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No change in Japanese fundamentals, says strategist; Nikkei has lost 4.6% since 26 December

In trading on Wednesday, entertainment shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 0.4%.  Helping drag down the group were shares of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), down about 3.9% and shares of Twenty ...

It's a conundrum befitting the post-recession years: a new study has revealed that while a vast majority of Americans say they follow a budget, barely more than a third of those same adults say that they would pay for a ...

Federal Reserve officials saw economic turbulence abroad as a significant risk to the U.S. economy, the latest meeting minutes show, but they still signaled interest-rate increases are coming amid the expectation that fo...

At Holdings Channel, we have reviewed the latest batch of the 22 most recent 13F filings for the 12/31/2014 reporting period, and noticed that General Electric Co (NYSE: GE) was held by 17 of these funds. When hedge fund...

At Holdings Channel, we have reviewed 3,611 13F filings for the 12/31/2014 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...

WTI for February delivery increased 72 cents to settle at $48.65 a barrel after touching $46.83, the lowest intraday level since April 2009

In afternoon trading on Wednesday, Healthcare stocks are the best performing sector, up 2.2%. Within that group, Alexion Pharmaceuticals (NASD: ALXN) and Biogen Idec (NASD: BIIB) are two of the day's stand-outs, showing ...

Looking at the sectors faring worst as of midday Wednesday, shares of Energy companies are underperforming other sectors, showing a 0.7% loss. Within that group, Helmerich & Payne (NYSE: HP) and FMC Technologies (NYSE: F...

As per latest Sebi data, proprietary trading made up 52% of the total derivatives turnover on NSE and 84% on BSE in June-September 2014

The Eldfisk II is an expansion project that aims to increase the ultimate resource recovery from the Eldfisk field, which has been in production since 1979, by tapping additional reserves. However, under the current crud...

The increase in e-commerce packages led to an unfavorable mix that presented headwinds to margin growth. Additionally, declines in fuel prices led to a decrease in fuel surcharge revenue, which led to FedEx missing marke...

We believe that the launch of streaming services is a smart move, which will aid Dish's overall revenue growth. There are 10.6 million broadband-only subscribers in the U.S. Dish can generate of more than $600 million in...

The few factors that we think could be a cause of concern going forward into 2015 include the high expectations that exist for the company's business performance in the coming years, as well as increasing competition in ...

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 dollars to ...

Golden Life Agro, its directors and promoters asked not to access capital market by issuing prospectus soliciting money from the public

Galen Marsh didn't deny that he took Morgan Stanley client data before the bank fired him. The question remains how it ended up on a website.

MetLife (MET) declared a first quarter 2015 common stock dividend of $0.35 per share. The dividend will be payable on March 13, 2015, to shareholders of record as of Feb. 6, 2015.

To be pessimistic on U.S. stocks in the coming months through September, you need to believe we are entering into a recession and that this time is different: interest rates and politics do not matter.

Trying to outguess the market can make a fool of anyone. Instead of trying to move in and out of the market, a better strategy is to buy quality stocks that you can ideally hold for the longer term. With that in mind, we...

Dow Jones rises 0.77%, S&P 500 gains 0.81%, Nasdaq adds 0.79%

The proposal comes in the wake of a demand from various stakeholders; FMC seeks public comments by 31 January