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MSCI Asia ex-Japan, Nikkei opens up; dollar firms vs basket of key currencies and against yen

Managers of the world's largest bond funds are taking steps to reassure investors and explain their bets amid the broad bond-market selloff.

Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 7/2/13, DuPont Fabros Technology (NYSE: DFT) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.25, payable on 7/15/13. As a percentage of DFT's re...

In trading on Friday, shares of Francesca's Holdings Corp (NASD: FRAN) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $27.78, changing hands as high as $27.99 per share. Francesca's Holdings Corp shares are currently trad...

Today's guest columnist is author Bill Schultheis. The beat goes on. Corporate America continues its relentless shift away from defined benefit plans and toward defined contributions in helping workers prepare for retire...

The current Congress has not been winning many awards as the best and brightest. In fact, it's been singled out for comical examples of ineptness, an ability to pass unimportant bills laden with pork, and gridlock stupid...

In trading on Friday, shares of Xylem Inc. (NYSE: XYL) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $26.85, changing hands as high as $27.04 per share. Xylem Inc. shares are currently trading up about 1.5% on the day. T...

In trading on Friday, shares of Monsanto Co. (NYSE: MON) crossed below their 200 day moving average of $97.94, changing hands as low as $97.89 per share. Monsanto Co. shares are currently trading up about 0.3% on the day...

The DividendRank formula at Dividend Channel ranks a coverage universe of thousands of dividend stocks, according to a proprietary formula designed to identify those stocks that combine two important characteristics -- s...

In trading on Friday, shares of North West Co Inc. (Toronto: NWC) crossed below their 200 day moving average of $23.38, changing hands as low as $23.31 per share. North West Co Inc. shares are currently trading down abou...

In trading on Friday, shares of Leon's Furniture Ltd. (Toronto: LNF) crossed below their 200 day moving average of $12.58, changing hands as low as $12.51 per share. Leon's Furniture Ltd. shares are currently trading off...

The rupee had slumped to a record low of 60.76 to the dollar on Wednesday on global dollar strength and concerns over huge CAD

In sales where paintings by Andy Warhol and Damien Hirst floundered, photography stood strong.

A study of analyst recommendations at the major brokerages shows that Rockwell Collins, Inc. (NYSE: COL) is the #66 broker analyst pick among those stocks screened by The Online Investor for strong stock buyback activity...

Mercedes occupy their usual position at the top of the practice time sheets Friday as Nico Rosberg record the quickest lap ahead of this weekend's British Grand Prix at Silverstone.

Constellation Brands, Inc (STZ) reports its first quarter earnings on Tuesday, July 2, 2013.

Legendary investor Warren Buffett advises to be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful. One way we can try to measure the level of fear in a given stock is through a technical analysis indi...

Legendary investor Warren Buffett advises to be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful. One way we can try to measure the level of fear in a given stock is through a technical analysis indi...

Legendary investor Warren Buffett advises to be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful. One way we can try to measure the level of fear in a given stock is through a technical analysis indi...

A study of analyst recommendations at the major brokerages shows that B2Gold Corp (NYSE: BTG) is the #2 broker analyst pick, on average, out of the 50 stocks making up the Metals Channel Global Mining Titans Index, accor...

In a study of analyst recommendations at the major brokerages, for the underlying components of the S&P 500, Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) has taken over the #82 spot from Stericycle Inc. (NASD: SRCL), according to ETF Channe...

In a study of analyst recommendations at the major brokerages, for the underlying components of the S&P 500, General Mills, Inc. (NYSE: GIS) has taken over the #95 spot from Prologis Inc (NYSE: PLD), according to ETF Cha...