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A late surge of cases against low-level offenders will push the SEC's case total close to last year's levels, masking a steep drop in enforcement actions related to the financial crisis.

The interest rate futures would help banks and financial firms assess expectations for borrowing costs and hedge risks of rate changes to bond portfolios

Yesterday, CF Industries Holdings (CF) reported that it approved an increase in the company's quarterly cash dividend from $0.40 per share to $1.00 per share, and declared a quarterly cash dividend of $1.00 per common sh...

Google posted revenues of $14.89 billion for the quarter ended September 30, 2013, an increase of 12% compared to the third quarter of 2012. Non-GAAP EPS in the third quarter of 2013 was $10.74, compared to $8.87 in the ...

The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced it will be releasing jobs data for September on October 22, where Barclays expects nonfarm payrolls to hit 200,000 and the unemployment rate to drop to 7.2%.

In trading on Friday, shares of Capitol Federal Financial (NASD: CFFN) touched a new 52-week high of $12.98/share. That's a 13.46% rise, or $1.54 per share from the 52-week low of $11.44 set back on 12/21/2012. That mea...

This forty-second trading week of 2013 comes to a close with the government shutdown and debt ceiling debate behind us, and the markets higher on speculation that the Fed won't be tapering in 2013.

LTD may be on its way to a new record peak. Traders hoping to bet on further gains for L Brands may want to think about purchasing the in-the-money January 2014 52.50-strike calls, which are currently asked at $7.60.

An early-morning blaze ravaged warehouses housing tons of sugar at a key port in Brazil, pushing up prices of the sweetener in financial markets.

Bank of America, Merrill Lynch downgraded shares of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) from Buy to Neutral with a $4.50 per share target price. Currently shares of AMD are trading down 12.2%.

It's a chestnut of the traditional financial media: A long list of the best mutual funds, published yearly with a splashy magazine cover and plenty of eye-glazing tables.

On 10/22/13, Royal Bank of Canada's Non-Cumulative First Preferred Shares Series AA (Toronto: RY-PRA) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.2781, payable on 11/22/13. As a percentage of RY.PRA's recent...

As the saying goes, there are many possible reasons for an insider to sell a stock, but only one reason to buy -- they expect to make money. So let's look at two noteworthy recent insider buys.

In trading on Friday, shares of KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY) touched a new 52-week high of $12.66/share. That's a 62.10% rise, or $4.85 per share from the 52-week low of $7.81 set back on 12/04/2012. That means at today's intrada...

The iShares North American Tech ETF (IGM) is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Friday, with over 191,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 35,000. Shares of IGM were up about 1.6% o...

In trading on Friday, the First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund ETF (FDN) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 2.6% on the day. Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Google (GOOG), up ...

Focus turns to Fed stimulus prospects after govt shutdown; world shares at 5-year high, Google hits $1,000 mark for first time

Looking back to 122 days ago, Weyerhaeuser Co. (NYSE: WY) priced a 29,000,000 share secondary stock offering at $27.75 per share. Buyers in that offering made a considerable investment into the company, expecting that th...

Looking back to 2 days ago, Molycorp Inc. (NYSE: MCP) priced a 45,000,000 share secondary stock offering at $5.00 per share. Buyers in that offering made a considerable investment into the company, expecting that their i...

Looking back to 36 days ago, Kilroy Realty Corp (NYSE: KRC) priced a 5,500,000 share secondary stock offering at $50.00 per share. Buyers in that offering made a considerable investment into the company, expecting that t...

Looking back to 2 days ago, Goodrich Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: GDP) priced a 6,000,000 share secondary stock offering at $25.25 per share. Buyers in that offering made a considerable investment into the company, expecting t...

Looking back to 140 days ago, Air Lease Corp (NYSE: AL) priced a 8,000,000 share secondary stock offering at $26.75 per share. Buyers in that offering made a considerable investment into the company, expecting that their...