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(Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Thursday rejected a request to acquit Michael Steinberg, a day before the scheduled sentencing on an insider trading conviction for the former portfolio manager at Steven A. Cohen's SAC Capita...

Investors are scooping up riskier bonds sold by banks, betting on financial institutions' revival after a wave of regulatory changes since the financial crisis

Comparing units outstanding versus one week ago at the coverage universe of ETFs at ETF Channel, the biggest inflow was seen in the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM), which added 10,800,000 units, or a 1.2% increas...

In early trading on Friday, shares of Applied Materials (AMAT) topped the list of the day's best performing components of the Nasdaq 100 index, trading up 8.3%. Year to date, Applied Materials registers a 14.5% gain.

In early trading on Friday, shares of Nordstrom (JWN) topped the list of the day's best performing components of the S&P 500 index, trading up 11.1%. Year to date, Nordstrom registers a 10.5% gain.

In trading on Friday, entertainment shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 1.5%. Helping drag down the group were shares of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), down about 43% and shares of Live Nation E...

In trading on Friday, department stores shares were relative leaders, up on the day by about 1.9%. Leading the group were shares of Dillard's (DDS), up about 14.8%.

(Reuters) - Iran and six world powers made little progress this week in talks on ending their dispute over Tehran's nuclear program, U.S. and Iranian officials said on Friday, raising doubts over the prospects for a brea...

Just over a year ago, armed men on motorcycles entered a national park in Cameroon, near the Nigerian border, and swiftly abducted a family of vacationing French tourists -- a husband and wife and their four children alo...

It’s a good thing it’s different this time! We know it is because Wall Street says so.

The twentieth trading week of 2014 comes to a close with US markets trading higher in the last hour.

(Kitco News) - Gold traders may keep an eye on U.S. bond yields after the 10-year Treasury note dipped to its lowest level in seven months this week.

History indicates a DirecTV acquisition is challenging to execute, but industry sources think AT&T can handle it.

Union Pacific Corporation (UNP) declared a quarterly dividend of 91 cents per share, or 45.5 cents per share post-split, on its common stock, payable July 1, 2014, to shareholders of record on June 16, 2014. Union Pacifi...

The Guggenheim S&P Global Dividend Opportunities Index ETF (LVL) is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Friday, with over 443,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 35,000.  Shares of...

In trading on Friday, the Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (VWO) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 1% on the day.  Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Sesa Sterlite (SSLT), up abou...

In trading on Friday, entertainment shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 1.5%.  Helping drag down the group were shares of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), down about 43% and shares of Live Nation...

In trading on Friday, department stores shares were relative leaders, up on the day by about 1.9%.  Leading the group were shares of Dillard's (DDS), up about 14.8% and shares of J.C. Penney (JCP) up about 12.4% on the ...

BlackRock has collaborated with electronic market-maker Tradeweb Markets to allow users of its proprietary risk and portfolio management platform, Aladdin, to manage, price and execute orders in the rates and derivatives...

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 cash to mak...

Urban Outfitters is one of the few apparel retailers in the U.S., who performed very well last year despite the edgy retail environment. With its strong brands and a preppy product range, the retailer was able to drive s...

Medical device maker Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT) reported year-over-year (y-o-y) operational sales growth of over 4% in the third quarter of fiscal 2014 to about $4.2 billion, driven by steady growth across all its divis...