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Exor, a holding company controlled by the Agnelli family that owns interests in Fiat Chrysler Automotive, CNH Industrial, and Italian Serie A soccer champions Juventus is beginning to look like Berkshire Hathaway. On Mo...

Georgeson, a proxy-solicitation firm, is being investigated by federal prosecutors as part of the government's increased focus on the illegal trading of confidential company information.

A jury has convicted Tom Hayes, a former trader at UBS and Citigroup, with fraudulently trying to rig the London interbank offered rate, or Libor, the first criminal conviction of an individual for manipulating the widel...

In trading on Monday, metals & mining shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 4.6%. Helping drag down the group were shares of Natural Resource Partners (NRP), off about 13.8% and shares of Hallador Energ...

Consistently, one of the more popular stocks people enter into their stock options watchlist at Stock Options Channel is International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM). So this week we highlight one interesting put co...

Asia shares dropped Monday amid jitters about weakening Chinese manufacturing data and the continued declines in commodity prices.

Car sales probably can't get much stronger than they were in July, but Americans will find another way to spend their money.

It is shaping up as a cruel summer for debt investors wagering on a rebound in the oil-and-gas business.

As the owner and operator of eight racing facilities, Speedway Motorsports' (TRK) business is heavily tied to the popularity of racing, particularly NASCAR. Since October 2014, TRK is up more than 21%, despite the busine...

It's hardly surprising that mental ability, including financial know-how, declines with age.

Turner networks was able to sell most of their upfront inventory with higher ad rates for the 2015-16 television season. These factors likely provided a lift to Time Warner's Q2 earnings. Furthermore, HBO will see an upt...

At Holdings Channel, we have reviewed the latest batch of the 34 most recent 13F filings for the 06/30/2015 reporting period, and noticed that Facebook, Inc. (NASD: FB) was held by 15 of these funds. When hedge fund mana...

A federal judge gave the Securities and Exchange Commission seven days to say if it will change the way it appoints its administrative law judges.

Among the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Deere & Co. (NYSE: DE), where a total of 17,328 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 1.7 million...

The PowerShares S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio ETF (PBP) is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Monday, with over 908,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 166,000. Shares of PBP were off...

In trading on Monday, the Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund ETF (XLU) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 0.2% on the day. Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Nextera Energy (NEE), up a...

In afternoon trading on Monday, Energy stocks are the worst performing sector, showing a 2.1% loss. Within the sector, Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) and Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK) are two of the day's laggards, sh...

Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASD: REGN), where a total volume of 4,106 contracts has been traded thus ...

In trading on Monday, trucking shares were relative leaders, up on the day by about 0.9%. Leading the group were shares of YRC Worldwide (YRCW), up about 3.6% and shares of Saia (SAIA) up about 2.9% on the day.

In afternoon trading on Monday, Utilities stocks are the best performing sector, losing just 0.1%. Within that group, NextEra Energy Inc (NYSE: NEE) and FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) are two of the day's stand-outs, showi...

Dow Jones drops 1.04%, S&P 500 down 0.74%, Nasdaq Composite falls 0.82%

Senior officials at the Treasury Department and Federal Reserve questioned the benefits of high-frequency trading in U.S. Treasury markets, suggesting market overseers are building the case for new rules targeting the fi...