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The latest RBI directive is aimed mainly at NBFCs, many of which still do not use credit bureaus

Germany could be the biggest victim if Greek political turmoil derails the single currency.

On Thursday morning, the Swiss National Bank (SNB) surprised the world by abandoning its managed Swiss franc floor against the euro.  The SNB said as recently as Monday that it remained committed to the 1.20 minimum EUR...

Universal Technical Institute (UTI) suffers from unreasonably high valuation and steadily declining enrollment. Bulls focus on UTI’s assets and clean balance sheet but overlook the company’s $142 million in off-balan...

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...

Despite posting strong holiday sales thanks to demand for smartphones and large-screen TVs, Best Buy is warning investors of a gloomier picture ahead.

In anticipation of the new year ahead, I’ve pulled together 15 charts that we’ll be watching and might help guide our expectations for what 2015 has in store for us. After looking them over, be sure to share some of ...

Looking at the sectors faring best as of midday Thursday, shares of Utilities companies are outperforming other sectors, higher by 0.5%. Within that group, Consolidated Edison (NYSE: ED) and Northeast Utilities (NYSE: NU...

Looking at the sectors faring worst as of midday Thursday, shares of Services companies are underperforming other sectors, showing a 1.2% loss. Within that group, Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) and D.R. Horton (NYSE: DHI) are two ...

Despite the dominance of the Golden Arches in the fast food industry with 17% market share by value last year, the company has been facing stunted growth over the last few years. McDonald's has been reporting a mere 2% a...

Despite the strong performance, AMD's stock price has declined by approximately 40% in the last six months, as it reported weak Q3 2014 earnings and its Q4 2014 outlook was below analysts' expectations. AMD expects its r...

At Holdings Channel, we have reviewed the latest batch of the 23 most recent 13F filings for the 12/31/2014 reporting period, and noticed that AT&T Inc (NYSE: T) was held by 16 of these funds. When hedge fund managers ap...

To make matters worse, the bank's non-interest expenses jumped almost 5% year-on-year and 3% quarter-on-quarter - outpacing revenue growth for both these periods. The resulting reduction in Wells Fargo's operating margin...

Schlumberger (SLB) declared a quarterly dividend of $0.50 per share of outstanding common stock. The dividend is payable on April 10, 2015 to stockholders of record at the close of business on February 11, 2015.

Microsoft has announced two new Lumia smartphones - Lumia 435 and Lumia 532 that are powered by its Windows Phone 8.1 mobile OS and will beefing up its portfolio at the lower end of the price spectrum. These phones are t...

The Copper Miners ETF (COPX) is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Thursday, with over 122,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 35,000.  Shares of COPX were down about 0.7% on the ...

In trading on Thursday, the Gold Miners ETF (GDX) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 6.3% on the day.  Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Goldcorp (GG), up about 11.1% and shares of ...

In trading on Thursday, general contractors & builders shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 5.9%.  Helping drag down the group were shares of Beazer Homes USA (BZH), down about 8.4% and shares of M/I ...

In trading on Thursday, precious metals shares were relative leaders, up on the day by about 5.8%.  Leading the group were shares of Comstock Mining (LODE), up about 16.4% and shares of Richmont Mines (RIC) up about 15....

Investors are likely to be disappointed with the meagre sequential growth in TCS's volumes in the December quarter

The higher opening in crude oil Wednesday was negated by a much weaker than expected Retail Sales report as stocks were hammered once again. The weak sales seem to be in conflict with other data on the consumer, which su...

After RBI's rate cut, the real policy rate is still higher than most other emerging markets bar Russia and Brazil