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Alibaba and its bankers are discussing adding new shares to the company's IPO, a move that would allow the e-commerce giant to raise funds for itself and could push the size of the deal to a record.

Global commodity investors are turning more positive toward China as the country continues to import massive amounts of resources like iron ore, copper and soybeans even as economic growth slows.

Private-equity firm KKR is weighing a plan that would let investors buy and sell stakes in its funds, a new way to trade pieces of these exclusive vehicles.

Investors need to watch home-builder stocks!

The seventeenth trading week of 2014 comes to a close with US Markets significantly lower in mid-afternoon trading.

Bargain hunters are wise to pay careful attention to insider buying, because although there are many various reasons for an insider to sell a stock, presumably the only reason they would use their hard-earned dollars to ...

In our view, though these restructuring charges impacted the company's first quarter earnings, they will be beneficial over the long term, as they will help expand the company's operating margins making it more competiti...

Freeport gave lower sales forecasts for 2014 for copper and gold as compared to its previous guidance in view of the unresolved Indonesian situation. It sounded optimistic on the possibility of a resumption on exports fr...

It was one of those somewhat-rare days that the Dow Industrials closed unchanged for the day. The Dow Transportation Average was down 0.42% while the Nasdaq 100 gained just under 1% for the day. This, of course, was due ...

The company's earnings were driven by strong sales to rooftop solar installations in the United States and Japan, project orders in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) region and smooth execution on the company's u...

Despite the fact that Twitter did exceedingly well in terms of improving its monetization, the decline in user engagement and a slowdown in new user additions has disappointed the investor community. Taking cues from com...

Celanese Corporation (CE) announced that its board of directors has approved a 39 percent increase in the company's quarterly common stock cash dividend. The dividend rate increased from $0.18 to $0.25 per share of commo...

The PowerShares DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio ETF (PRN) is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Friday, with over 152,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 56,000.  Shares of PRN...

In trading on Friday, hospital & medical practitioners shares were relative leaders, up on the day by about 1%.  Leading the group were shares of Tenet Healthcare Corporation (THC), up about 7.3% and shares of Universal...

In trading on Friday, the Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 1.4% on the day.  Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Perseus Mining (PRU.CA), up about 5.6%...

A clash between branches of the U.K. government over bonuses at Royal Bank of Scotland forced the lender to redraw its pay plans, according to people familiar with the matter.

The latest tally of analyst opinions from the major brokerage houses shows that among the components of the S&P 500 index, Crown Castle International (CCI) is now the #78 analyst pick, moving up by 2 spots.       �...

The latest tally of analyst opinions from the major brokerage houses shows that among the 30 stocks making up the Dow Jones Industrial Average, DuPont (DD) is the #27 analyst pick.  Within the broader S&P 500, when comp...

Optimism surrounds Marriott International, as it gets ready to report its first quarter results on Tuesday, April 29, 2014. Analysts are expecting the company to book a profit of 51 cents a share, up from 43 cents a year...

Wall Street is expecting higher profit for Eaton when the company reports its first quarter results on Tuesday, April 29, 2014. The consensus estimate is calling for profit of $1.00 a share, a rise from 84 cents per shar...

Analysts expect higher profit for Forest Laboratories when the company reports its fourth quarter results on Tuesday, April 29, 2014. The consensus estimate is calling for profit of 44 cents a share, reflecting a rise fr...

Optimism surrounds HCA, as it gets ready to report its first quarter results on Tuesday, April 29, 2014. Analysts are expecting the company to book a profit of 85 cents a share, up from 79 cents a year ago.The consensus ...