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BEIJING -- China should set an economic growth target of 6.5-7 percent for 2015, below its goal for 2014, and refrain from stimulus measures unless activity threatens to slow sharply from that level, the International Mo...

The pop comes off of a down day for the market at large and for LinkedIn especially.

This article discusses Burger King's international expansion plans, the pros and cons of its fully franchised business model and also, how the prices hike by the company on conventional menu items might drive overall pro...

For the week ended July 25, 2014 financial markets were mixed. Domestically, REITs, Small, and Mid Cap stocks sold off while Large Cap stocks were unchanged. I-Shares Cohen & Steers Realty Major Index ETF (ICF) was down ...

The worst performing sector as of midday Thursday is the Industrial sector, showing a 1.6% loss. Within that group, L-3 Communications Holdings (NYSE: LLL) and Pentair (NYSE: PNR) are two large stocks that are lagging, s...

In afternoon trading on Thursday, Energy stocks are the best performing sector, losing just 0.7%. Within that group, Marathon Petroleum (NYSE: MPC) and Tesoro (NYSE: TSO) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a g...

Gold is always an appealing investment in times of trouble. And as the Middle East conflict intensifies and Russian-backed rebels continue their activities in Ukraine, the metal has had a great run in the past few months...

(Reuters) -- U.S. stocks slumped in a broad decline Thursday, with the Dow and S&P 500 turning negative for July on concerns over the strength of overseas economies and continuing tensions with Russia. Weak U.S. data con...

More than eight in 10 American families say college opportunities are so worth the price, that they're willing to stretch themselves financially in order to send their children to school, lender Sallie Mae reports in a n...

Suncor Energy has approved an increase in the company's quarterly dividend to $0.28 per share on its common shares, from the previous level of $0.23 per share. The dividend is payable September 25, 2014 to shareholders o...

Lower gold prices and shipment volumes adversely affected the company's results. The company's suspended exports from Indonesia negatively impacted its copper shipments.

Bargain hunters are wise to pay careful attention to insider buying, because although there are many various reasons for an insider to sell a stock, presumably the only reason they would use their hard-earned cash to mak...

The last six months have been a struggling period for all the major fast-food companies with rising competition from the fast-casual restaurants such as Chipotle Mexican Grill and Panera Bread. Moreover, Burger King has ...

Despite posting strong growth in the U.S., Audi volumes lagged those of BMW and Mercedes by over 44% in the country through June. Audi hasn't been able to catch its compatriots in the U.S. mainly due to the absence of lo...

Fueled by robust growth in number of subscribers and a marginal increase in ARPU (average revenue per subscriber), the satellite radio provider's subscription revenues jumped by 7.8% and overall revenues increased by 10%...

Management stated that most of the company's network upgrade has been completed and its 4G LTE network now covers about 254 million people in 488 cities across the country. We expect this to help the carrier reduce its h...

(Kitco News) - The impact that Argentina’s latest default will have over global financial markets is being “overblown,” which is why it hasn’t created a safe-haven bid for the gold market, said some analysts.

The iShares MSCI USA Momentum Factor ETF (MTUM) is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Thursday, with over 135,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 28,000.  Shares of MTUM were down...

In trading on Thursday, the Guggenheim BulletShares 2015 Corporate Bond ETF (BSCF) is outperforming other ETFs, trading flat on the day.  Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Astrazeneca ...

In trading on Thursday, music & electronics stores shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 4.3%.  Helping drag down the group were shares of hhgregg (HGG), down about 15.3% and shares of Radioshack (RSH)...

In trading on Thursday, consumer services shares were relative leaders, down on the day by about 0.1%.  Leading the group were shares of Service Corporation (SCI), up about 4.4% and shares of Weight Watchers Internation...

Stocks reeling Thursday as international worries overwhelm bulls.