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Concern about the build-up of Russian troops on Ukraine's border sparked a sell-off in shares, while gold rose

Volatility is back in the markets. On July 17, following the Malaysia Airlines disaster in Ukraine and the Israeli land invasion of the Gaza Strip, the Volatility Index (VIX) of implied S&P 500 Index volatility surged 32...

Is Keurig Green Mountain one of the year's hottest growth stories or will it soon crash like a college student hopped up on too much caffeine?

At Holdings Channel, we have reviewed the latest batch of the 24 most recent 13F filings for the 06/30/2014 reporting period, and noticed that Apache Corp. (NYSE: APA) was held by 14 of these funds. When hedge fund manag...

Adventurous investors looking for big returns are pouring billions of dollars into frontier markets, but prompting warnings from big fund managers who say the rapid gains are too far and too fast.

We see a fundamental case in which Time Warner delivers a 20% earnings per share growth rate, with profits approaching $9 a share in 2018.

By Marlene Givant Star

Looking at the sectors faring worst as of midday Wednesday, shares of Utilities companies are underperforming other sectors, showing a 1.4% loss. Within that group, AGL Resources (NYSE: GAS) and American Electric Power (...

More than $20 billion erased from market value of Time Warner, Sprint Corp., T-Mobile US and Walgreen

The outsourcer dropped more almost 5pc amid a wider market sell-off

The rupee on Wednesday slumped the most in six months, declining 1.1% to close at 61.51 per dollar

Compared to bookings of $161 million in Q1 2014, Zynga expects the figure to increase to roughly $185 million (mid point of guidance) in the second quarter of 2014, with adjusted EBITDA of $10 million to $20 million. Thi...

When the company releases its second quarter results, we expect its wireless business to continue to show strong growth on account of an expanding subscriber base and an improving 3G-4G mix. However, it is likely to be i...

In Q4, the Nokia devices and services division contributed $1.99 billion to revenues, however, it negatively impacted operating income as it reported a loss of $692 million. Nevertheless, we believe that NDS can signific...

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...

Before Coke Life hits the shelves in the U.S. convenience stores in a couple of months, Coca-Cola has managed to gain from the ailing domestic CSD industry on the back of its smaller-sized offerings. The 7.5- and 16-ounc...

Private-equity firm TPG, after a few disastrous deals, is pursuing a revival based on smaller investments and a new fund, while laying the groundwork for a possible IPO.

Bank of America approved an increase in the quarterly common stock dividend to $0.05 per share from $0.01 per share. The dividend is payable September 26 to shareholders of record as of September 5.

The SPDR S&P Global Natural Resources ETF (GNR) is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Wednesday, with over 359,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 60,000.  Shares of GNR were up a...

BATS Global Markets is in advanced talks with regulators to settle allegations that one of its units gave unfair advantages to high-speed traders.

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With LeBron James’ return to Cleveland, hopes for a championship team have skyrocketed.  Yet it often takes more time than people expect to assemble the right mix of talent and have those players gel as a championship...