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In his continued string of attempted corporate raids, Icahn is pressuring Family Dollar Store to put itself up for sale immediately

When hedge fund manager "titans" think alike, investors are wise to pay attention. At Holdings Channel, we have reviewed 3,692 13-F filings for the 03/31/2014 reporting period, and noticed that International Business Mac...

An increase in U.S. housing construction is expected to raise significantly the price of lumber by the end of the year, offsetting the depressing effect China's recent downturn in property investment has had on lumber de...

In this series, we look through the most recent Dividend Channel ''DividendRank'' report, and then we cherry pick only those companies that have experienced insider buying within the past six months. The officers and dir...

The Federal Reserve’s dual mandate, established by Congress, is to maintain economic growth, while avoiding excessive inflation.

Citigroup CEO Michael Corbat revamped the bank's approach to risk assessment and told managers there is "no margin for error" after the bank's March failing grade from the Fed.

Mike McGarr: Becker Capital Management was founded in 1976. We are a long-only, value-oriented investor. We currently manage about $3.1 billion of total assets, and our Becker Value Equity Fund currently has about $315 m...

Argentine President Cristina Kirchner said Friday her government wants to reach a settlement with a small group of creditors suing to collect on defaulted debt, but only if U.S. courts create the right conditions for tal...

In afternoon trading on Friday, Technology & Communications stocks are the worst performing sector, showing a 0.3% loss. Within that group, Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) and EMC (NYSE: EMC) are two large stocks that are lagging, s...

Debt-oriented and balanced MF schemes directed to have a minimum subscription amount of `20 crore at the time of new fund offer

The U.S. is giving taxpayers with foreign accounts at 10 banks until Aug. 4 to come forward--or face much higher penalties.

In December last year, American Eagle entered a licensing agreement with Pacifica Lifestyle Co. to open stores in Thailand, where the apparel market is expected to sustain healthy growth momentum backed by rising minimum...

Micron maintains a favorable outlook for the memory industry conditions for the rest of the year. With a large and diverse memory product portfolio across a number of end-market segments, and the second largest installed...

China Mobile?s total wireless subscriber base at the end of May was 787.3 million, including about 244.4 million high speed (3G & 4G) users. The wireless major enjoys a dominant share of 62.4% in the country?s wireless m...

Through this 20-year LNG supply contract, the London-based energy giant plans to tap into the fast-growing demand for natural gas in China. The company is expected to source LNG from the Freeport LNG project in the U.S.

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.

Manhattan real estate isn't just pricey for homeowners, as evidenced by the sale of a tower at 5 Times Square that sold for $1.5 billion recently, marking the highest price for its class in about four years. Bloomberg ne...

The moment of truth for the stock market  is close is hand. That's because the Fed's tapering off of bond and mortgage purposes is winding down. In three months I believe the Fed will no longer be practicing its vaunted...

Edison International (EIX) declared a quarterly common stock dividend of $0.355 per share, payable on July 31, 2014, to shareholders of record on June 30, 2014.

The iShares MSCI USA Minimum Volatility ETF (USMV) is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Friday, with over 978,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 261,000.  Shares of USMV were up...

A recent article on the front page of the New York Times captured my imagination: “Calling Back a Zombie Ship From the Graveyard of Space.” Having launched the Sci-Fi Channel to prominence and with my science fiction...

In trading on Friday, the iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF (IBB) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 1.5% on the day.  Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Shire (SHPG), up about 16% an...