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The upcoming week is loaded with a host of data, including numbers on manufacturing, inflation, housing and the nation's GDP, not to mention Ben Bernanke's swan song at the Federal Open Market Committee, or FOMC, meeting...

The report also highlights the vulnerability of Bitcoin exchanges to hacking

Exxon Mobil raised its quarterly dividend 10.5% to 63 cents a share Wednesday, but Dow Jones Indices senior index analyst Howard Silverblatt says the company?s annual of $11.3 billion will still be hair below that of App...

(Kitco News) - The sharp drop in the price of gold and silver in early 2013 unleashed a wave of pent up demand, which was clearly seen in the sale of silver coins.

(Kitco News) - Gold prices ended the U.S. day session moderately higher Monday on short covering following recent selling pressure and as traders squared positions ahead of this week?s FOMC meeting results. The key ?out...

In the current quarter, we would be closely monitoring Oracle?s growth in new software licenses, which serves as the bellwether for the global IT industry, and its new software license deferred revenue levels.

It would also require a complicated merger of different network bands and technologies, made all the more risky by the fact that Sprint is currently undertaking an expensive network modernization drive of its own that in...

Private non-bank lending, or person-to-person (P2P) lending, is back on terra firma in China after two years of turbulence with Chinese underground banking woes, supplying much-needed cash to small businesses and individ...

Incredible returns never last forever, and there's increased hand-wringing about how soon the music may stop.

The social network's stock has surged since it debuted on the New York Stock Exchange last month. Today, however, analysts from Wells Fargo and SunTrust showed skepticism about the stock's rapid gains.

Salesforce.com has helped pioneer the software as a service business model, but the first-mover advantage can be short lived.

Historically December is a bullish month. In the last 100 years December has closed higher than it opened on 65% of all occasions. In the past twenty years it has done so 17 times. That doesn't mean the market indexes tr...

Using historical and sentiment data, here are lists of bullish and bearish contrarian stock plays for next year.

The maximum amount an individual can save in a 401(k) for 2013 is $17,500 a year, or $23,000 if you're 50 or older. If that's attainable, go for it. If it sounds like a long shot, consider these smaller moves that can he...

Holdings in the 14 biggest ETPs plunged 31% since the start of January, the first annual fall since the funds started trading in 2003

In trading on Monday, rental, leasing, & royalty shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 0.9%. Helping drag down the group were shares of VOC Energy Trust (VOC), off about 3.7% and shares of Permian Basin...

Researchers in Australia have successfully grown a human kidney from stem cells. The breakthrough marks a major advance in treating kidney disease and more avenues in bioengineering human organs. Researchers published th...

In trading on Monday, aerospace & defense shares were relative leaders, up on the day by about 2.8%. Leading the group were shares of AerCap Holdings (AER), up about 33.5% and shares of LMI Aerospace (LMIA) up about 10.6...

For many people in their 30s, the decade can feel "lost" and unnerving in a variety of ways. Friends get married, people move away for better opportunities. It's a time of great change.

In trading on Monday, the Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 2.9% on the day. Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of DRDGOLD (DRD), up about 36.9% and shares...

Dow Jones rises 0.89%, S&P 500 gains 0.72%, Nasdaq adds 0.77%

A look at some notable Apple hires and what they're doing today.