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The U.S. stock market had its worst day in months on Thursday, falling more than 300 points and wiping out all of the month's previous gains. U.S. billionaires also felt the pain, and according to calculations by Bloombe...

The U.S.-based public relations company Edelman said Friday it doesn't know the whereabouts of Steven Cao, head of its China operations, following Cao's detention by police several days ago. Cao is cooperating in a Chine...

There's a reason economics is called the dismal science. Sometimes it defies logic, and today's U.S. government report on U.S. labor conditions provides a good example; the economy added 209,000 new jobs in July, yet the...

The recent Argentine debt default has many tentacles and its effects could be far reaching. Moreover, this is the second default from this South American country in the past 13 years. Learn more about Argentina's economy...

At Holdings Channel, we have reviewed the latest batch of the 29 most recent 13-F filings for the 06/30/2014 reporting period, and noticed that General Electric (NYSE: GE) was held by 16 of these funds. When hedge fund m...

Here we are in August and the debate still continues as to whether the promised bounce-back from the winter slowdown took place, or if the economy is in an ongoing slump.

The home of the late Michael Jackson, his chimp friend Bubbles, a menagerie and even a carnival, is going up for sale. Neverland Ranch, the sprawling 2,800-acre California ranch built by the King of Pop as a kind of test...

Tucked in among all the data in the latest jobs report, released Friday, is one troubling metric that throws cold water on what looks like sustainable job growth. That statistic is called, in economics, the employment-to...

The second-largest city in the U.S. to declare bankruptcy has a new solution for how to grow its struggling economy: legal marijuana. San Bernardino, California, 60 miles east of Los Angeles, is looking to raise new taxe...

Looking at the sectors faring best as of midday Friday, shares of Utilities companies are outperforming other sectors, up 0.7%. Within that group, Exelon (NYSE: EXC) and Edison International (NYSE: EIX) are two of the da...

At Holdings Channel, we have reviewed the latest batch of the 47 most recent 13-F filings for the 06/30/2014 reporting period, and noticed that Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) was held by 20 of these funds. When hedge fund manag...

Forex reserves swell to $320.56 bn, marginally below the 2 Sep 2011 high, and enough to cover 8 months' imports

Union Pacific (UNP) voted to increase the quarterly dividend on the company's common shares by 10 percent to 50 cents per share. The increased dividend is payable October 1, 2014, to shareholders of record August 29, 201...

Tax Report: Shareholders in U.S. companies involved in inversion deals are likely to owe capital-gains tax.

According to a recent report by Tiger 21, North Americas premier peer-to-peer learning network for high net worth investors with a collective $25 Billion in assets, wealthier investors have shifted their investment alloc...

U.S. stocks pulled back as global credit-market woes put investors on the defensive, despite a jobs report that investors said was bullish for equities.

The network continued to benefit from strong viewership of Rizzoli & Isles and Major Crimes. Higher ratings translate into higher advertising income as well as licensing and subscription revenues for the content owners. ...

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 one noteworthy recent insider buy.

The automaker produced 8,763 Model S vehicles and delivered a total of 7,579 vehicles, outpacing its own guidance by a small margin. This means that Tesla is on course to meet the 35,000 deliveries target for the full-ye...

As banks angled to participate in the IPO of China's Tianhe Chemicals, three of them--UBS, Investec and J.P. Morgan Chase--hired the daughter of the CEO.

The five-year rally in stocks has bolstered workers' nest eggs. But consider these six issues first.

The S&P 500 was down 0.6% to a two-month low of 1,919.44