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Gulf of Mexico output returning to normal after storm; concerns over US debt default cloud demand outlook

Through twitter, Carl Icahn unveiled a 6% stake in oil and gas company Talisman Energy, as he continues his string of high-profile activist moves.

Smaller companies are loading up on debt like never before. In fact, lenders this year have let multiples fly despite often citing lower leverage among the benefits of trading in liquidity for investing downmarket.

Stocks fell as the impasse in Washington and resulting government shutdown continues. Traders say volume has been down 17% over the last 30 days on the uncertainty and some have speculated that if there isn't a resolutio...

Clean Harbors (CLH - Snapshot Report) delivered disappointing second quarter results in August, prompting analysts to revise their estimates significantly lower for both 2013 and 2014. It was also the company's 4th earni...

Rome turned dysfunctional and imploded. Lucky for us no barbarians stand massed at our gates. We did it to ourselves.

Genomic Health (GHDX - Analyst Report) is a life science company focused on the development and commercialization of genomic-based clinical diagnostic tests for cancer that allow physicians and patients to make individua...

(Kitco News) - Gold prices ended the U.S. day session with good gains and near the daily high Monday. Safe-haven demand amid the uncertainty surrounding the U.S. government's partial shutdown, a weaker U.S. dollar index...

On Friday, The Mosaic Company (MOS) maintained its quarterly dividend of 25 cents per share. The dividend will be paid on December 19, 2013, to stockholders of record as of the close of business on December 5, 2013. Also...

On 10/9/13, Citigroup Inc's 5.80% Noncumulative Preferred Stock, Series C (NYSE: C.PRC) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.3625, payable on 10/22/13. As a percentage of C.PRC's recent share price of...

Herbalife (HLF - Snapshot Report) the subject of a lot of controversy but it is also a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy).

Avis Budget Group (CAR - Analyst Report), Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell), is a provider of vehicle rental services through its Avis and Budget brands. Although the stock had performed strongly into early June, it has been u...

Default can be avoided.

Barclays downgrades shares of IBM due to concerns over cash flow and the growing threat of cloud computing

The SPDR S&P World ex-US ETF (GWL) is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Monday, with over 757,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 165,000. Shares of GWL were down about 0.4% on th...

Thanks to concerns about continued gains in the housing market, high oil prices, and still sluggish job growth, some are starting to grow worried about the retail sector. Add in high levels of competition, and a number o...

Hotel giant Marriott International has found a new home to trade its shares.

Lack of progress in the US debt, budget talks shakes confidence; Wall Street stocks lower

Borrowing gold from central banks in the late 1990s, the miners sold it in anticipation of buying it back cheaper and settling their debt as they dug gold out of the ground in future.

Low-priced stocks offer the potential for greater rewards than do their higher-priced counterparts, but they're also riskier.

Consistently, one of the more popular stocks people enter into their stock options watchlist at Stock Options Channel is Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM). So this week we highlight one interesting put contract, and one inte...

Consistently, one of the more popular stocks people enter into their stock options watchlist at Stock Options Channel is UnitedHealth Group Inc (NYSE: UNH). So this week we highlight one interesting put contract, and one...