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Wealthy investors are embracing a somewhat surprising and potentially risky strategy: pawning their stocks and bonds.

E.S. Browning: When the Dow industrials reach record territory, everyone wants a piece of the action.

Large U.S. banks and the Fed are clashing over the two-part "stress test" release schedule adopted this year.

Mario Draghi has toiled to repair the euro zone's broken financial engine. But the European Central Bank president still can't seem to fix the transmission. Until that happens, further rate cuts or bank-support measures ...

A weekly look at the highest ranked stocks to buy in the big emerging markets of Brazil, Russia, India and China, based on the valuation models at equity forecasting firm ValuEngine.com. In other words, these company nam...

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The U.K. found no allies in its opposition to strict caps on bankers' bonuses in the European Union, leaving lenders with little hope that the new rules will be changed significantly before they are formally adopted.

Google has spent years learning to speak advertisers' language. Now, slowly but surely, Facebook is building up its own vocabulary. And looking to steal some of Google's business.

Take Two Interactive (TTWO) has strung together two consecutive beats and is a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy).

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Teradata (TDC) had its estimates lowered by UBS (UBS) to reflect fewer large deals in the first quarter. A $70 price target was issued with a neutral rating.

Apollo Group (APOL) was upgraded by Deutsche Bank (DB) from sell to hold with a price target of $17 as the firm believes that the current stock price provides investors with an attractive entry point.

Synovus Financial Corporation (SNV) maintained its quarterly dividend of 1 cent per share. The dividend will be payable on April 1, 2013 to shareholders of record as of March 21, 2013.

While its ubiquity has helped keep the Dow in the financial markets' lexicon, market participants say it has maintained its relevance because of its ability to be nimble and adjust to changes in American industry.

U.S. stocks are getting all the attention as they soar to new highs. But bond fans can boast that their investments have easily outperformed equities in the five-plus years it took stocks to break even.

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Bank of Nova (BNS) announced on Tuesday that profit for the quarter increased by 13 percent, mainly due to acquisitions. The company earned $1.63 billion Canadian, or $1.25 Canadian per share, for the first fiscal quarte...

Citigroup CEO Michael Corbat proposed to company executives a slate of more-rigorous measures to track both the performance of individual executives and the third-largest U.S. bank as a whole.

An academic seen as the brains behind Japan's push for aggressive monetary easing pulled no punches in his criticism of the Bank of Japan at a confirmation hearing on his nomination to be a deputy governor.

U.S. stock futures rallied ahead of data on service-sector activity, putting the Dow Jones Industrial Average in position to make a run at its record.

The euro and pound rise then fall as a wave of mostly solid economic data gives way to caution ahead of key policy updates from the ECB and Bank of England later in the week.

European stocks rallied, helped by a raft of solid earnings releases.