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Officials who gathered in Lima, Peru, for the IMF's annual meeting delivered a message to their American counterparts: Please stop dithering and raise rates.

The largest U.S. pension fund could reduce its 7.5% return goal by as much as a quarter percentage point a year, a move that could lead to higher contributions from workers and local governments.

An appropriate asset allocation and clear communications are key when markets are volatile.

Over the past three months, the consensus estimate has sagged from $1.25. For the fiscal year, analysts are expecting earnings of $5.75 per share. A year after being $1.37 billion, analysts expect revenue to fall 1% year...

The El Niño weather phenomenon is starting to push up prices for key agricultural commodities as its impact spreads through key crop-growing regions in Asia and beyond.

Dell's deal for EMC has rightly unsettled holders of stock in VMware.

The recent bounce in metal prices is making some wonder if the worst is over

After merger with FMC, Sebi likely to bring the regulations in line with those that govern commodity bourses

Falling profits and increased borrowing at U.S. companies are rattling debt markets, a sign the six-year-long economic recovery could be under threat.

Investors buy more than `1,000 crore of bonds issued by state governments, indicating the attractiveness of state-backed Indian papers

In afternoon trading on Monday, Energy stocks are the worst performing sector, showing a 2.5% loss. Within that group, Southwestern Energy Company (NYSE: SWN) and Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK) are two large stocks ...

Looking at the sectors faring best as of midday Monday, shares of Utilities companies are outperforming other sectors, higher by 0.7%. Within the sector, FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) and Xcel Energy, Inc. (NYSE: XEL) are...

Was the appeal of lending money to a company with roughly $3 in cash for every $1 it borrowed too good to be true? It appears so.

We expect weak shipment volumes across several commodities, particularly coal, and lower fuel surcharge revenues to negatively impact the company's revenues on a year-over-year basis. As per CSX's carload report for the ...

F5 accounts for over 50% of the ADC market, and its closest competitors are way behind it in terms of market share. The company did a comprehensive refresh of its product portfolio in 2013 which significantly expanded it...

This will be the first fragrance launch in over a decade by the mid-market beauty and cosmetics company. Post its acquisitions in the fragrance segment, this might be another step by Revlon towards building a stronger fr...

Almost 75% of Alibaba's valuation can be attributed to its operations in China. Needless to say, its share within the country's e-commerce market matters. In 2014, buyers on Alibaba's China marketplaces accounted for nea...

The failure of a trial for a Lilly heart-disease drug raises the stakes for the rest of its roster.

“I’ve never gone into battle with this much ammo in all my time at Lockheed Martin and SAIC,” says Stan Larimer, a 40-year veteran of the American aerospace industry and President of Cryptonomex Inc., a US software...

Earnings season kicks into high gear on Wall Street this week, with five major U.S. banks -- JPMorgan Chase & Co., Wells Fargo & Co., Bank of America Corp., Citigroup Inc. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. -- slated to post q...

Ameren Corporation (AEE) declared a quarterly cash dividend on its common stock of 42.5 cents per share, a 3.7 percent increase from the prior quarterly cash dividend of 41 cents per share, resulting in an annualized equ...

The iShares Global Industrials ETF (EXI) is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Monday, with over 260,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 26,000. Shares of EXI were off about 0.2% o...