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Bargain hunters are wise to pay careful attention to insider buying, because although there are many various reasons for an insider to sell a stock, presumably the only reason they would use their hard-earned dollars to ...

Blackstone Group borrowed $2 billion from banks to invest in single-family homes it intends to rent out as the private-equity firm races to capitalize on an improving housing market.

Massachusetts securities regulators fined a unit of Deutsche Bank $17.5 million for failing to disclose conflicts of interest that arose from its various roles related to a $1.56 billion mortgage product.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is discussing internally whether the daily setting of gold and silver prices in London is open to manipulation, according to people familiar with the situation.

Danica Patrick has already taken the world of NASCAR by storm and her achievements are being noted by those in charge of Formula One.

Former Chief Investment Officer Ina Drew, who oversaw the unit at the center of a $6 billion trading loss, will make her first public appearance since the bank disclosed the losses last spring.

On 3/15/13, Gabelli Dividend & Income Trust's 6.00% Series D Cumulative Preferred Shares (NYSE: GDV.PRD) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.375, payable on 3/26/13. As a percentage of GDV.PRD's rece...

On 3/15/13, GDL Fund's Series B Cumulative Puttable and Callable Preferred Shares (NYSE: GDL.PRB) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.375, payable on 3/26/13. As a percentage of GDL.PRB's recent shar...

A snapshot of the resilient U.S. consumer pushed stocks higher, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average on its way to a ninth consecutive day of gains.

On 3/15/13, Gabelli Convertible & Income Securities Fund's Series B 6.00% Cumulative Preferred Stock (NYSE: GCV.PRB) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.375, payable on 3/26/13. As a percentage of GC...

On 3/15/13, The Gabelli Healthcare & Wellness 5.76% Series A Cumulative Preferred Shares (NYSE: GRX.PRA) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.36, payable on 3/26/13. As a percentage of GRX.PRA's recen...

Ireland sold a larger-than-expected $6.52 billion of 10-year bonds, a strong indication that investors will be willing to finance the government after the last of its bailout loans are disbursed later this year.

On 3/15/13, Gabelli Equity Trust Incorporated's 5.00% Series H Cumulative Preferred Stock (NYSE: GAB.PRH) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.3125, payable on 3/26/13. As a percentage of GAB.PRH's re...

On 3/15/13, Prologis Inc's 6.85% Series P Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (NYSE: PLD.PRP) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.4281, payable on 4/15/13. As a percentage of PLD.PRP's recent share...

Affiliated Managers (AMG) was upgraded by Goldman Sachs (GS) to buy as the company should experience organic growth. A $170 price target was set.

HJ Heinz Company (HNZ) maintained its quarterly dividend of 51.5 cents per share. The dividend is payable April 10, 2013 to shareholders of record at the close of business on March 25, 2013.

Investors jumped at the opportunity to invest in "smart" electrical grids, pushing shares of Silver Spring Networks sharply higher in the energy-technology company's initial public offering.

The euro fell against the dollar after an Italian bond auction met with lukewarm demand from investors.

Dell will provide an activist shareholder with a list of investors, hoping to staunch some of the criticism over the proposed $24.4 billion buyout of the PC maker.

Better-than-expected U.S. retail sales brightened the economic outlook, sparking a flight out of Treasury bonds.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is considering buying 400,000 tons of sugar to stave off a wave of defaults by sugar processors that borrowed $862 million under a government price-support program.

Lots of real-estate funds that used borrowed money to buy risky properties got crushed. Now, TPG Capital is offering a new twist while mining some of the same territory with its first real-estate fund.