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Investors, in a letter to Justice V.M. Kanade, say his son had earlier appeared for a NSEL defaulter and 'there is an obvious likelihood of a bias'

Public investment markets are inherently volatile. Oil prices have been declining since June 7th when West Texas Intermediate was selling at $107 per bbl. Today, the same barrel of oil is selling at $66 per bbl. reflecti...

Barring a dramatic December downturn, the major US indices are on pace for another year of double digit growth. 2014 has had its shares of growing pains, including a gloomy Q1 where the economy slightly contracted and a ...

The worst performing sector as of midday Thursday is the Energy sector, showing a 0.9% loss. Within the sector, Range Resources (NYSE: RRC) and Newfield Exploration (NYSE: NFX) are two of the day's laggards, showing a lo...

U.S. stocks dropped in early trading on Thursday, a day after the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 Index smashed record closing highs, as European Central Bank President Mario Draghi warned falling oil prices wou...

The rally was primarily built on hope that demand will pick up and prices will improve but that hasn't happened

Nielsen projects a comeback for so-called fast moving consumer goods sector in 2015

An increasing number of buyers are preferring the online channel, where the company's presence is small, and many of those who are actually going out for apparel shopping do not find Aeropostale's basic merchandise appea...

We believe that apart from the inorganic growth in revenue and earnings from the acquisition, the resulting consolidated Optical Communications segment should see considerable revenue accretion driven by growth in China'...

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.

This spin off from Liberty Media still has room to run.

London Mayor Boris Johnson, who holds dual U.S./U.K. citizenship, says he won't pay certain taxes the U.S. is seeking.

Intel's strategic partnership with Luxottica aims to fuse premium, luxury and sports eyewear with smart technology. The first product from the collaboration is expected to launch in 2015.

The Walt Disney Company (DIS) declared an annual cash dividend of $1.15 per share, up 34 percent, or $0.29 per share, from the previous year. The dividend is payable on January 8, 2015 to shareholders of record at the cl...

Even though Wednesday's economic data was mixed, the stock market did not seem to care as stocks continued higher after Tuesday's upside reversal. The market breadth was 2-1 positive, so the short-term momentum remains p...

Arora on how the global fall in oil prices was as big a development as Modi's BJP-led govt coming to power this year

In an 'Autumn Statement' delivered when the British winter is well and truly here, Chancellor George Osborne has made a clear attempt to perk up the country’s oil and gas industry via a string of measures.

After being at unusually high levels for three out of the past four weeks, the level of optimism among individual investors fell by the largest weekly amount since June 18, 2014. However, bullish sentiment remains above ...

By Anneken Tappe

The latest tally of analyst opinions from the major brokerage houses shows that among the components of the S&P 500 index, Tyson Foods (TSN) is now the #18 analyst pick, moving up by 1 spot.         This rank is f...

The latest tally of analyst opinions from the major brokerage houses shows that among the 30 stocks making up the Dow Jones Industrial Average, Caterpillar (CAT) is the #22 analyst pick.  Within the broader S&P 500, whe...

ECB says again to judge in early 2015 if more action needed