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The firm sold notes in 6 parts, including $2.25 billion of 40-year obligations with a 4% coupon

Gold prices recovered by `90 to `27,880 per ten gram at the bullion market

Shares of the Arizona-based First Solar are taking off in late Tuesday trading, thanks to a new partnership with none other than tech giant Apple. In what they are touting as "the largest commercial power deal," the comp...

Venezuelans are questioning why a former treasury minister and ex-bodyguard of late President Hugo Chávez is linked to a Swiss bank account with HSBC holding billions of dollars. The revelation came this week amid a tro...

In afternoon trading on Tuesday, Utilities stocks are the best performing sector, up 1.4%. Within that group, NiSource (NYSE: NI) and NextEra Energy (NYSE: NEE) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a gain of 3.9...

In afternoon trading on Tuesday, Energy stocks are the worst performing sector, showing a 1.4% loss. Within the sector, Denbury Resources (NYSE: DNR) and Transocean (NYSE: RIG) are two large stocks that are lagging, show...

The options market is pricing in a rather stable reaction to the upcoming news by assuming the stock is likely to jump, or drop, less than 8% on the quarterly news.

We expect Zynga to face profitability pressure in the fourth quarter, as development of new mobile offerings and launch of new games will lead to a surge in marketing and R&D expenses. The company aims to reinvigorate it...

Diageo Plc. recently reported flat sales and lower net income in its half-year earnings, amid a slowing spirits market in the U.S., "anti-extravagance" policies in China, and currency depreciation in Russia and Venezuela...

The percentage contribution of liquids to Exxon's total hydrocarbon production increased to 53.2% last year, up from 51.5% and 52.7% in 2012 and 2013, respectively. Although, lower weather-related demand in Europe exagge...

The company had an eventful year, with change at the top of its management team, with Peter Hancock taking over as the CEO and President in the third quarter. AIG's revenues during the first nine months of 2014 declined ...

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.

While Coca-Cola reported only a 2% year-over-year organic growth through the first three quarters, organic growth for PepsiCo stood at 3.5%. But this growth for PepsiCo is mainly on the back of a strong showing for its s...

At Holdings Channel, we have reviewed the latest batch of the 31 most recent 13F filings for the 12/31/2014 reporting period, and noticed that Express Scripts Holding Co (NASD: ESRX) was held by 12 of these funds. When h...

In trading on Tuesday, packaging & containers shares were relative leaders, up on the day by about 2%.  Leading the group were shares of Sealed Air (SEE), up about 10.8% and shares of Avery Dennison (AVY) up about 1.8% ...

In trading on Tuesday, oil & gas exploration & production shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 3.3%.  Helping drag down the group were shares of Midstates Petroleum Company (MPO), off about 12.3% and ...

In trading on Tuesday, the iShares PHLX Semiconductor ETF (SOXX) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 2.1% on the day.  Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Micron Tech (MU), up about 6....

The PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio ETF (PRF) is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Tuesday, with over 809,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 181,000.  Shares of PRF were...

Dow Jones up 0.44%, S&P 500 adds 0.51%, Nasdaq gains 0.73%

The latest tally of analyst opinions from the major brokerage houses shows that among the 30 stocks making up the Dow Jones Industrial Average, Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) is the #14 analyst pick.  Johnson & Johnson also co...

The latest tally of analyst opinions from the major brokerage houses shows that among the components of the S&P 500 index, Salesforce.com (CRM) is now the #33 analyst pick, moving up by 3 spots.         This rank ...

At Holdings Channel, we have reviewed the latest batch of the 39 most recent 13F filings for the 12/31/2014 reporting period, and noticed that Spectra Energy Corp (NYSE: SE) was held by 20 of these funds. When hedge fund...