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Ahold and Delhaize are billing their supermarket deal as a merger of equals. For Delhaize shareholders, that is worrying on several fronts.

The words "boring" and Formula One have often been used in tandem this season given Mercedes' domination -- but this is a sport that could be a sold for a very non-boring price of $8 billion.

The Fed clearing banks may need more time to complete remaining overhauls in a corner of financial markets that contributed to the 2007-2009 crisis.

Freeport McMoRan's planned oil-business IPO underlines a big strategic mistake and looks challenging to pull off.

U.S. Treasury bonds strengthened Wednesday for the first time this week as renewed worries over Greece's debt crisis stoked demand for haven assets.

David Tepper, Larry Robbins and John Paulson, are all up 10% or more after fees in 2015. That compares to a 3% return for the S&P 500.

Investors' worries that regulators will block Charter's deal for Time Warner Cable are overblown.

Lennar Corporation (LEN) has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.04 per share for both Class A and Class B common stock payable on July 22, 2015 to holders of record at the close of business on July 8, 2015.

The worst performing sector as of midday Wednesday is the Industrial sector, showing a 0.9% loss. Within that group, CSX Corp. (NYSE: CSX) and Iron Mountain Inc (NYSE: IRM) are two large stocks that are lagging, showing ...

Nike's losses on the field should be made up for by nonathletes snapping up its clothing. But its heady stock multiple may damp future celebrations.

Barnes & Noble is expected to book a narrower loss than a year ago when it reports fourth-quarter earnings on Thursday, June 25, 2015. Analysts are expecting a loss of 37 cents per share, up from a loss of 72 cents per s...

Despite an expected dip in profit, analysts are generally optimistic about Micron Technology as it prepares to reports its third-quarter earnings on Thursday, June 25, 2015. The consensus earnings per share estimate is 5...

Optimism surrounds Nike, as it gets ready to report its fourth quarter results on Thursday, June 25, 2015. Analysts are expecting the company to book a profit of 84 cents a share, up from 78 cents a year ago.The consensu...

Driving TI's appetite for M&A, according to the sources, is a desire to improve on its profitability and increase its share in the fragmented market for analog circuits, which process linear signals including sound and l...

JetBlue's stock went up by almost 1.5% to $20.23 per share last Friday when the airline announced its plans to offer additional flights with its premium Mint service to customers flying from New York's John F. Kennedy Ai...

While BlackBerry is certainly on stable ground financially, generating positive free cash flow and holding over $3 billion in cash and investments, the recent earnings indicate that the outlook for the company remains ha...

On 6/26/15, U.S. Bancorp's Preferred Stock (NYSE: USB.PRA) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $8.8472, payable on 7/15/15. As a percentage of USB.PRA's recent share price of $837.24, this dividend work...

Netflix's stock has witnessed a phenomenal run-up in the last few months and has risen more than 95% year to date. The stock is currently trading at around the $700 mark whereas our $549 price estimate for the company st...

On 6/26/15, Sunstone Hotel Investors Inc's 8.0% Series D Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (NYSE: SHO.PRD) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.50, payable on 7/15/15. As a percentage of SHO.PRD's...

Freeport-McMoRan Inc. has signaled its intention to raise capital through the IPO of its oil and gas division, a move that has mixed implications for the company. Though the company has not specified the exact amount tha...

On 6/26/15, SL Green Realty Corp.'s 6.50% Series I Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (NYSE: SLG.PRI) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.4062, payable on 7/15/15. As a percentage of SLG.PRI's rec...

The company also gave out details on the expanded role of AOL CEO Tim Armstrong, who will continue to lead AOL operations post-closing. He will report to Marni Walden, Verizon executive vice president and president of Pr...