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Worries about SpiceJet being the next Kingfisher have grown

UBS estimates the shortfall in India's current-account will narrow to 0.2% of GDP in fiscal year ending March 2015 and be at 0.3% the following 12 months

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Many of the world's top policy makers are rewriting their economic forecasts for the U.S., Europe, Japan and elsewhere, betting plummeting oil prices will lead to an overall boost in the global economy.

(Reuters) - The European Union has drawn up a list of almost 2,000 projects worth 1.3 trillion euros (1.02 trillion pounds) as potential candidates for an investment plan aimed to revive the continent's stagnating econom...

When hedge fund manager "titans" think alike, investors are wise to pay attention. At Holdings Channel, we have reviewed 3,603 13F filings for the 09/30/2014 reporting period, and noticed that Apple (NASD: AAPL) was held...

Looking at the sectors faring worst as of midday Monday, shares of Energy companies are underperforming other sectors, showing a 4.6% loss. Within that group, Denbury Resources (NYSE: DNR) and ONEOK (NYSE: OKE) are two l...

In afternoon trading on Monday, Utilities stocks are the best performing sector, higher by 0.3%. Within that group, Ameren (NYSE: AEE) and Wisconsin Energy (NYSE: WEC) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a gain...

U.S. stocks eased slightly Monday after Japanese and Chinese economic reports painted a mixed picture of the global economy. The modest decline follows Friday's stronger-than-expected U.S. jobs data that boosted the Dow ...

The trend in gold and non-gold imports poses a threat to the current account deficit in the coming quarters

The S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average, and NASDAQ Composite are lower in afternoon trading on Monday. Some of the most actively traded stocks include Bank of America (BAC) down 0.5%, Apple (AAPL) down 2.5%, DryShips ...

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 cash to mak...

The semiconductor industry has been one of the strongest performing sectors in 2014, driven by the continued strength in personal, network and service provider communications, and increasing electronics adoption around t...

On 12/10/14, CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.'s 7.375% Series D Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (NYSE: CBL.PRD) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.4609, payable on 12/30/14. As a percentage o...

On 12/10/14, Alcoa, Inc.'s $3.75 Preferred Stock (AMEX: AA.PR) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.9375, payable on 1/1/15. As a percentage of AA.PR's recent share price of $86.00, this dividend work...

The company is currently targeting to raise around $7.5 to $8 billion from the sale of non-core assets by mid-2016. During a recent investor presentation, it also announced a $5 billion share buyback program to be execut...

On 12/10/14, PrivateBancorp, Inc.'s 10.00% Trust Preferred Securities (NASD: PVTBP) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.625, payable on 12/15/14. As a percentage of PVTBP's recent share price of $26....

In the past week, Boeing received an order for 100 737 MAX 200s from Ryan Air. Separately, GE Aviation formed a joint venture with Turbocoating SPA of Italy to produce thermal coatings for Ceramix Matrix Composite compon...

AXIS Capital Holdings (AXS) declared a quarterly dividend of $0.29 per common share, which represents an increase of 7.4%. The common dividend will be payable on January 15, 2015 to the shareholders of record at the clos...

For Q4, we believe the growth trend in cloud adoption continued, which likely drove revenues for Creative cloud and marketing divisions. However, we believe revenues from the LiveCycle and Connect business declined as th...

The iShares U.S. Financials ETF (IYF) is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Monday, with over 4.2 million shares traded versus three month average volume of about 350,000.  Shares of IYF were up about 0.4...

In trading on Monday, the First Trust NYSE Arca Biotechnology Index Fund ETF (FBT) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 2.3% on the day.  Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Cubist Phar...