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Government measures to stop the rot could exacerbate the share price decline

Worries about global turbulence and soft spots in the domestic economy weighed on Federal Reserve officials when they gathered at their June policy meeting, trepidations that could cause them to wait longer before raisin...

Wednesday's market excitement isn't ending with the three-and-a-half hour trading halt on the New York Stock Exchange. Alcoa reported its second quarter earnings results after Wednesday's (much-anticipated) closing bell,...

Funding at $1.2 billion, is however, 30% lower than a year-ago, says research firm Mercom Capital Group

Trading resumed at the New York Stock Exchange just after 3 p.m. EDT after unexpectedly stalling for nearly four hours Wednesday, due to a technical issue. After trading restarted, the Dow (INDEXDJX:.DJI) was down 250.64...

The rights issue opened for subscription on 9 June, with the exchange aiming to raise up to Rs118.34 crore

Beijing unveils more measures; PBOC says it would step up support to brokerages enlisted to prop up shares

Many participants, in order to decide on raising rates, said they would need additional information indicating that growth was strengthening

Even before Greeks voted to reject bailout proposals from the country's creditors and China's stock market began to tumble this week, the U.S. Federal Reserve was questioning its stance on an interest rate increase plann...

NYSE's halt will go down as the biggest interruption to US stock trading in two years

Ramnath, CEO of copper operations of Vedanta, talks about the impact of the China crisis on India

The software giant still needs a phone connection, even as it writes off most of its huge Nokia bill.

Looking at the sectors faring worst as of midday Wednesday, shares of Energy companies are underperforming other sectors, showing a 2.5% loss. Within that group, Southwestern Energy Company (NYSE: SWN) and Phillips 66 (N...

The move would effectively allow increased purchases from overseas

Delta Air Lines, which released its traffic results for June last week, has reported a 4.5% drop in its consolidated passenger unit revenue (revenue per passenger flown per mile) for the June quarter, higher than the com...

Ahead of the Tape: Shares of the owner of Victoria's Secret trade at about 22 times forward earnings, well above a 10-year average of roughly 15 times.

The U.S. steel industry is facing challenging times. A rising tide of cheap steel imports into the U.S. is steadily eating away at the market shares of domestic steel producers as well as driving down average realized pr...

Viacom's consumer products segment has seen steady growth in the past few years led by retail expansion and continued demand for its merchandise. The company has been trying to leverage its popular brand, Nickelodeon. It...

Apple's iDevice users represent the most sought-after target audience for mobile advertisers, since they are typically more affluent and engaged with their devices. A recent report from Goldman Sachs estimates that 75% o...

Facebook, the leading social network in the world, is expected to see a sharp rise in expenses in the near future. During the entire year, the company?s expenses are forecast to rise by 55% to 65% in GAAP terms, and by 5...

China's woes present a headwind to Tesla's sales ambitions. The auto maker's stock tumbled 4% on Wednesday.

Stock-market outages have become an occasional feature of modern trading, but they generally don't have a big impact on investors.