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Lloyds Banking Group is counting the cost of regulatory change, after a court decision blocked the bank from redeeming expensive hybrid bonds early. That is a warning to other banks.

Yields on U.S. Treasurys and German bunds reached their highest levels so far this year, as government bonds extended a recent selloff after a wave of upbeat economic data highlighted investors' concerns that bonds are o...

The U.S. economy looks set to rebound this spring after last winter's lackluster showing. The Federal Reserve's Beige Book revealed Wednesday that the economy grew at a "modest to moderate" pace in the past few months, a...

Graduating from college is still one of the best career choices that a person can make - that's the message that Bill Gates, the billionaire co-founder of Microsoft who dropped out of one of America's top colleges after ...

U.S. stocks closed higher Wednesday after the Federal Reserve's Beige Book said economic activity expanded at a "modest to moderate" pace over the past few months, signaling the economy will rebound in the spring followi...

Goldman Sachs recently estimated that dividend yield will be the single largest contributor to total returns by the end of this year. It's easy to see why, judging from the sheer number of companies that offer a dividend...

Tesla Motors Inc. sold 1,652 Model S luxury electric cars in the U.S. last month, 50 percent more than in May 2014, according to an estimate from WardsAuto. But analysts point out that the numbers are ballpark figures ba...

Oil prices slumped Wednesday on concerns that the global crude market continues to be oversupplied.

When hedge fund manager "titans" think alike, investors are wise to pay attention. At Holdings Channel, we have reviewed 4,019 13F filings for the 03/31/2015 reporting period, and noticed that Mondelez International Inc ...

The dollar fell against the euro on Wednesday as optimism for the eurozone's prospects prompted investors to unwind some of their bets on a stronger U.S. currency.

Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, in trading on Wednesday, shares of NorthStar Realty Finance Corp (NYSE: NRF) were yielding above the 9% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to ...

Even though loans trail deposits, banks are seeing solid loan growth

A soaring outlook from chip maker Ambarella suggests drone sales are taking off.

The bond market was nervous before ECB President Mario Draghi spoke Wednesday. It is even more nervous after.

Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Priceline Group Inc. (NASD: PCLN), where a total volume of 17,521 contracts has been traded thus far today,...

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The stock trades at its book value and is priced at about 16x FY2016 consensus estimates, which is relatively low for a firm in a high-growth industry. Although First Solar faces some challenges in sustaining its margins...

Symantec's latest product could be better defined as hybrid solution rather than a cloud-based product, since it performs DLP services for on-premise infrastructure as well as cloud services. It comes with a host of feat...

There is room for stock price movement depending on the amplitude and the timing of any recovery in gaming volume. While the timing is uncertain, the amplitude could well be steep. We believe that, ultimately, growth in ...

The broad trend that emerges from the data here is that the credit card loan portfolios for these lenders have steadily improved over the last two years. The change seen here is part of a larger trend that mirrors the se...

The persistent decline in PC shipments, its late entry in the mobile market, and increasing investment in building out its technology have all impacted Intel?s growth in the last few years, constraining revenue growth as...

Ahead of the Tape: Payments-technology company VeriFone is making poor returns as middleman for trillions of dollars in transactions.