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The average daily turnover in the retail segment on NSE, BSE so far this year stands at `9,524 crore, the best since 2010

The Federal Reserve proposed tough new capital requirements for the biggest U.S. banks. J.P. Morgan Chase would face a capital shortfall of $21 billion under the proposal.

At 85 years old, Jack Bogle is an investing legend. He’s the founder and retired CEO of Vanguard. Over the past decades, Vanguard has been pivotal in driving the adoption of low-cost indexing via mutual funds and, more...

Looking at the sectors faring worst as of midday Wednesday, shares of Energy companies are underperforming other sectors, showing a 4.3% loss. Within the sector, Denbury Resources (NYSE: DNR) and ONEOK (NYSE: OKE) are tw...

The announcement of these stake sales is a part of Vale's ongoing response to poor market conditions for both iron ore and coal. The company would welcome additional equity infusions into its projects in Mozambique, as i...

Following 11 consecutive quarters of comparable sales decline, Abercrombie & Fitch‘s CEO Mike Jeffries has decided to retire. In a recent press release, the management stated that Mr. Jeffries will step down from his p...

On 12/12/14, Capital Power Corp's Cumulative Rate Reset Preference Shares, Series 1 (Toronto: CPX-PRA) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.2875, payable on 12/31/14. As a percentage of CPX.PRA's rece...

On 12/11/14, Callon Petroleum Co.'s 10.0% Series A Cumulative Preferred Stock (NYSE: CPE.PRA) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $1.25, payable on 12/31/14. As a percentage of CPE.PRA's recent share pr...

The stock is up by about 40% year-to-date, and the company looks set for a record holiday quarter, amid strong demand and advanced upgrade cycles for the new iPhone. We have increased our price estimate for Apple from $1...

On 12/12/14, AltaGas Ltd's Cumulative Redeemable 5-Year Rate Reset Preferred Shares, Series A (Toronto: ALA-PRA) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.3125, payable on 12/31/14. As a percentage of ALA....

Although RadioShack claims to be making steady progress with its turnaround initiatives (which were implemented last year), it has failed to show any significant financial gains so far. The company is in the process of w...

On 12/12/14, Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc's Non-cumulative Dollar Preference Shares, Series P (NYSE: RBS.PRP) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.3906, payable on 12/31/14. As a percentage of RBS...

U.S. stocks Wednesday extended losses for a second day of volatile trading as the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) slashed its estimate of 2015 crude oil demand. OPEC reduced its estimate of next ...

Government lines up a host of PSUs, including ONGC, Coal India and NHPC, for disinvestment in current fiscal

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMY) declared a quarterly dividend of thirty-seven cents per share on the $.10 par value Common Stock of the corporation. The next quarterly dividend will be payable on February 2, 2015, to ...

The iShares Micro-Cap ETF (IWC) is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Wednesday, with over 282,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 107,000.  Shares of IWC were down about 0.9% on ...

In trading on Wednesday, the Gold Miners ETF (GDX) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 0.7% on the day.  Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of First Majestic Silver (AG), up about 4.2% a...

In trading on Wednesday, oil & gas exploration & production shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 5.3%.  Helping drag down the group were shares of Vaalco Energy (EGY), down about 20% and shares of Tri...

In trading on Wednesday, airlines shares were relative leaders, up on the day by about 0.5%.  Leading the group were shares of United Continental Holdings (UAL), up about 4.5% and shares of Southwest Airlines (LUV) up a...