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Crude-oil futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange dropped to a more-than six-year low on escalating concerns about demand from China following the yuan's devaluation.

After last week's stock-market bloodbath, the balance of power between Big Media and Netflix may have to change.

Goldman Sachs sold a Colombian mining operation to Murray Energy at a steep loss, marking the bank's exit from the coal business and Murray's international expansion.

U.S. stocks closed higher Friday, boosted in the last hour of trading after eurozone officials agreed to launch a new bailout program for Greece. Nine of the 10 S&P 500 sectors traded higher, led by gains in financial an...

King Digital's base of paying users is falling, even as it gets more from those who do pay. That isn't helping growth.

I use Morningstar's star ratings to help me select mutual funds. I only invest in funds which have at least 4 or 5 stars.

Looking at the sectors faring best as of midday Friday, shares of Financial companies are outperforming other sectors, higher by 0.5%. Within the sector, Iron Mountain Inc (NYSE: IRM) and Crown Castle International Corp ...

I'm buying out-of-the money November puts on Kraft. By then the honeymoon will have ended, and I believe reality's onset will also augur a lower earnings multiple.

The worst performing sector as of midday Friday is the Energy sector, showing a 0.7% loss. Within the sector, Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (NYSE: DO) and Marathon Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: MPC) are two of the day's lagga...

The thirty-second full trading week of 2015 comes to a close with the Dow Jones, S&P 500, and NASDAQ Composite higher in mid-afternoon trading on Friday.

A look at its financial statements indicates that the debt it took to finance the acquisition of Kofax has left the company cash strapped. This is negatively impacting our valuation of the company. Furthermore, apart fro...

The second quarter of the year was a lukewarm period for the securities trading industry, as debt trading activity suffered considerably over the months of May and June due to weak economic indicators and the Greece?s de...

The Chinese automotive market was predicted to slow down this year from the previously seen high double-digit growth levels, but the decline has come sooner than many expected. The GDP forecast for the country still rema...

Oil companies eager to export American crude-oil despite a long-standing legal ban have scored a major victory, winning the right to trade U.S. oil with Mexico in a further erosion of the nation's four-decade ban on dome...

A U.K. judge lowered the bail and imposed travel restrictions for Navinder Sarao, the U.K. trader who allegedly contributed to the stock market 'flash crash' of 2010.

Mark Wetjen, a Democrat who often played the role of swing voter on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, is stepping down.

U.S. stocks traded mostly flat Friday as investors turned their attention from China to the Federal Reserve. With two more economic indicators released Friday, market professionals are searching for further hints as to w...

India will probably do best among the 10 largest emerging equity markets after the Fed boosts rates for the first time in nine years

The latest tally of analyst opinions from the major brokerage houses shows that among the components of the S&P 500 index, Union Pacific (UNP) is now the #28 analyst pick, moving up by 1 spot.

Avnet (AVT) approved a 6.25 percent increase in the quarterly cash dividend to $0.17 per share. The dividend will be paid on September 18, 2015 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on September 9, 2015.

The PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio ETF (PWV) is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Friday, with over 154,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 110,000. Shares of PWV w...

In trading on Friday, the Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 1.9% on the day. Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of China Gold International Resources (CGG....