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Standard gold rose by Rs405 on Saturday after falling by Rs445 on Friday

A salutary reminder that the stock market is always one step ahead of the actual news that's being announced.

U.K. publishing and education company Pearson is locked in negotiations to sell its 50 percent stake in the Economist Group, which publishes weekly news magazine The Economist. The talks over a potential sale are with ot...

The stock market's reaction to a heavy week of earnings reports was not encouraging. It reinforces the view from last week that now was not time to jump back into the stock market despite the widespread bullishness. The ...

Richard Salgado, the former head of Banco Espírito Santo, has been placed under house confinement after being officially named a suspect in an investigation into the lender's and its parent's collapse, his lawyer said.

Investors are bailing on commodities amid mounting worries about the pace of global growth. Copper sank to six-year lows, gold fell to a five-year low, and U.S. oil prices sank further below $50 a barrel.

Investors trading stocks with the assistance of financial advisers are more diversified and overcome some common pitfalls, but their stock purchases underperform, the new study shows.