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Green Mountain Coffee Roasters shares this afternoon gained 25% after the embattled specialty-coffee company provided a surprisingly upbeat snapshot of the business that a new chief executive will soon helm.

Students of Modern Portfolio Theory are encouraged to take more risk in exchange for higher returns, but good students know there are exceptions to every rule. Low-risk stocks have substantially outperformed their high-r...

Amarin (AMRN) was initiated at Citigroup (C) with a buy rating and a $20 price target, as the company will benefit from cardiovascular care changes.

Hillenbrand (HI) announced that earnings were higher by 6 percent versus the same period last year to $24.8 million. Revenue was higher by 10 percent to $254 million. Adjusted earnings per share were 50 cents, up 4 perce...

(Kitco News) - Speculators bumped up their net-long positions for gold, silver and palladium U.S. futures and options contracts traded on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange and on the Nymex, according...

Andrew Rice's feature in Bloomberg Businessweek on Damien Hirst includes some interesting data from Artnet, showing that works by Hirst bought during the commercial peak of his career between 2005 and 2008 and subsequent...

(Kitco News) - Sources of platinum group metal supplies from top producers South Africa and Russia are likely to change as current deposits are being depleted, said the U.S. Geological Service.

Orders for core capital goods increased by 1.7 percent in October, the best result since a 2.3 percent rise in May, according to the Commerce Department. Total orders for durable goods were unchanged in October at $216.9...

Now that Mary Schapiro has put in her notice at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), it's time for a new era to emerge that can effectively police Wall Street.

The defence group was the subject of market speculation

First Energy (FE) had its price target lowered by Jefferies (JEF) to $42.50 with a hold rating due to lower power prices.

U.S. stocks are treading water on Tuesday after a $57 billion Greek aid deal was finally hammered out.  The news initially pushed the euro and European stocks higher, but gains for the futures quickly evaporated.

How to safely and smartly navigate Thanksgiving day-after sales.

The ADT Corporation (ADT) maintained a dividend of 12.5 cents per share. The dividend is payable on December 18 to shareholders of record on December 10.

In trading on Tuesday, music & electronics stores shares were relative leaders, up on the day by about 1.7%. Leading the group were shares of Radioshack (RSH), up about 5.1% and shares of Best Buy (BBY) up about 2.4% on ...

In trading on Tuesday, vehicle manufacturers shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 1.2%. Helping drag down the group were shares of Thor Industries (THO), off about 10.6% and shares of Honda Motor Limit...

As the forklift trucks packed up the motorhomes and emptied the garages at Interlagos in Brazil, it did not take very long for the inevitable question to be asked - just how good a driver is Sebastian Vettel?

There comes a time when an investor just has to “tip their cap” to certain market events. This is once they realize that something truly remarkable has happened – this is whether or not the result is f...

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For all the political horse-trading in Washington D.C. over the fiscal cliff, one outcome that seems all but assured is higher tax rates on investment income like dividends and capital gains. That likelihood has inspired...

Ralcorp (RAH) announced that it lost $44.2 million for its fiscal fourth quarter, sharply lower than the $424.1 million loss in the same period last year. Sales increased by 8 percent to $1.07 billion. The company was pr...

The blue-chips rose on optimism following an agreement on Greek debt.