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The BSE oil and gas index rises 1.2% to be the biggest gainer

The American dream of holding two Formula One races next season is kept alive after a new Grand Prix of America is added to the 2014 calendar.

In his 1999 warning that the stock market over the next 17 years ?will not perform anything like it performed in the past 17 years?, Warren Buffett made several other interesting observations.

In trading on Friday, shares of Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) touched a new 52-week high of $66.11/share. That's a 55.15% rise, or $23.5 per share from the 52-week low of $42.61 set back on 11/06/2012. That means at today's i...

Talk about a tale of two tapes.  Just look at the action in Lumber Liquidators and Infoblox as of 1 p.m. EST Friday.

As per firm's plan, all the six AGMs of the group's firms on 30 Sept should be over in 90 minutes, without a single break between any two meetings

Sinha continues to be with the exchange despite taking full responsibility for the issues faced by NSEL

Investors eyeing a purchase of Tempur Sealy International, Inc. (NYSE: TPX) stock, but tentative about paying the going market price of $44.06/share, might benefit from considering selling puts among the alternative stra...

Investors considering a purchase of Theravance Inc (NASD: THRX) stock, but tentative about paying the going market price of $41.91/share, might benefit from considering selling puts among the alternative strategies at th...

Looking back to 3 days ago, Synageva BioPharma Corp (NASD: GEVA) priced a 2,750,000 share secondary stock offering at $56.63 per share. Buyers in that offering made a considerable investment into the company, expecting t...

Investors eyeing a purchase of Life Technologies Corp (NASD: LIFE) shares, but cautious about paying the going market price of $74.90/share, might benefit from considering selling puts among the alternative strategies at...

Investors eyeing a purchase of Diamond Foods Inc (NASD: DMND) shares, but tentative about paying the going market price of $24.03/share, might benefit from considering selling puts among the alternative strategies at the...

Investors considering a purchase of Beazer Homes USA (NYSE: BZH) stock, but cautious about paying the going market price of $18.13/share, might benefit from considering selling puts among the alternative strategies at th...

Paychex reports its first quarter earnings on Monday, September 30, 2013, and the consensus earnings per share estimate is 43 cents per share.

Analysts expect higher profit for Walgreen when the company reports its fourth quarter results on Tuesday, October 1, 2013. The consensus estimate is calling for profit of 73 cents a share, reflecting a rise from 52 cent...

Chance of US government shutdown hangs over markets; oil rebounds, paring earlier losses

Wall Street's bearish stance on GNW could add contrarian fuel to the equity's fire. Speculators wanting to wager on further gains for Genworth may wish to consider buying the equity's in-the-money December 9-strike calls...

The last day of trading in London would be 25 October

There hasn't been a better time in the last four years for investing in income securities.

In trading on Friday, the Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 1.4% on the day. Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Banro (BAA.CA), up about 7.5% and shares...

In trading on Friday, music & electronics stores shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 2%. Helping drag down the group were shares of Radioshack (RSH), down about 6.2% and shares of hhgregg (HGG) down a...

In trading on Friday, beverages & wineries shares were relative leaders, up on the day by about 1.1%. Leading the group were shares of Castle Brands (ROX), up about 24% and shares of Sodastream International (SODA) up ab...