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Africa's richest man, Nigerian Aliko Dangote, plans to invest $16 billion for infrastructure projects in the energy, agriculture and construction sectors in what is likely the largest private investment ever in the conti...

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New bank regulations designed to prevent a global financial crisis such as hit international markets in 2008 have resulted in European banks losing more than $1 trillion of their assets in the last two years, according t...

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) was unchanged in November. Declines in energy prices have been dragging the headline number lower. The Core CPI, which excludes food and energy, was up 0.2% for the month. Most of the incre...

These seven stocks have shown they can manage expectations by topping consensus profit estimates in four straight quarters.

Wall Street is optimistic about Red Hat, which is slated to report its third quarter results on Thursday, December 19, 2013. Analysts project a profit of 24 cents a share, a rise from 20 cents per share a year ago.

Analysts expect higher profit for KB Home when the company reports its fourth quarter results on Thursday, December 19, 2013. The consensus estimate is calling for profit of 45 cents a share, reflecting a rise from three...

Analysts expect higher profit for Cintas when the company reports its second quarter results on Thursday, December 19, 2013. The consensus estimate is calling for profit of 68 cents a share, reflecting a rise from 63 cen...

Wall Street is expecting lower profit for Rite Aid when the company reports its third quarter results on Thursday, December 19, 2013. Analysts are expecting earnings per share of four cents after the company booked a pro...

Optimism surrounds FedEx, as it gets ready to report its second quarter results on Wednesday, December 18, 2013. Analysts are expecting the company to book a profit of $1.64 a share, up from $1.39 a year ago.

Nike reports its second-quarter earnings on Thursday, December 19, 2013, and the consensus earnings per share estimate is 58 cents per share.

Analysts expect decreased profit for ConAgra Foods when the company reports its second quarter results on Thursday, December 19, 2013. Although ConAgra reported profit of 57 cents a year ago, the consensus estimate calls...

Accenture reports its first-quarter earnings on Thursday, December 19, 2013, and the consensus earnings per share estimate is $1.09 per share.

Add bananas to the list of things we love that are threatened by climate change. That's the takeaway from a recent Scientific American report and the conclusion of Magda González, Costa Rica's director of the agricultur...

While North America is expected to see a recovery, with spending projected to rise by around 7% to around $156 billion, a significant part of the absolute spending growth is expected to come from national oil companies i...

The synthetic performance apparel market is estimated to be around $3 billion, of which Under Armour holds about 70% of the share. Since the company does not have much scope to gain share in this market, its growth depen...

The ink is not even dry on the new Volcker Rule, designed to stop investment banks from speculative trading for their own gains and limiting their ability to invest in hedge funds. But Wall Street and its bankers are sur...

(Kitco News) - Gold prices ended the U.S. day session solidly lower Tuesday, as a still-bearish technical posture allows the market to drift sideways to lower amid a lack of fresh, bullish fundamental news. February gol...

Learn why the arguments used by stock market bubble deniers are misleading and flat-out wrong.

Lack of infrastructure to facilitate fund-raising activities a cause for concern, says Sebi chairman U.K. Sinha

Come clean about your secret accounts, some Swiss banks are urging their American clients as the banks prepare to hand over information about such holdings in exchange for U.S. prosecutorial lenience for aiding tax evasi...

It is time to take partial profits, especially on short-term trades on Apple and its supplier Avago.