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Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASD: WFM), where a total volume of 28,578 contracts has been traded thus far tod...

Bringing Allergan into the fold would be a big win for Pfizer--at the right price.

Visa is in advanced negotiations to buy Visa Europe for about $22 billion in a deal that would unite Visa's global operations.

Oil price slump will be extended into next year on continued worries over a global crude glut, major investment banks say.

Dozens of top brokers from Credit Suisse's U.S. private-banking unit are unhappy over their proposed recruitment by Wells Fargo, creating an opening for rival brokerages to poach them.

The budget bill the White House and congressional leaders hammered out Monday would shut down two popular Social Security claiming strategies that married couples and their financial advisers have come to rely on to sque...

A merger with Ireland-based Allergan could enable Pfizer to lower its tax bill, and Pfizer's CEO said he wouldn't let potential political fallout deter him.

Shares of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. (NYSE:VRX) suffered late Thursday on news that health chain CVS had severed ties with a specialty pharmacy whose convoluted relationship with Valeant has stirred share...

Western Digital reported its fiscal first quarter 2016 earnings on Wednesday, October 28, reporting a nearly 15% year-over-year decline in net revenues to $3.36 billion. The total hard drives shipped by Western Digital t...

They'll search Tinder for soul mates and dare to put their personal details all over social media, but as investors, young people are far too cautious. According to a recent UBS Wealth Management survey, millennials who ...

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The coffee giant delivered earnings that met expectations on Thursday, but shares dropped in after-hours trade.

Carl Icahn is trying his hand at political activism in working to rally Washington against Pfizer's prospective takeover of Allergan.

The group president and CEO at Vertex Venture Holdings, the VC arm of Singapore's Temasek, on start-ups and their crazy valuations

GoPro's 15% drop on Thursday knocked $159 million off Woodman's net worth.

The seemingly lack of available resources available for funding a growing social security and Medicare benefit programs, as demonstrated by the recent budget deal, is a real nightmare for the elderly as Social Security a...

The best performing sector as of midday Thursday is the Energy sector, higher by 0.5%. Within the sector, Murphy Oil Corp (NYSE: MUR) and EQT Corp. (NYSE: EQT) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a gain of 3.9%...

In afternoon trading on Thursday, Technology & Communications stocks are the worst performing sector, showing a 1.2% loss. Within that group, F5 Networks, Inc. (NASD: FFIV) and Avago Technologies Ltd (NASD: AVGO) are two...

Can Oprah Winfrey's mere presence reverse a decaying dinosaur of a business? Can she reverse a fundamental downtrend years in the making? Of course she can, we are taking about Oprah, whose endorsement has influenced pre...

Shifting dynamics in the global coffee market might be affecting the flavor in your cup, as a glut of beans from Brazil has driven down prices while Vietnamese farmers have been hoarding their beans.

SunPower, the second largest U.S. solar company, posted a better than expected set of third quarter numbers, driven largely by demand for its commercial and residential solar products in the United States. However, the u...

China Telecom had a reasonably strong third quarter, aided by incremental subscriber additions, continued migration to the company's 4G LTE network and better cost management. While Q3 revenues grew by about 4.8% year-ov...