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The Securities and Exchange Commission announced sweeping steps to address risks in the asset-management industry. Among the most significant ideas is a plan that would likely cause funds to curb their use of risky deriv...

A top official at the Securities and Exchange Commission has taken the unusual step of saying Harvard University could be vulnerable to legal action from the agency or investors over a corporate governance project.

US Federal Reserve's decision to keep rates at record lows for six years has encouraged investors to funnel cash into speculative-grade securities

Though value of shares isn't substantial, the stakeholding gives FTIL access to NSE's strategic and corporate decisions

Some hire consultants to help secure their homes, vet staff and protect financial information.

Credit Suisse report says Indian market's medium-term prospects are promising, thanks to extremely low base

In afternoon trading on Thursday, Services stocks are the best performing sector, up 1.5%. Within the sector, Urban Outfitters (NASD: URBN) and Staples (NASD: SPLS) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a gain of...

The most recent short interest data has just been released by the NASDAQ for the 11/28/2014 settlement date, and we here at Dividend Channel have sifted through this fresh data and screened out these five S&P 500 stocks....

The most recent short interest data has just been released by the NASDAQ for the 11/28/2014 settlement date, and we here at Dividend Channel have sifted through this fresh data and screened out these five Dow Jones Indus...

The company has launched a first-of-its-kind platform in collaboration with MDLIVE , a leading provider of telehealth services in the U.S., which give customers the option to consult with a board-certified doctor for jus...

We expect a focus on the potential impact of the ongoing probe to overshadow improvements in the company?s key business drivers such as net upstream production and downstream margins. Apart from that, we also expect lowe...

The integration of AirTran has made Southwest the largest domestic airline, based on the number of passengers flown. Synergies from AirTran?s acquisition have also played a key role in growing Southwest?s profit from $17...

There are two key differences between the way the Fed seeks to impose capital surcharges on these banks compared to the FSB: firstly, the Fed also factors in the proportion of short-term wholesale lending used by a bank ...

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.

CME Group (CME) declared its annual variable dividend, amounting to $2.00 per share. The dividend is payable January 13, 2015, to shareholders of record on December 29, 2014. W

On a year-over-year basis, the brokerage had a positive month in terms of gaining net client assets and a rise in trading activity. In its fiscal year ended September, Ameritrade witnessed significant growth in all its m...

Earlier this week, I started a series on countries that will benefit from the decline on oil prices with a piece on Turkey. As we discussed, countries that have a deficit in their oil supplies stand to benefit strongly f...

Monetary authorities influence economic growth by raising or lowering the cost of borrowed funds. And worldwide monetary authorities have flooded the global economy with money over the last few years in an effort to stim...

Rebound spurred by strong US retail sales and declining jobless claims

The manager at Silverdale Capital says RBI took the right step by sticking to fundamentals and holding on to interest rates

The iShares Aggressive Allocation ETF (AOA) is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Thursday, with over 327,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 38,000.  Shares of AOA were up about ...

In trading on Thursday, the SPDR S&P Retail ETF (XRT) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 2.3% on the day.  Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Office Depot (ODP), up about 13.5% and s...