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The SEC's chairman opened the door to a potential overhaul of financial-market oversight, saying the special regulatory status of U.S. exchanges may not best serve investors or public companies.

Dan Loeb is adding art criticism to his investor activism, accusing the management of auction powerhouse Sotheby's of failing to understand what kind of art sells best.

Banks in Germany, Belgium and Luxembourg that own about $1 billion of bankrupt Detroit's bonds are taking a page out of the hedge-fund playbook to carve out their share of the city's meager cash pile.

The stakes facing J.P. Morgan Chase are formidable.  Just over the past 9 months of 2013 J.P. Morgan Chase ranks first in revenue,($4.66 billion) first in  the underwriting  of new global stocks and bonds,($384 bill...

US government still shut, debt ceiling deadline looms, Wall Street slumps

Healthcare and financial industries saw the highest number of job cuts last month.

The government has been forcing banks to compensate aggrieved customers, providing a bit of a boost to the moribund British economy.

(Kitco News) - Gold values could still gain if interest rates rise, as long as rates are rising because inflation is also rising, said commodity market watchers on Thursday.

IBM has significant economies of scale working in its favor and most of their lower-margin businesses have been jettisoned.

In trading on Thursday, shares of Campus Crest Communities, Inc. (NYSE: CCG) touched a new 52-week low of $9.86/share. That's a $4.50 share price drop, or -31.34% decline from the 52-week high of $14.36 set back on 04/09...

It was another rough opening for the stock market on Wednesday with the Dow trading down as much as 147 points before closing down just 58 points. The S&P 500 had a low of 1680.34 before closing at 1693.87. The September...

The seller of Corona beer, Svedka Vodka and Robert Mondavi wines reported net earnings 96 cents per share.

In isolation, the arrest of Akil Mochtar, the head of Indonesia's Constitutional Court, on suspicion of corruption yesterday, could be passed off as an inevitable faltering step in the progress of a young democracy. But ...

Thoughts on the excitement over Twitter.

Looking back to 14 days ago, Shutterstock (NYSE: SSTK) priced a 4,600,000 share secondary stock offering at $60.00 per share. Buyers in that offering made a considerable investment into the company, expecting that their ...

Looking back to 51 days ago, Roadrunner Transportation Systems Inc (NYSE: RRTS) priced a 4,300,000 share secondary stock offering at $27.00 per share. Buyers in that offering made a considerable investment into the compa...

Looking back to 148 days ago, Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASD: ISIS) priced a 9,000,000 share secondary stock offering at $19.00 per share. Buyers in that offering made a considerable investment into the company, expect...

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Investors considering a purchase of athenahealth (NASD: ATHN) stock, but cautious about paying the going market price of $111.06/share, might benefit from considering selling puts among the alternative strategies at thei...

Investors eyeing a purchase of Medidata Solutions (NASD: MDSO) shares, but tentative about paying the going market price of $97.22/share, might benefit from considering selling puts among the alternative strategies at th...