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Stocks of pharmaceutical companies such as Tekmira, GlaxoSmithKline and Sarepta Therapeutics rose significantly on Tuesday after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the first case of Ebola in the Uni...

Individual investors boosted their fixed-income and cash allocations last month, according to the September AAII Asset Allocation survey.

The stock gained 67% in September to reach a new 52-week high of Rs116, as the company resumed production at units that made ammonia and urea

Total external debt has increased on back of funds mobilized through a foreign currency deposit scheme and funds raised by companies through external commercial borrowings

On a consolidated basis, revenue from international business contributed 53% of total revenue in the last fiscal

At Holdings Channel, we have reviewed 3,751 13F filings for the 09/30/2014 reporting period, and looked at the various S&P 500 components held by each of these reporting hedge funds and other 13F filers. For each compone...

In afternoon trading on Wednesday, Technology & Communications stocks are the worst performing sector, showing a 2.0% loss. Within the sector, Seagate Technology (NASD: STX) is lagging, showing a loss of 3.6%. Among tech...

In afternoon trading on Wednesday, Utilities stocks are the best performing sector, up 0.9%. Within the sector, NRG Energy (NYSE: NRG) and Exelon (NYSE: EXC) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a gain of 2.5% a...

Mangalore Chemicals shares rose 3.53% to close at Rs101.25 on BSE on Wednesday

The gradual customer shift from store to online shopping has already begun as foot traffic has declined by 5% year over year in almost every month during the last couple of years, but e-commerce sales have grown by 15% y...

The correct timing and method of price hikes, innovative new menu additions and strong marketing has helped the company in stealing market share from QSR brands. Considering the above facts, it hardly leaves any doubt th...

While Walgreen remains confident of seeing a continuing growth in its top line, it believes that the margin pressure will persist in the short-term. A cautious consumer, ongoing reimbursement pressure, generic drug infla...

Deutsche Bank AG has frozen the payment of millions of euros in bonuses to current and former senior executives to reflect the risks from legal investigations, people familiar with the matter said.

With this spin-off, PayPal will become more nimble and focused, which is necessary given the recent innovations in payment processing industry. Additionally, eBay will have more cash to fund its own operations instead of...

Phillips 66 (PSX) has declared a quarterly dividend of 50 cents per share on Phillips 66 common stock. The dividend is payable on Dec. 1, 2014 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on Nov. 14, 2014.

A booming American cannabis industry has fostered a growing group of entrepreneurs looking to make millions from marijuana products. But even in states where recreational use is legal, enterprising business owners are se...

The EGShares FTSE Beyond BRICs ETF (BBRC) is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Wednesday, with over 652,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 91,000.  Shares of BBRC were off about...

In trading on Wednesday, the Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 2.5% on the day.  Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Gabriel Resources (GBU.CA), up abou...

In trading on Wednesday, airlines shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 2.4%.  Helping drag down the group were shares of GOL Linhas (GOL), off about 6.7% and shares of Spirit Airlines (SAVE) off about...

In trading on Wednesday, precious metals shares were relative leaders, up on the day by about 1.3%.  Leading the group were shares of Hecla Mining Company (HL), up about 5.7% and shares of Midway Gold (MDW) up about 5.3...

Should another world war occur, there will be two new domains of conflict in addition to air, naval and land forces: space and cyber warfare. The latter will be the first-ever, man-made domain of conflict, while the othe...

The latest tally of analyst opinions from the major brokerage houses shows that among the components of the S&P 500 index, United Rentals (URI) is now the #84 analyst pick, moving up by 1 spot.         This rank i...