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Apple was the most actively traded stock every month of 2013.

Heavy sales promotion, combined with a weak consumer spending environment in the last three months, led to a 0.9% annual decline in Best Buy's domestic comparable store sales.

Leading up to Discover Financial Services' announcement of its fourth-quarter earnings on Thursday, January 23, 2014 analysts have become more wary as expectations have fallen over the past month to earnings of $1.18 per...

The Bank of Japan stuck to its record easing, as quickening price gains are pointing to progress in its quest to end deflation. Following a two-day meeting in Tokyo, Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda's board maintained to its decisio...

(Reuters) - IBM missed revenue expectations for the fourth straight quarter as it grappled with weakening demand for servers and storage in emerging markets such as China. Shares in the world's largest technology service...

Venture capitalists will raise big money in 2014, the Blackberry marketplace will decompose faster than imagined and it's better to think of Bitcoin as a commodity than a currency, according to Silicon Valley VC firms Fo...

In the month leading up to the Southwest Airlines' fourth quarter earnings announcement slated for Thursday, January 23, 2014, expectations have risen for the upcoming results. The consensus analyst estimate has gone fro...

As quick as an instant streaming download, Netflix shares skyrocketed more than 16% in after hours trading.

AMD believes that it can drive additional growth in the professional graphics segment based on the incremental focus and investments it is making to strengthen its product portfolio, expand its work with key software dev...

As seen throughout the railroad industry, declining coal shipments will continue to impact overall volumes for Union Pacific in the fourth quarter of 2013. However, the positive performance in automotive, chemicals and i...

Excluding wireless revenue, TI's revenue grew by 10% in Q4 2014, with double-digit growth in both analog and embedded products. Additionally, on account of better factory utilization and rising proportion of revenue from...

After the closing bell on Wednesday, Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX) is expected to report fiscal fourth-quarter earnings of 66 cents per share on revenue of $1.17 billion, according to analysts polled by Reuters. The compan...

Despite an expected dip in profit, analysts are generally optimistic about Covidien as it prepares to reports its first-quarter earnings on Friday, January 24, 2014. The consensus earnings per share estimate is 94 cents ...

Kimberly Clark reports its fourth-quarter earnings on Friday, January 24, 2014, and the consensus earnings per share estimate is $1.40 per share. For the fiscal year, analysts are projecting earnings of $5.73 per share. ...

Wall Street is high on Starbucks, expecting it to report earnings that are up 21% from a year ago when it reports its first-quarter earnings on Thursday, January 23, 2014. The consensus estimate is 69 cents per share, up...

Wall Street is expecting lower profit for Microsoft when the company reports its second quarter results on Thursday, January 23, 2014. Analysts are expecting earnings per share of 67 cents after the company booked a prof...

Analysts expect E*Trade Financial to rally after a loss of 65 cents a year ago. Profits for the company, which will report its fourth-quarter earnings on Thursday, January 23, 2014, are expected to come in at 20 cents pe...

Leggett & Platt reports its fourth-quarter earnings on Thursday, January 23, 2014, and the consensus earnings per share estimate is 33 cents per share. Despite not changing over the past month, the consensus estimate is ...

Quality Systems is expected to report lower third-quarter earnings on Thursday, January 23, 2014 with analysts expecting a 19% drop in earnings from a year ago. The consensus estimate is 21 cents per share, down from ear...

Despite an expected dip in profit, analysts are generally optimistic about Bristol Myers Squibb as it prepares to reports its fourth-quarter earnings on Friday, January 24, 2014. The consensus earnings per share estimate...

Wall Street is optimistic about Honeywell, which is slated to report its fourth quarter results on Friday, January 24, 2014. Analysts project a profit of $1.22 a share, a rise from $1.10 per share a year ago.For the fisc...