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Insiders made eye catching buys at the retailers earlier this month. What gives?

It is happening. Global equity markets are correcting. It has been more than 900 trading days, about four years, since the last 10 percent correction.  Since 1930, the average period between 10 percent corrections has b...

The SEC is not requiring Michael Glickstein to admit guilt in connection with its fraud charge, and another positive for the thirty-something Barnes & Noble activist is that there appears to be no parallel criminal actio...

Markets in Asia fell Friday, as a strong case by the Federal Reserve's chairwoman for raising interest rates before year-end added to investors' concerns about slower global growth.

The Public Sector Pension Investment board, a pension fund for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police is accusing Boaz Weinstein's Saba Capital of incorrectly marking assets as it sought to redeem a $500 million investment in...

By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK

By Jonathan Spicer and Ann Saphir AMHERST, Massachussets/SAN FRANCISCO

Prices plunge to cap a brutal week for biotech bulls.

When hedge fund manager "titans" think alike, investors are wise to pay attention. At Holdings Channel, we have reviewed 4,050 13F filings for the 06/30/2015 reporting period, and noticed that SunEdison Inc (NYSE: SUNE) ...

At Holdings Channel, we have reviewed 4,050 13F filings for the 06/30/2015 reporting period, and looked at the various S&P 500 components held by each of these reporting hedge funds and other 13F filers. For each compone...

Handsets still matter for BlackBerry, despite its race to build a software business.

The directors of a company tend to have a unique inside view into the business, so when directors make major buys, investors are wise to take notice. Presumably the only reason a director of a company would choose to tak...

Among the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Amgen Inc (NASD: AMGN), where a total of 15,590 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 1.6 million...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is back in the United States this week, his second visit to the U.S. in twelve months. The highlight of his trip will undoubtedly be a high-profile weekend tour of Silicon Valley, whic...

The world is complicating the Federal Reserve's plan to increase interest rates. It's also complicating matters for investors.

The outgoing Speaker of the House may now be able to cut a budget deal without support from conservative Republicans.

A study of analyst recommendations at the major brokerages shows that Weyerhaeuser Co. (NYSE: WY) is the #104 broker analyst pick among those stocks screened by The Online Investor for strong stock buyback activity. To m...

Among the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK), where a total of 162,416 contracts have traded so far, representing approximate...

Among the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Mylan NV (NASD: MYL), where a total of 28,225 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 2.8 million u...

Accenture reported its Q4 FY 2015 results on September 24th ( fiscal years end with August). Due to the strong dollar, the company posted 1% year-over-year growth in revenues to $7.89 billion, though revenues were up 12%...

Masco Corporation (MAS) declared a quarterly dividend of $.095 per common share, payable on November 9, 2015, to shareholders of record on October 9, 2015.

Discount warehouse giant Costco is scheduled to release its earnings for the fourth quarter and full year ending August 2015 early next week, on September 29. In the previous three quarters, Costco managed to beat earnin...