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Even though specific terms of the deal were not disclosed, Akamai states that the acquisition was completed in a cash transaction that is not material to Akamai's financials. This deal is the latest in a long list of acq...

Good economic news is bad news for U.S. equities, at least in Friday trading: the U.S. economy added 295,000 jobs in February, 55,000 more than analysts were expecting, but the interest-rate implications of this strong r...

In the latest look at the underlying components of the S&P 500 ordered by largest market capitalization, Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) has taken over the #202 spot from Western Digital Corp. (NASD: WDC), according to The Onlin...

Google's earnings have been more bad than good lately and investors increasingly have their doubts about its future, according to a new note from Citi.

Remain bullish because the bull market remains in place, with most indexes making new highs as recently as last week. Support levels continue to hold on short-term pullbacks, technical indicators remain on buy signals, a...

Solar-power manufacturer Hanergy Thin Film Power Group has become the unlikely star performer of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in a development that is troubling market watchers.

You might recently have seen headlines about the NASDAQ. The tech-centric stock market has broken through its previous all-time high, set back in the dot-com days. It soon fell right back under the record, of course, but...

Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, in trading on Friday, shares of Biomed Realty Trust Inc (NYSE: BMR) were yielding above the 5% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $1.04), w...

Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, in trading on Friday, shares of Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. (NYSE: APD) were yielding above the 2% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $3...

In the aftermath of the massive cyberattack that struck JPMorgan Chase & Co. last year, the bank is now struggling with a different sort of breach: Recruiters are poaching information technology specialists from the firm...

The ninth full trading week of 2015 comes to a close with the Dow Jones, S&P 500 and NASDAQ composite all lower in early afternoon trading on Friday.

A study of analyst recommendations at the major brokerages shows that Marathon Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: MPC) is the #58 broker analyst pick among those stocks screened by The Online Investor for strong stock buyback activi...

BCE Inc. (Toronto: BCE) has been named as a Top 25 dividend stock, according the most recent Canada Stock Channel ''DividendRank'' report. The report noted that among the coverage universe, BCE shares displayed both attr...

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.

According to TripAdvisor's President and Chief Executive Officer, Stephen Kaufer, TripAdvisor laid its foundation for future growth in 2014. Bookers can now plan, compare, as well as complete the booking process of the t...

American Tower Corporation (AMT) has declared its quarterly cash distribution of $0.42 per share on shares of the Company's common stock. The distribution is payable on April 28, 2015 to such stockholders of record at th...

The semiconductor industry was abuzz with a lot of news last week as there were a number of conferences (Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and Game Developer Conference in San Francisco) being held across the globe, whe...

Technology giant International Business Machines has been restructuring its business to boost profitability and focus on new verticals that offer better growth opportunity. As part of this strategy, the company is contin...

The Guggenheim China Technology ETF (CQQQ) is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Friday, with over 364,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 28,000.  Shares of CQQQ were down about ...

In trading on Friday, the iShares U.S. Regional Banks ETF (IAT) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 1.1% on the day.  Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Glacier Bancorp (GBCI), up abo...

In trading on Friday, precious metals shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 5.7%.  Helping drag down the group were shares of Banro Corporation (BAA), off about 13.1% and shares of Harmony Gold Mining ...

In trading on Friday, sporting goods & activities shares were relative leaders, up on the day by about 1.4%.  Leading the group were shares of Life Time Fitness (LTM), up about 14.8% and shares of Town Sports Internatio...