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Newly-privatised postal delivery service Royal Mail begins trading in FTSE 100     

Your emergency fund needs to have 6 months of living costs along with any EMI that you have to pay

With the FTSE 100 near all-time highs and US markets in uncharted territory, now is an excellent time to review investments     

On November 22nd of this year, Ukrainian President, Viktor Yanokovych, backed out of a financial cooperation and support agreement with the European Union. Since that time, large-scale protests in Ukraine's capital city ...

The company result was in line with our expectation as the outsourcing revenue grew 6% year over year in constant currency to $3.42 billion, while the consulting business revenues were flat at $3.94 billion. Furthermore,...

As Puerto Rico's economy continues to deteriorate and its bonds continue to erode in value, it sure seems as if the island commonwealth could use a visit this Christmas from Santa Claus.

Disney will be welcoming a new Mouseketeer.

The cost reductions are expected to be strong going forward and based on data from the company's analyst day presentation, management expects total cost per watt to fall by as much as 21% by 2015.

Facebook partially wants to cash in on its strong market valuation, which is at an all time high, and use this additional cash to make potential acquisitions. It also allows the company to satisfy the transient increase ...

(Kitco News) - Gold prices finished the U.S. day session weaker in quieter dealings Monday, as the approaching holidays have squelched participation in most markets. The gold market bears remain in firm technical comman...

As a multiple of trailing 12 months sales, IGT trades at a 34% discount to its five-year average price-sales ratio of 3.01. That multiple would fetch a $26.40 stock price using sales per share over the past 12 months of ...

Sebi notice sought to know why FTIL should not be barred from holding a stake in exchanges, clearing corporation

For many, there's just no way to read great news for gold in the charts.

Dow Jones rises 0.47%, S&P 500 gains 0.52%, Nasdaq adds 0.86%

Newly privatised postal group, Ashtead and Merlin suffer share price falls on their FTSE debuts     

Starboard Value sinking an activist claw into Darden Restaurants, saying that the restaurant operator's plans to spin off Red Lobster won't be enough to turn its business around.

(Kitco News) - It was a short-lived build in large speculators' net-long positions in gold and platinum group metals futures and options holdings on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange and the Nymex, ...

It's June all over again in China. A cash crunch worsened on Monday in the world's second-largest economy despite the central bank's repeated attempts to calm the market by injecting liquidity. Beijing has become so worr...

The traditional advice for retirees is to sell down "risky" investments and increase "safe" ones in retirement.

This is the time of year you should be having some pointed conversations with your elderly friends and relatives.

Loss of the ability to drive a car can be a life-changing event for an older person, particularly for one living in a suburban or rural area. So it's not surprising that some older drivers ignore the warning signs that t...

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