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This question is diverting attention from the real questions about the stock market's decline.

Shareholders are putting increasing pressure on BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and others to begin looking beyond the downturn, and efforts to reduce costs, and to focus more on eking out new sources of growth.

European banks are experimenting with delegating what has been a core part of their business for centuries: deciding who deserves a loan.

The stock-market gyrations in August revealed cracks in the booming exchange-traded funds business--cracks that fund managers acknowledge as they figure out what went wrong.

With a few weeks left to go for the quarter to end, if foreign currencies in EMs continue to depreciate, then it is likely to affect the earnings of companies

New projects (those with funding from banks and financial institutions) have fallen to less than 40% of planned investments for the first time in at least five years

GoPro's struggles to sell its newest camera are already reflected in its stock.

There are risks to the Federal Reserve raising rates this week and risks to it standing pat. The central bank needs a way out.

China wants to tap more foreign capital to help clean up its debt mess. Investors should steer clear.

Not every Lloyd's of London insurer will fall to a generous Japanese buyer.

From materials to information technology to consumer discretionary, no sector is immune. The only way to avoid the pitfalls of unfavorable foreign exchange rates is to restrict business to the U.S., an idea most growth-s...

I lost one of my childhood idols today, as Moses Malone died at the age of 60. I grew up in Pennsylvania watching Moses on the great Philadelphia 76ers teams of the early 80s. Moses was a three-time NBA MVP and named to ...

The holiday season looks great for retailers and their orders reflect that.

Economic and corporate news expected from Monday, September 14 to Friday, September 18.

Any ailment that you contract after you buy the policy is not a pre-existing disease

Each new fund that you bring into your portfolio does reduce the risk a bit, but it also has two potential side effects

This is a traditional participating insurance policy, and it pegs investment returns to the performance of the participating fund

The Sumit Bose committee report suggests many changes that make insurance customer-friendly

An emergency fund will work only if it is adequate and the money is easily accessible

Versus all-time highs, ten components of the Dow are in bear market territory. Another 14 components remain in correction territory. The remaining six have rebounded out of correction mode. Nine have year-to-date gains o...

With less than a week to go until the Federal Reserve's hotly anticipated September policy meeting, where the committee will fall on the question of rate hikes remains unclear -- even to members.

A Fed rate increase threatens to raise the borrowing costs of many governments and companies