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Nikkei falls 0.7%; SoftBank hits 13-1/2-year high

Maybe the government shutdown will wake the politicians up

Shareholders of Weight Watchers International (NYSE: WTW) looking to boost their income beyond the stock's 1.8% annualized dividend yield can sell the January 2016 covered call at the $55 strike and collect the premium b...

Smelting capacity and a glut of global aluminum inventory spell trouble for the Dow reject

(Kitco News) - Comex gold prices ended the U.S. day session sharply higher Wednesday and took back most of Tuesday's heavy losses. The anxiety regarding the U.S. government shutdown and U.S. lawmakers' impasse on agreei...

Wolfson shares dropped after the microchip designer warned on profits.     

Spot exchange may be shut down if the I-T department finds anything 'adverse' in probe, says government official

Three public sector financial institutions were asked to raise a total of $4 billion by selling bonds

Tumi Holdings lowered full-year earnings and sales guidance in August.

While giant brewers like Budweiser (BUD) and Molson Coors (TAP) still dominate the U.S. beer market, craft brewers have managed to carve out a decent sized niche for themselves. And on a recent 'fact finding mission' tha...

On 10/4/13, KKR Financial Holding LLC's 7.375% Series A LLC Preferred Shares (NYSE: KFN.PR) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.4609, payable on 10/15/13. As a percentage of KFN.PR's recent share pri...

On 10/4/13, Vanguard Natural Resource LLC's 7.875% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Units (NASD: VNRAP) will trade ex-dividend, for its monthly dividend of $0.1641, payable on 10/15/13. As a percentage ...

On 10/4/13, Toronto Dominion Bank's Class A First Preferred Shares, Series Q (Toronto: TD-PRQ) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.35, payable on 10/31/13. As a percentage of TD.PRQ's recent share pr...

Hundreds if not thousands of companies collect art--but only a few make an art of collecting.

These tech stocks are off their highs of recent years but have solid fundamentals. Now's a good time to get in.

(Kitco News) - A weaker-than-forecast report on U.S. private-sector payrolls at a time of a partial government shutdown has added to doubts that the Federal Open Market Committee will taper quantitative easing this month...

Sebastian Vettel has dominated Formula One for the past three years and looks set to win a fourth straight driver's championship -- but that could all change when the winds of change are unleashed on the sport.

Silvio Berlusconi has said his PDL party will support the government of Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta.     

Investors eyeing a purchase of McDermott International (NYSE: MDR) stock, but tentative about paying the going market price of $7.46/share, might benefit from considering selling puts among the alternative strategies at ...

Investors considering a purchase of Office Depot (NYSE: ODP) stock, but tentative about paying the going market price of $4.90/share, might benefit from considering selling puts among the alternative strategies at their ...

(Kitco News) -Commodity indexes may have a new buddy as a physically-backed diamond investment product, available to exchanges around the world, is pushing closer to reality.

Investors considering a purchase of Clean Energy Fuels Corp (NASD: CLNE) stock, but cautious about paying the going market price of $13.94/share, might benefit from considering selling puts among the alternative strategi...