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(Reuters) - The S&P 500 index climbed to its third record closing high in four sessions on Thursday as traders shrugged off data that showed the economy shrank in the first quarter and bet on improvement in the second qu...

Is it that enough positive economic reports are shining through the preponderance of dismal reports to keep the market’s spirits up? Or is it that irrational exuberance has reached the stage where the market has stoppe...

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe election promise to rescue Japanese economy plagued by decades of deflation and weak consumer demand has hit the skids. Japan said Friday that its core consumer prices in April rose 3.2 ...

Skepticism continues to linger. Those looking to bet on an extended uptrend for Valeant Pharmaceuticals may consider purchasing the stock's August $115 call.

(Kitco News) - The highly anticipated meeting Thursday of the European Central Bank could set the tone for the gold market next week, with expectations that the ECB will take some action to combat persistently low infla...

The twenty second trading week of 2014 comes to a close with US markets flat to lower in the last hour.

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(Kitco News) - The fact that Bitcoin was able to survive the bankruptcy of MtGox, the world’s biggest Bitcoin exchange, demonstrates the virtual currency is resilient; however, more needs to be done if the sector is go...

The best performing sector as of midday Friday is the Utilities sector, higher by 0.6%. Within that group, Exelon Corp. (NYSE: EXC) and AGL Resources Inc. (NYSE: GAS) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a gain ...

El Paso Electric (EE) has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend on its common stock of $0.28 per share. The dividend was declared on May 29, 2014 and is payable on June 30, 2014 to shareholders of record on June 13,...

With increased promotion and assistance available to businesses for exporting their products, U.S exports are expected to grow. Major package and freight delivery companies such as UPS and FedEx Corp are bound to benefit...

When ICE initially planned the IPO, European regulators instructed ICE to keep a minimum 25% stake in the company for at least three years after the public offering, unless it can find investors who can. With the group o...

We believe that the retailer might persist with its consolidation strategy in the coming years to further boost its profitability. The improvement in Abercrombie's product portfolio helped its sales during the quarter, a...

As the saying goes, there are many possible reasons for an insider to sell a stock, but only one reason to buy -- they expect to make money.  So let's look at two noteworthy recent insider buys.

Both Tyson Foods' and Pilgrim's Pride's offers make much more sense for Hillshire Brands' shareholders, as it provides them with immediate cash returns without any uncertainty

The Thursdsay departure of Twitter Inc.'s (NYSE:TWTR) top engineerChris Fry, famous for his $10 million salary, surprised tech followers and highlights the intense competition for appeal among users and ease of use with ...

Elon Musk, the CEO of private aerospace company SpaceX, said the company's soon-to-be unveiled reusable space capsule, the Dragon V2, could be ready to carry astronauts by 2016. SpaceX unveiled the new craft Thursday at ...

The First Trust Industrials/Producer Durables AlphaDEX Fund ETF (FXR) is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Friday, with over 568,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 190,000.  Sha...

In trading on Friday, the SPDR Russell 3000 ETF (THRK) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 0.6% on the day.  Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of NPS Pharmaceuticals (NPSP), up about 16...

In trading on Friday, information technology services shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 2%.  Helping drag down the group were shares of Splunk (SPLK), down about 16.6% and shares of Rally Software ...

In trading on Friday, music & electronics stores shares were relative leaders, up on the day by about 0.9%.  Leading the group were shares of Radioshack (RSH), up about 11% and shares of Best Buy (BBY) up about 0.7% on ...

Facebook stock has had a tumultuous ride since its IPO in May 2012. But, as of today investors in the IPO have seen a 65% return on their investment, and those who were lucky enough to wait and snatch up Facebook stock n...