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The Sensex gained 157.96 points to 26,626.32, while the rupee rose to 61.10 per dollar compared with Thursday's close of 61.35

The 2014-2015 season's soybean and wheat crops are on track to set records, while rice and corn look poised to be more in line with last season's record crops. Soybean production is expected to hit 310 million tons, abou...

A study of analyst recommendations at the major brokerages shows that Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) is the #28 broker pick, on average, out of the 30 stocks making up the Dow Jones Industrial Average, according to ETF Ch...

A volatile week in the market has ended on an upswing, at least for U.S. equities: a day after hitting their lowest levels since July 31, the three major indices rebounded on Friday thanks to a solid GDP report, with the...

On the heels of a better-than-expected first quarter earnings results, Nike shares are soaring -- so high, in fact, that the stock hit a brand-new all-time high in Friday trading.

Disclosure: David Trainer owns TAX.

The relatively weak market internals on Wednesday's rally suggested that it might not be sustainable and the weak action in the euro markets sealed the deal by Thursday's New York opening. Nevertheless, the selling was m...

The most recent short interest data was recently released by the NASDAQ for the 09/15/2014 settlement date, and Transdigm Group Inc (NYSE: TDG) is one of the most shorted stocks of the Russell 3000, based on 7.74 "days t...

The most recent short interest data was recently released by the NASDAQ for the 09/15/2014 settlement date, and Extreme Networks Inc (NASD: EXTR) is one of the most shorted stocks of the Russell 3000, based on 7.95 "days...

In afternoon trading on Friday, Energy stocks are the best performing sector, higher by 1.2%. Within the sector, Halliburton Company (NYSE: HAL) and Tesoro Corporation (NYSE: TSO) are two large stocks leading the way, sh...

A study of analyst recommendations at the major brokerages shows that Lear Corp. (NYSE: LEA) is the #84 broker analyst pick among those stocks screened by The Online Investor for strong stock buyback activity. To make th...

In trading on Friday, shares of SL Green Realty Corp.'s 6.50% Series I Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (NYSE: SLG.PRI) were yielding above the 6.5% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $1.625), with ...

In trading on Friday, shares of Allstate Corp.'s Fixed Rate Noncumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock (NYSE: ALL.PRD) were yielding above the 6.5% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $1.6562), with shares c...

Activist investor Starboard Value said it has taken a significant stake in Yahoo and pushed the Internet pioneer to explore a possible combination with AOL.

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

In its final doling out of fees to underwriters for their work on the offering, Alibaba rewarded Credit Suisse Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley the biggest share of a $50 million incentive pool.

In this series, we look through the most recent Dividend Channel ''DividendRank'' report, and then we cherry pick only those companies that have experienced insider buying within the past six months. The officers and dir...

With a large and diverse memory product portfolio across a number of end-market segments, and the second largest installed manufacturing capacity, Micron is in a strong position to benefit from the improving industry dyn...

The Marcellus is one of the company's most lucrative natural gas plays. For instance, the company is targeting a rate of return of over 110% on its wells, assuming that gas prices are around $4 per mcf, with an initial i...

The deal will see 700,000 accounts changing hands and includes $1.3 billion in deposits and $175 million in investments currently held by JPMorgan Chase Bank. JPMorgan's decision to exit the HSA business despite the stea...

According to the latest report by the Association of European Business, sales of new cars and light commercial vehicles (LCVs) in Russia dropped by nearly 26% in August on a year-over-year basis. The one hurt most by th...

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 dollars to ...