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In a new research note, BlackRock strategists outline several reasons to be bullish on the tech sector. The three biggest reasons can be summed up like this: Millennials, interest rates, and consumer demand.

Medical marijuana in Uruguay may become more expensive than the recreational version. Officials in Uruguay recently announced that medical marijuana in the country could soon contain higher levels of tetrahydrocannabinol...

Ah love is in the air. Love between friends and family, sure, but I'm not talking about that kind of love. I'm talking about a potentially profitable, yet danger prone love. We're witnessing more and more investors and e...

The Federal Reserve Bank released its official account of the Federal Open Market Committee's January meeting Wednesday.

The best performing sector as of midday Wednesday is the Utilities sector, up 1.9%. Within the sector, NRG Energy  (NYSE: NRG) and NiSource (NYSE: NI) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a gain of 3.9% and 3.7...

In afternoon trading on Wednesday, Energy stocks are the worst performing sector, showing a 0.9% loss. Within the sector, Diamond Offshore Drilling (NYSE: DO) and Denbury Resources (NYSE: DNR) are two of the day's laggar...

India has one of the worst general government balances in the world

Some ill-timed bets on a rebound for the shipping industry are springing leaks.

This launch is part of the company's aggressive international expansion strategy that includes the launch of streaming services in 200 countries in the next two years. Netflix is currently available in about 50 countries...

For the fiscal year 2014, both the brands reported positive comparable store sales growth, as Tim Hortons comparable store sales grew 3.1% y-o-y, whereas Burger King comparable store sales grew 2.1% y-o-y. In the fiscal ...

With the Fed discontinuing its asset purchase program in October, it has hinted at a possible increase in federal fund rates over the coming months. The should allow the net interest margin figures at banks to reverse th...

While the company has a relatively healthy cash position - which stood at $2.87 billion as of Q3 2014 - continuing to pay dividends to the tune of $1.1 billion per year would have been unsustainable, and likely would hav...

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.

Sherwin-Williams Company (SHW) announced a regular quarterly dividend of $0.67 per common share, an increase of 22% over the same quarter in 2014, payable on March 13, 2015, to shareholders of record on March 2, 2015.

BSE also sets upper limit of 10% for IL&FS Engineering, Petron Engineering, Yuvraaj Hygiene Products, Karuturi Global among others

U.S. stocks dipped Wednesday morning ahead of minutes released from the Federal Reserve's latest policy meeting, as investors weighed uncertainty over debt negotiations in Greece. The Greek government said it will reques...

Since its inception 30 years ago, the Nasdaq-100 index has become one of the most widely followed stock indexes in the world. In recognition of the Nasdaq-100’s 30th anniversary, the Nasdaq research team took a detaile...

The latest tally of analyst opinions from the major brokerage houses shows that among the 30 stocks making up the Dow Jones Industrial Average, Verizon Communications (VZ) is the #3 analyst pick.  Verizon Communications...

Citigroup Inc. says it will support $100 billion in projects to curb greenhouse gas emissions, boost energy efficiency and help communities prepare for rising sea levels, extreme weather events and other effects of clima...

In trading on Wednesday, rental, leasing, & royalty shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 1.1%.  Helping drag down the group were shares of Sandridge Mississippian Trust I (SDT), down about 4.1% and sh...

In trading on Wednesday, advertising shares were relative leaders, up on the day by about 3.1%.  Leading the group were shares of Angie's List (ANGI), up about 52% and shares of WPP (WPPGY) up about 2.7% on the day.

In trading on Wednesday, the iShares U.S. Utilities ETF (IDU) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 0.8% on the day.  Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Dynegy (DYN), up about 2.9% and ...