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The company's metals business did all right, despite rising coal costs, due to higher volumes and steady realizations

The outsourcer suffered its biggest one-day fall for six years after missing out on probation contracts

(Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is examining how private equity firms report a key metric of their past performance when they market new funds to investors, as the regulator boosts its scrutiny of...

Barring any unforeseen exogenous events, the U.S. consumer and corporate sectors are fundamentally sound and will propel the economy forward even as the rest of the world struggles.

In a Roth conversion, you take funds out of a traditional pre-tax individual retirement account, pay the federal, state and local income taxes owed and deposit the funds in a Roth IRA, where your savings grow tax free. I...

For the past year, the stock traded as if there were great uncertainty about the conversion prospect, yet the IRS had already set a precedent by granting conversion to two other stocks in the same industry.

State and federal estate and inheritance tax rates are what drive most people's estate plans, but now that tax rates are falling and exemptions rising in many jurisdictions, how much people will leave their heirs isn't w...

During the third quarter, we expect MasterCard to report solid growth at similar levels as the previous quarter. Emerging markets will remain a strong focus for the company, and a slightly more confident U.S. economy sho...

The falling price of crude oil has brought cheer to not only consumers but also oil companies and the govt which will repair their balance sheets

In afternoon trading on Wednesday, Materials stocks are the worst performing sector, showing a 1.5% loss. Within that group, Owens-Illinois (NYSE: OI) and Allegheny Technologies (NYSE: ATI) are two large stocks that are ...

(Kitco News) - Gold prices traded solidly lower and hit a three-week low Wednesday afternoon, in the immediate aftermath of the latest FOMC statement that was deemed a bit hawkish on U.S. monetary policy. The U.S. dolla...

For the quarter, international sales increased by 6% on a constant currency basis, with China sales especially growing at 10% for the quarter. North America contributes around two-third of Coach?s sales, and the company ...

The company has divested a number of high-cost, non-core assets since the middle of last year. This will help lower the company?s cost structure and better position it to operate in subdued gold pricing environments. New...

According to our estimates, Ameritrade?s adjusted EBITDA margin improved by almost 250 basis points over the prior year quarter to 48.3% in Q4. The growth in net revenues was largely responsible for the margin improvemen...

Facebook?s management expects revenue to rise by 40% to 47% annually in the fourth quarter, owing to difficult year-over-year comparisons. This represents a slowdown against near-60% levels seen during the previous two q...

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 two noteworthy recent insider buys.

Economists may debate the merits of the Fed's historic bond-buying programs, with the latest round set to end this week. But for markets, the impact is clear.

Aflac (AFL) announced a 5.4% increase in the fourth quarter cash dividend. The fourth quarter dividend of $.39 per share is payable on December 1, 2014, to shareholders of record at the close of business on November 19, ...

The Proshares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF (NOBL) is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Wednesday, with over 378,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 52,000.  Shares of NOBL we...

In trading on Wednesday, the SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF (XOP) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 2.3% on the day.  Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of New Field E...

In trading on Wednesday, general contractors & builders shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 2%.  Helping drag down the group were shares of Taylor Morrison Home (TMHC), off about 5.2% and shares of M...

In trading on Wednesday, oil & gas exploration & production shares were relative leaders, up on the day by about 2.2%.  Leading the group were shares of Newfield Exploration (NFX), up about 14.5% and shares of Energy XX...