Market News

HSBC's China PMI shows first expansion in 6 months; Brent crude near 9-month highs on Iraq concerns

The federal government is stepping up scrutiny of how U.S. companies are valued for employee-stock-ownership plans, a vital source of retirement savings for millions of workers.

A short while ago I was at a wedding in San Francisco when someone came up to me, clasped my hand in both of his, and began thanking me effusively.

A gauge of expected market volatility last week hit its lowest level since 2007, adding to losses for investors wagering on swings. Yet many traders are sticking to their bets that the placid stretch is ending.

The US markets are mixed this afternoon, with the Dow down 0.06%, the S&P down 0.01% and the Nasdaq higher by 0.01%. Some of the most actively traded stocks include Bank of America (BAC) up 1.23%, Advanced Micro Devices ...

Julian Robertson's Tiger Management LLC has agreed to back startup hedge-fund Kang Global Investors LP with as much as $50 million for its launch at the start of July.

More than 9.7 million Americans are currently unemployed, and just over a third have been without a job longer than 27 weeks. One of the results is that most have trouble maintaining healthy diets. Deshaun Huckaby, 28, i...

For the second time in a month, a foreign bank faces a multibillion-dollar fine to settle possible criminal charges filed by American authorities. But this time it's different because the terms of the settlement include ...

The exchange's net worth was Rs120 crore as on 31 March, down from Rs275 crore at the end of the previous fiscal year

DTE Energy declared a $0.69 per share dividend on its common stock payable Oct. 15, 2014, to shareholders of record at the close of business Sept. 15, 2014. This is a $0.035 per share, or 5.3 percent, increase from the p...

UCWeb has at least a 10% market share in 10 countries across the globe. It is particularly strong in developing countries such as Russia, Vietnam and India, where it is experiencing triple-digit growth in users due to it...

While the housing recovery gained some momentum over the last year, it has slowed down lately due to rising prices and mortgage rates. This has discouraged buyers from spending on home decor and improvement products. On ...

Currently, Nest sells digital thermostats and smoke alarms that can also be checked and adjusted remotely from mobile devices. This move indicates that the company is striving to establish its dominance in the growing ma...

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...

Bajaj Hindusthan pays nearly $18 million, including premium, to redeem FCCBs issued to International Finance Corp

The First Trust Emerging Markets Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund ETF (FEMS) is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Monday, with over 239,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 53,000.  Shares...

In trading on Monday, the Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 2.3% on the day.  Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Alexco Resource (AXU), up about 10.2% ...

The latest multi-billion dollar bank fine stands out against a backdrop of the usual Wall Street shenanigans such as defrauding clients or allegations related to the financial crisis because it involves a French bank acc...

In trading on Monday, music & electronics stores shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 2%.  Helping drag down the group were shares of RadioShack (RSH), off about 10.8% and shares of hhgregg (HGG) off ...

In trading on Monday, metals & mining shares were relative leaders, up on the day by about 2.2%.  Leading the group were shares of Lake Shore Gold (LSG), up about 30.8% and shares of Walter Energy (WLT) up about 7.5% on...

Consistently, one of the more popular stocks people enter into their stock options watchlist at Stock Options Channel is Intel Corp (NASD: INTC). So this week we highlight one interesting put contract, and one interestin...

Consistently, one of the more popular stocks people enter into their stock options watchlist at Stock Options Channel is Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ). So this week we highlight one interesting put contract, and one inte...