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China's shares flitted between positive and negative territory Wednesday as officials stepped up efforts to calm markets, while other Asian shares were roughly flat.

China's market rout has left in limbo many small technology companies that had planned to return home after listing in the U.S.

U.S. stocks closed higher for the second straight session, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average gaining more than 100 points, as the Federal Reserve kept rates unchanged. Policymakers said the economy is "expanding mode...

look for glittering analyst reports tomorrow

Whole Foods missed earnings estimates and reported soft comparable store sales growth in its fiscal third quarter on Wednesday, as it struggles to compete against the proliferation of natural and organic offerings avail...

I suppose things could be worse for Twitter. At least their second quarter (Q2) earnings results weren’t leaked before the closing bell as their Q1 numbers were for just 45 seconds in an ‘operational error’ earlier...

Twitter's founders created an innovative messaging platform, they're doing a decent job of monetizing it, but user growth is escaping them.

The Federal Reserve is trying to balance the outlook for jobs and inflation as it considers a rate increase. China's market turmoil could weigh on its deliberations.

Most investors are focused on their retirement assets, not their retirement liabilities. Big mistake.

Bottomless Baidu No More

Both Twitter and Yelp were priced for hypergrowth that now looks less certain.

Last month, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway paid $500 million for a 3.7% ownership stake in Insurance Australia Group (IAG). In addition to the 3.7% ownership stake, Berkshire Hathaway will receive 20% of IAG's gros...

The worst performing sector as of midday Wednesday is the Healthcare sector, showing a 0.1% loss. Within that group, Henry Schein, Inc. (NASD: HSIC) and Biogen Inc (NASD: BIIB) are two large stocks that are lagging, show...

Ahead of the Tape: A.G. Lafley's return to Procter & Gamble didn't revive its fortunes as hoped.

The firm will utilize the primary funds to be raised for purchase of medical equipment; investment in IT, services and payment of debt

Members of the Federal Open Market Committee released their latest policy statement Wednesday which was little changed from June.

The First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund ETF (FTC) is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Wednesday, with over 704,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 57,000. Shares of FTC we...

In trading on Wednesday, the SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF (XOP) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 2.4% on the day. Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Oasis Petrole...

In trading on Wednesday, drugs shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 1.9%. Helping drag down the group were shares of Flamel Technologies (FLML), down about 11% and shares of Stemline Therapeutics (STML...

In trading on Wednesday, trucking shares were relative leaders, up on the day by about 4.2%. Leading the group were shares of YRC Worldwide (YRCW), up about 19.2% and shares of Saia (SAIA) up about 10.1% on the day.

Lawyers representing roughly 100 merchants formally notified MasterCard and Visa that they believe a $6 billion class-action antitrust settlement should be thrown out due to the discovery that opposing lawyers in the cas...

We expect its overall operational sales to improve year-over-year (y-o-y) on account of strong Networks sales, which contribute about 90% of total revenues. The company has built a strong pipeline of orders on a number o...