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The boom in corn prices that helped propel the U.S. farm economy is fading amid expectations for a record-high harvest.

The Nielsen-Max Life Insurance report "Retirement Indices" shows how Indians view retirement.

Shares of FTIL decline as much as 7.4%, while those of MCX drop 5% to hit the lower circuit

Analysts expect the company to either go private or get bought by a private equity firm, with Cisco and IBM being touted as possible partners.

I sniff hotter deal activity and rising loan volume in the air, clutching onto my bank holdings, JPMorgan Chase, Citibank and Bank of America. They remain prime room-for-improvement earnings stories. Let's hope Morgan ca...

The most recent short interest data has just been released by the NASDAQ for the 07/31/2013 settlement date, and we here at Dividend Channel have sifted through this fresh data and screened out these five S&P 500 stocks....

RBI also sold $4.91 billion in the forwards market to curtail future weakness in the rupee

Of 28,290 resolutions disclosed, the funds voted for 47%, against 1.5%, and abstained from voting in 51.5%

(Kitco News) - Two financial heavy weights agree that rumors of China creating a new gold standard for its currency are unfounded and unrealistic.

Housing stocks have fallen from their recent highs. Yet builders like Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (HOV - Snapshot Report) are still expected to generate double digit earnings growth this year and in 2014. Is this stock w...

Sebi clarifies the existing list of activities coming under fraudulent and unfair trade practices can be further expanded whenever the need arises

The fertilizer industry was blindsided on July 30 when Russian potash giant Uralkali announced it was leaving the lucrative potash cartel. Shares of Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan got hit and earnings estimates were ...

Looking back to 157 days ago, Pharmacyclics, Inc. (NASD: PCYC) priced a 2,200,000 share secondary stock offering at $94.20 per share. Buyers in that offering made a considerable investment into the company, expecting tha...

Looking back to 4 days ago, Halcon Resources Corp (NYSE: HK) priced a 38,000,000 share secondary stock offering at $5.10 per share. Buyers in that offering made a considerable investment into the company, expecting that ...

Shareholders of El Paso Electric Company (NYSE: EE) looking to boost their income beyond the stock's 2.8% annualized dividend yield can sell the March 2014 covered call at the $40 strike and collect the premium based on ...

Shareholders of Forward Air Corp (NASD: FWRD) looking to boost their income beyond the stock's 1.1% annualized dividend yield can sell the March 2014 covered call at the $40 strike and collect the premium based on the $1...

Shareholders of AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE: AME) looking to boost their income beyond the stock's 0.5% annualized dividend yield can sell the March 2014 covered call at the $50 strike and collect the premium based on the 85 cent...

Shareholders of McGrath RentCorp (NASD: MGRC) looking to boost their income beyond the stock's 2.8% annualized dividend yield can sell the September covered call at the $35 strike and collect the premium based on the 50 ...

The provision of `1,611 crore towards contribution for conversion of a post-retirement benefit scheme affected results

BlackBerry hits the restart button--again.

As expected, August is already looking more difficult than July. After the first seven days of trading in July the Dow Industrials was up 2.5%, while after Friday's drop it is down 0.40%, so far in August. Stocks got a b...

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