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Lenders are closing in Nogales, an Arizona city facing banking problems as Wall Street tries to avoid fines associated with the flow of dirty money.

After debuting at `381 the stock later succumbed to profit-booking and finally ended at `360.20

Hong Kong plays catch-up with the mainland after news China will launch a link allowing sales of funds on either side.

California, a state notorious for strict environmental reviews and aggressive community activist groups, may have just gotten even tougher for developers.

U.S. stocks closed sharply lower Tuesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropping nearly 200 points, as losses in the technology sector led all three major indexes lower. All 30 stocks in the Dow closed lower, whi...

When crude prices were high, the commercial real-estate market in Canada's oil capital rivaled that of Houston. Now energy companies are cutting back, vacating a record amount of space even as construction of nine major ...

There have been three distinct trends within the tech sector since the 1990s that have left an indelible imprint.

Profits at companies across Southeast Asia are on the slide this year, and analysts say more pain is in store. That spells trouble for equity investors.

Oil prices slipped Tuesday on a stronger dollar and concerns that the recent rally in oil prices could spark an increase in production.

The Sell-in-May (SIM) period is a well-known time interval of seasonal weakness. It runs from May 6 to October 27, approximately. I selected May 6 because this is the termination date of the end-of-the-month strength for...

The technology stocks led the market higher last week even though most of the major averages sagged into the close last Friday. The S&P futures showed a loss of short-term momentum in weekend trading and have declined fu...

With uncertainties increasing, stock market is looking vulnerable

One reason new-home sales are still so low: New-home prices are still out of reach for many Americans.

The worst performing sector as of midday Tuesday is the Energy sector, showing a 2.1% loss. Within the sector, QEP Resources Inc (NYSE: QEP) and Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) are two of the day's laggards, showing a loss o...

The best performing sector as of midday Tuesday is the Services sector, losing just 0.8%. Within that group, Time Warner Cable Inc (NYSE: TWC) and Cablevision Systems Corp. (NYSE: CVC) are two large stocks leading the wa...

If traders understand the drawbacks of trading this leveraged index ETF that attempts to achieve 3x the daily move of the Russell 2000, then trading this vehicle can be very resourceful for both short and long term trade...

The newly launched AccuShares ETFs are the first volatility-based products to offer investors direct access to the CBOE volatility index.

Bargain hunters are wise to pay careful attention to insider buying, because although there are many various reasons for an insider to sell a stock, presumably the only reason they would use their hard-earned cash to mak...

The REPRISE II Extended Cohort study was an extension of the REPRISE II clinical trial that reported strong performance data at one year in September 2014. On the other hand, the RESPOND Post-Market Study was initiated i...

While the industry declined 5.3% in the quarter, Best Buy's revenues from these categories saw only a 0.7% decline. This was driven by strong product cycles in large screen televisions and mobile phones and continued gro...

The layoffs come just about a month after the company said that it was considering closing offices in Sweden, in a move that would reduce its headcount by about 100 employees. However, the current round of job cuts is un...

Brokerage firm Charles Schwab witnessed a strong start to the year, with total daily trades standing at nearly 580,000 through the March quarter. Trade volumes were about 5% higher than the comparable prior year period a...