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Brent crude for January was at $107.23 by 0241 GMT, up 31 cents

Green Mountain Coffee had a solid quarter, delivering top and bottom line beats, a $1 billion buyback program, and a new dividend.

Wall Street is optimistic about GameStop, which is slated to report its third quarter results on Thursday, November 21, 2013. Analysts project a profit of 58 cents a share, a rise from 38 cents per share a year ago.

Wall Street is optimistic about PetSmart which is slated to report its third quarter results on Friday, November 22, 2013. Analysts project a profit of 86 cents a share, a rise from 75 cents per share a year ago.

In the month leading up to the Gap's third quarter earnings announcement slated for Thursday, November 21, 2013, expectations have risen for the upcoming results. The consensus analyst estimate has gone from 66 cents per...

Optimism surrounds Dollar Tree, as it gets ready to report its second quarter results on Thursday, November 21, 2013. Analysts are expecting the company to book a profit of 60 cents a share, up from 51 cents a year ago.

Intuit is expected to book a wider loss than a year ago when it reports first quarter earnings on Thursday, November 21, 2013 with analysts expecting a loss of 20 cents per share, down from a loss of 17 cents per share a...

Target is expected to report lower third quarter earnings on Thursday, November 21, 2013 with analysts expecting a 31% drop in earnings from a year ago. The consensus estimate is 62 cents per share, down from earnings of...

Wall Street is expecting lower profit for Autodesk when the company reports its third quarter results on Thursday, November 21, 2013. Analysts are expecting earnings per share of 27 cents after the company booked a profi...

Wall Street is expecting higher profit for Ross Stores when the company reports its third quarter results on Thursday, November 21, 2013. The consensus estimate is calling for profit of 80 cents a share, a rise from 72 c...

Wall Street is optimistic about Foot Locker, which is slated to report its third quarter results on Friday, November 22, 2013. Analysts project a profit of 67 cents a share, a rise from 63 cents per share a year ago.

Seizing opportunities throughout his career, Andy Chaw was ready when a huge one came along last year. Now his Singapore company is twice as big.

Barclays analyst estimates sales could take 10-20% hit, even if

(Kitco News) -The gold market construed October minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee to mean that policy-makers would like to start scaling back their bond-buying program "sooner rather than later," which is seen...

(Kitco News) - Silver's technical-chart patterns suggest the metal could see further losses, with a trip to the low $18-an-ounce area possible, technical-chart analysts say.

(Kitco News) - Comex gold prices were trading solidly lower and hit a more-than-four-month low Wednesday afternoon, in the wake of a bearishly construed FOMC minutes report. February Comex gold was last down $25.80 at $...

Emerging market equities are lagging behind the S&P 500, which is on pace for its biggest annual rally since 2003

In a long-expected government shake-up, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk appointed a new finance minister Wednesday, as well as several other new cabinet members, following a period of public discontent with multiple me...

The Bernanke Fed is trying to figure out how to cut back on the QE cool aid without causing a sharp tightening of financial conditions, FOMC minutes revealed.

Tribune Co. announced plans to cut 6% of its workforce, primarily from its newspaper unit, and to consolidate circulation and advertising operations as ad revenues continue to fall.

Throwing billions of dollars at a problem can help clear it up, but there are some other big lessons to draw from the JPM ordeal.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke spoke at the National Economists Club Annual Dinner on November 19, 2013. He has only a few more public appearances before his term as chairman officially ends, and this appearance w...