2014 reporting period, and noticed that American International Grou...

At Holdings Channel, we have reviewed 3,603 13F filings for the 09/30/2014 reporting period, and looked at the various S&P 500 components held by each of these reporting hedge funds and other 13F filers. For each compone...

Most of banks, which include JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs, will need more capital under Fed's proposal than under similar rule by global regulators

In afternoon trading on Tuesday, Healthcare stocks are the worst performing sector, showing a 0.5% loss. Within that group, Merck (NYSE: MRK) and Cardinal Health (NYSE: CAH) are two large stocks that are lagging, showing...

Shares of Ford (F) could trade at least twenty percent higher by June 2015 if the stock market continues to rise and the price of oil continues to fall. Even if neither of those things happen, Ford may still surprise inv...

How can  a small retail business successfully compete with bigger, established players in the retail sector? Gary Turner, managing director at Xero UK, offers his advice. Xero is a supporter of our small business compet...

Madoff's former operations manager is the first of 5 ex-employees to be sentenced.          

Intel's Mike Bell will leverage the Internet of Things platform to make better wearables.

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback (R) on Tuesday unveiled his plan to solve his state's serious financial woes: dramatic budget cuts to state agencies by 4 percent and move $201 million from specific funds to Kansas's general fu...

What's the number-one reason startups fail? Some studies find it's a lack of product fit. Others say it's because companies run out of cash. But a common reason startups fail is because the founder doesn't want to run it...

On 12/11/14, Public Storage's 6.5% Cumulative Preferred Share of Beneficial Interest, Series P (NYSE: PSA.PRP) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.4062, payable on 12/30/14. As a percentage of PSA.PR...