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The Allahabad High Court has asked Irda to scrutinize SBI Life's policies

As those who follow my updates know, I’m somewhat of a history buff, in general, and am particularly interested in financial market history. Last week’s piece, titled “Carry On,” highlighted that, from a news per...

Governments around the world are scrambling to understand the various terrorist networks that make situations like the ISIS crisis in Iraq possible. Given other high-profile incidents in Nigeria and Kenya in recent weeks...

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE:WMT) announced that it will triple its spending on food safety in China after criticism from Beijing regulators about mislabeled donkey meat and high levels of chemicals in food products.

For solar energy companies, there was hardly a cloud in the sky on Tuesday.

The ten largest solar energy projects currently under construction.

U.S. reaches $968M settlement with SunTrust banks over mortgage issues; settlement resolves probes by Justice Dept., other agencies.

By Thomas Zadvydas

Ahead of the Tape: Investors who stick with FedEx after its tough winter are likely to be rewarded.

he best performing sector as of midday Tuesday is the Financial sector, up 1.0%. Within that group, E*trade Financial (NASD: ETFC) and Charles Schwab (NYSE: SCHW) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a gain of 7...

(Kitco News) - Gold prices ended the U.S. day session modestly lower Tuesday, on some profit taking after hitting a three-week high Monday. However, the market did finish well up from its daily low scored early on. Augu...

Allergan, which is fending off a $53 billion takeover bid by Valeant, released emails sent by senior Morgan Stanley bankers appearing to denigrate Valeant and its business strategy.

Although the division contributes only a fraction of its overall sales (~7%), the recent acquisitions suggest that Nokia is looking to add substantial value to its map offering by making it more intuitive, intelligent an...

Mercedes fended off growing competition from BMW to hold the lead in the U.S. luxury auto market last year, selling over 312,500 units in the country. However, led by a 25.5% increase in sales of light trucks, including ...

Expectations are high that the govt will give priority to modernization and expedite work on freight corridor, which can increase orders

The decision to spin-off Wake is seen as an innovative way by the bank to continue expanding its fixed income business without having to worry about a fall in capital ratios, as it will allow Credit Suisse to shift these...

Prospects of higher prices appear to have propelled tea stocks in early June but they have fallen since

During 2011-2013, driven by the rising demand for new airplanes from airlines around the world, GE Aviation's revenues grew at a compounded annual growth rate of 8% to nearly $22 billion in 2013. Looking ahead, we antici...

Unless growth picks up materially in the June quarter, investors are likely to be disappointed, especially given the valuations

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.

Personal finance guru Suze Orman's "Approved" prepaid debit card is about to disappear, according to the New York Times.

The World Cup is good for "cord cutters," those folks who've eschewed traditional cable TV services for alternatives like Aereo and other services available on the Internet. I live in Brooklyn, and in the interest of ful...