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Operation Pennypincher targeted the murky world of penny stocks, a historical haven for con men and hustlers that the FBI says is 'rife with fraud.'

Some experts say percentages don't seem like real money to people, especially when it comes to risks and expenses.

The fact that India's share of market cap is running lower than its share of world GDP hints that markets may rally further

Looking at the sectors faring worst as of midday Monday, shares of Energy companies are underperforming other sectors, showing a 1.0% loss. Within that group, Chesapeake Energy (NYSE: CHK) and Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. (NYSE...

The best performing sector as of midday Monday is the Utilities sector, up 0.1%. Within that group, Entergy (NYSE: ETR) and Exelon (NYSE: EXC) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a gain of 1.4% and 1.1%, respec...

The Fed is likely to start raising short-term interest rates in 2015, leading community bankers to wonder, “How much will this help me?” There is not generic answer, but it’s clear that the typical community bank w...

In trading on Monday, shares of Blueknight Energy Partners L P's Series A Preferred Units (NASD: BKEPP) were yielding above the 7% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $0.715), with shares changing hands a...

The US markets are down this afternoon, with the Dow down 0.37%, the S&P lower by 0.50% and the Nasdaq lower by 0.80%. Some of the most actively traded stocks include Bank of America (BAC) down 1.05%, Apple (AAPL) up 1.4...

GOLDCORP (GG) declared its seventh monthly dividend payment for 2014 of $0.05 per share. Shareholders of record at the close of business on Thursday, July 17, 2014 will be entitled to receive payment of this dividend on ...

Both the increased technology-related spending and the super-fast loans are in line with the British government's directive to RBS to focus its efforts on its U.K. retail banking business.

We believe that the click-through rate for these ads is likely to be much lower because of two reasons. First, the engagement duration and effort required for 'missed call' ads are likely to be higher, thus discouraging ...

BBM's cross-platform strategy was off to a strong start when it debuted last year, with its monthly active user base growing by around 20 million within a few weeks of the launch. However, the momentum has died down sinc...

During the company's Q2 conference call, management noted that iPhone sales in China, Brazil, Indonesia, Poland and Turkey grew by double-digits year-over-year and more than doubled in India and Vietnam.

Global banking regulators are considering new measures that would make it harder for banks to understate the riskiness of their assets. The changes could force banks to raise billions of dollars in extra capital.

IEX Group Inc. plans to unveil a pricing system aimed at stealing market share from other exchanges and enticing big banks to shut down their so-called dark pools.

Chinese levels of economic growth call for Chinese investment rates

The collapse this weekend of Wi-Fi provider Let's Gowex cast doubt about the future of junior stock market MAB.

Intel is still a good stock for a value investor, but it's not as great as it was eight months ago.

The iShares Dow Jones U.S. ETF (IYY) is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Monday, with over 158,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 31,000.  Shares of IYY were off about 0.3% on ...

In trading on Monday, the iShares MSCI Frontier 100 ETF (FM) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 0.9% on the day.  Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of YPF (YPF), down about 0.1% and sh...

In trading on Monday, drugs shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 2.7%.  Helping drag down the group were shares of Prosensa Holdings (RNA), down about 15.1% and shares of Vital Therapies (VTL) off abo...

In trading on Monday, electric utilities shares were relative leaders, up on the day by about 0.1%.  Leading the group were shares of Companhia Paranaense de Energia (ELP), up about 2.4% and shares of Centrais El (EBR) ...