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The microfinance industry has informed the finance ministry of its view that the current regulatory architecture should continue for NBFC-MFIs

U.S. stocks closed sharply lower Friday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbling as much as 357 points in afternoon trading Friday, amid jitters over Greece's debt crisis and concerns over regulations in China. In...

Generic drugmaker Mylan wants to put speculation of a possible merger with Teva Pharmaceuticals to rest. A potential deal, the company said, is "without sound industrial logic" and would have a hard time winning anti-tru...

Arch Coal is expected to book a narrower loss than a year ago when it reports first-quarter earnings on Tuesday, April 21, 2015. Analysts are expecting a loss of 49 cents per share, up from a loss of 60 cents per share a...

Wall Street is expecting lower profit for Hasbro when the company reports its first quarter results on Monday, April 20, 2015. Analysts are expecting earnings per share of nine cents after the company booked a profit of ...

Wall Street is optimistic about M&T Bank, which is slated to report its first quarter results on Monday, April 20, 2015. Analysts project a profit of $1.76 a share, a rise from $1.66 per share a year ago.The consensus es...

Despite an expected dip in profit, analysts are generally optimistic about Gannett as it prepares to reports its first-quarter earnings on Tuesday, April 21, 2015. The consensus earnings per share estimate is 45 cents pe...

Wall Street is expecting lower profit for SunTrust Banks when the company reports its first quarter results on Monday, April 20, 2015. Analysts are expecting earnings per share of 72 cents after the company booked a prof...

Analysts expect decreased profit for Cree when the company reports its third quarter results on Tuesday, April 21, 2015. Although Cree reported profit of 28 cents a year ago, the consensus estimate calls for earnings per...

Wall Street is optimistic about International Business Machines, which is slated to report its first quarter results on Monday, April 20, 2015. Analysts project a profit of $2.88 a share, a rise from $2.54 per share a ye...

Despite an expected dip in profit, analysts are generally optimistic about ACE as it prepares to reports its first-quarter earnings on Tuesday, April 21, 2015. The consensus earnings per share estimate is $2.23 per shar...

Wall Street is optimistic about Northern Trust, which is slated to report its first quarter results on Tuesday, April 21, 2015. Analysts project a profit of 86 cents a share, a rise from 75 cents per share a year ago.The...

Despite an expected dip in profit, analysts are generally optimistic about Steel Dynamics as it prepares to reports its first-quarter earnings on Monday, April 20, 2015. The consensus earnings per share estimate is 14 c...

Wall Street is expecting lower profit for Yum! Brands when the company reports its first quarter results on Tuesday, April 21, 2015. Analysts are expecting earnings per share of 73 cents after the company booked a profit...

Wall Street is expecting higher profit for Morgan Stanley when the company reports its first quarter results on Monday, April 20, 2015. The consensus estimate is calling for profit of 79 cents a share, a rise from 68 cen...

Wall Street is expecting lower profit for Zions Bancorporation when the company reports its first quarter results on Monday, April 20, 2015. Analysts are expecting earnings per share of 36 cents after the company booked ...

Despite an expected dip in profit, analysts are generally optimistic about Under Armour as it prepares to reports its first-quarter earnings on Tuesday, April 21, 2015. The consensus earnings per share estimate is five ...

We generally assume that there is no default risk with US Treasury obligations, and virtually no interest rate risk because they will very shortly roll over to par. But a long duration bond of 20 to 30 years can be very ...

Here are the seven Dow stocks that reported quarterly results this week and how they are trading.

The company earned a refining margin of $10.1 per barrel in the March quarter, much higher than the $7.3 a barrel in the December quarter

In two separate articles last month (“Modi’s Budget Boosts Bullish Outlook for Indian Stocks” and “Investing In The Potential of New Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank”), I discussed the importance and immine...

Institutional buyers oversubscribed 58.21 times, while wealthy individuals and retail investors oversubscribed 250.8 and 7.8 times, respectively