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easyJet and IAG fall sharply into reverse after London's airspace was shuttered

SeaWorld Entertainment Inc. CEO Jim Atchison is stepping down from his post, the company announced Thursday. The move comes as attendance at the company's 11 theme parks across the country is dropping, having fallen in t...

At Holdings Channel, we have reviewed 3,604 13F filings for the 09/30/2014 reporting period, and looked at the various S&P 500 components held by each of these reporting hedge funds and other 13F filers. For each compone...

One of the surest ways to preserve your capital: Reduce your taxes on investment income and gains.

In afternoon trading on Friday, Services stocks are the best performing sector, higher by 0.2%. Within that group, Macy's (NYSE: M) and Walgreen (NYSE: WAG) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a gain of 2.9% an...

(Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors, already smarting from a appeals court ruling that weakens their ability to crack down on future insider trading, on Thursday faced widening fallout from the decision as some existing cases t...

Doubts over the sale of "the most expensive photograph in history", legitimate or not, are a reminder of why collectors should proceed with caution.

Yesterday (Thursday), Eurozone banks were offered virtually free money from the European Central Bank through the Targeted Long Term Refinancing Offering (“TLTRO”).  Guess what happened?  An almost universal “non...

When hedge fund manager "titans" think alike, investors are wise to pay attention. At Holdings Channel, we have reviewed 3,604 13F filings for the 09/30/2014 reporting period, and noticed that Bank of America Corp. (NYSE...

S&P's 500 Index drops 0.8% in New York; Stoxx Europe 600 Index caps a 5.8% slide for its worst week in three years; Brazil's Ibovespa poised to enter a bear market

Prepaid debit cards, reloadable plastic used like cash but free from a bank account, were swiped mainly by lower-income consumers without higher education as few as five years ago. Now they are gaining popularity among n...

Some shareholders of Netflix (NFLX) may wonder if the company's management team thinks investors are not sophisticated enough to realize that more subscribers does not necessarily mean more money. A smaller number probab...

The market capitalization of the 82 listed SMEs was `10,118.90 crore on Friday, BSE data shows

RadioShack reported total net sales of $650 million for Q3 2015, 16.1% lower compared to Q3 2014, reflecting continued challenges in its postpaid mobility business. Gross margin improved from 31.1% in Q3 2014 to 32.9% in...

With the new IoT platform Intel aims to tie a broader range of device makers to its technology, competing directly with ARM Technology. ARM's low-cost processors are present in majority of the smartphones and tablets sel...

While the core functionality of the applications have been developed by IBM, Apple has provided inputs on the design and user experience front, making the apps easy to use. We believe that the new applications and the br...

Under a base case and pessimistic scenario, we think the company's EBIT margin could fall to -3% and -6% respectively in 2017, as compared to 1% in 2013. And under an optimistic scenario, its operating margin could impro...

A company's own top management tend to have the best inside view into the business, so when company officers make major buys, investors are wise to take notice. Presumably the only reason an insider would take their hard...

The latest tally of analyst opinions from the major brokerage houses shows that among the 30 stocks making up the Dow Jones Industrial Average, Exxon Mobil (XOM) is the #28 analyst pick.  Within the broader S&P 500, whe...

How to trade this week's Dow 30 winners and losers.

Investors eyeing a purchase of Resolute Forest Products Inc (NYSE: RFP) shares, but cautious about paying the going market price of $16.86/share, might benefit from considering selling puts among the alternative strategi...

Investors eyeing a purchase of Rackspace Hosting Inc (NYSE: RAX) stock, but tentative about paying the going market price of $45.87/share, might benefit from considering selling puts among the alternative strategies at t...