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American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) violated U.S. antitrust law by preventing merchants from encouraging customers to use other forms of payment, including lower-cost credit cards, a federal judge ruled Thursday. The rul...

Nikkei hits fresh 15-year high, weaker yen helps; dollar rebounds after better-than-expected US data

The big news from London's contemporary art auctions was the new auction record for Gerhard Richter, but paintings by Yayoi Kusama, who holds the auction price record for any living female artist, also did well.

In the latest look at stocks ordered by largest market capitalization, Russell 3000 component Sally Beauty Holdings Inc (NYSE: SBH) was identified as having a larger market cap than the smaller end of the S&P 500, for ex...

In the latest look at stocks ordered by largest market capitalization, Russell 3000 component SVB Financial Group (NASD: SIVB) was identified as having a larger market cap than the smaller end of the S&P 500, for example...

In the latest look at stocks ordered by largest market capitalization, Russell 3000 component Teleflex Incorporated (NYSE: TFX) was identified as having a larger market cap than the smaller end of the S&P 500, for exampl...

In the latest look at stocks ordered by largest market capitalization, Russell 3000 component ViaSat, Inc. (NASD: VSAT) was identified as having a larger market cap than the smaller end of the S&P 500, for example Denbur...

U.S. stocks moved higher, with benchmarks hitting new highs, after Greece and its creditors agreed to extend its bailout.

In trading on Friday, shares of Alleghany Corp. (NYSE: Y) touched a new 52-week high of $482.61/share. That's a 28.44% rise, or $106.85 per share from the 52-week low of $375.76 set back on 02/20/2014. That means at toda...

Based on the one-year forward P-E ratio, the Sensex is trading at a 21.4% premium to its five-year average

When hedge fund manager "titans" think alike, investors are wise to pay attention. At Holdings Channel, we have reviewed 3,945 13F filings for the 12/31/2014 reporting period, and noticed that American Airlines Group Inc...

U.S. stocks gained in afternoon trading Friday, reversing earlier losses, with the S&P 500 Index hitting an all-time high following reports Greece and eurozone finance ministers agreed on a draft deal that could extend t...

"Lean times" might be an overstatement, but for the past four years payrolls have shrunk at the world's biggest banks, amid heightened regulatory standards and withering profits. New data from the British research firm C...

The Sebi order follows a probe in the matter of Kamalakshi Finance Corp.

Greece and eurozone finance ministers agreed on a draft proposal Friday that could extend the country's bailout program, Reuters reported, citing a Greek government official. The news comes after Greek Prime Minister Ale...

Among the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE), where a total of 10,292 contracts have traded so far, representing approximat...

We expect the company's earnings for the quarter to be driven by the execution of its North American power plants such as the Solar Star and continued demand for distributed generation. For the quarter, the company has g...

This year, EOG Resources plans to slow down its primary growth engine significantly in response to the changed crude oil price environment, as an attempt to maximize its returns in the long term. The company expects its ...

For the full year, Wal-Mart reported earnings per share of $5.07, which was marginally better than the street estimate of $4.99. Although the company was surprisingly able to deliver better-than-expected bottom-line resu...

One notable trend in 2014 was the rise in unit prices of soft drinks, which meant that higher revenues per unit case made up for declining volume sales. The improving economic environment in the U.S. was instrumental in ...

A tough business environment continued to affect its profitability across most geographies and verticals. HP has been able to recoup its market share in the hardware segments such as PCs, desktops, tablets and printers t...

A study of analyst recommendations at the major brokerages shows that Yahoo! Inc. (NASD: YHOO) is the #41 broker analyst pick among those stocks screened by The Online Investor for strong stock buyback activity. To make ...