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At MCX, gold for delivery in October declined by Rs42, or 0.15% to Rs27,419 per 10 gram in business turnover of 230 lots

(Reuters) - Google's (GOOGL.O) antitrust deal with EU regulators was criticized by Microsoft (MSFT.O) and other competitors in a last-ditch attempt to influence European Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia before he...

Leave it to the world’s central bankers to bring an abrupt end to the lazy days of summer. First we had the U.S. Federal Reserve’s annual Jackson Hole gathering in late August, where the rock stars of monetary policy...

When hedge fund manager "titans" think alike, investors are wise to pay attention. At Holdings Channel, we have reviewed 3,740 13F filings for the 06/30/2014 reporting period, and noticed that Dollar General Corp (NYSE: ...

How do providers decide what goes into art indices and are you aware of what's left out?

The worst performing sector as of midday Friday is the Services sector, up 0.1%. Within the sector, The Gap (NYSE: GPS) and Michael Kors Holdings (NYSE: KORS) are two of the day's laggards, showing a loss of 4.4% and 4.0...

Looking at the sectors faring best as of midday Friday, shares of Utilities companies are outperforming other sectors, higher by 1.2%. Within the sector, NRG Energy (NYSE: NRG) and Xcel Energy (NYSE: XEL) are two of the ...

The thirty sixth trading week of 2014 comes to a close with the S&P 500, NASDAQ and Dow Jones higher in afternoon trading today.

Verizon Communications (VZ) declared a quarterly dividend of 55 cents per outstanding share, an increase of 2 cents per share, or 3.8 percent, from the previous quarter. On an annual basis, this increases Verizon's divid...

We believe that only a few incumbents stand to gain from the ongoing price wars -including BlackRock, which can leverage its position as the world?s largest asset manager to spread expenses better across its global opera...

It was another eventful week in the enterprise software market exiting the Labor Day Holiday, with companies continuing to aim for higher revenue growth through organic and inorganic channels. The stock market, after a s...

We expect Latin America beer divisions to form over 35% of the net volumes by 2020, up from 31% in 2013. Moreover, due to higher operating profits for Anheuser in Latin America, and with higher estimated volume growth in...

Movements in bank share prices over the week largely mirrored what was seen across the equity market for the period. Investor hopes of a quicker economic recovery in Europe were fueled by news that the European Central B...

In December of last year more than 70% of Wall Street economists polled said that the interest rate on the 10-year Treasury note will end the year at 3.2% to 3.5%.  Not one  said the yield would be lower than 2.90% and...

Why corporations won't stop seeking the lowest taxes possible, through whatever means necessary.

The latest tally of analyst opinions from the major brokerage houses shows that among the components of the S&P 500 index, Schlumberger (SLB) is now the #10 analyst pick, moving up by 1 spot.         This rank is ...

The latest tally of analyst opinions from the major brokerage houses shows that among the 30 stocks making up the Dow Jones Industrial Average, Travelers Companies (TRV) is the #13 analyst pick.  Travelers Companies als...

The First Trust RBA American Industrial Renaissance ETF (AIRR) is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Friday, with over 541,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 39,000.  Shares of A...

In trading on Friday, the Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund ETF (XLU) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 0.8% on the day.  Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Xcel Energy (XEL), up ab...

In trading on Friday, textiles shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 2.2%.  Helping drag down the group were shares of Quiksilver (ZQK), off about 29.9% and shares of Culp (CFI) off about 6% on the day...

In trading on Friday, gas utilities shares were relative leaders, up on the day by about 0.5%.  Leading the group were shares of Transportadora de Gas Del Sur (TGS), up about 3.1% and shares of WGL Holdings (WGL) up abo...

Looking at units outstanding versus one week prior within the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, the biggest outflow was seen in the iShares U.S. Basic Materials ETF (IYM), where 2,200,000 units were destroyed, or ...