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The last deep-pit coal mine in the U.K. plans to shut its doors next week, heralding the end of a centuries-old industry that helped fuel the industrial revolution and build the British Empire.

U.S. benchmark West Texas Intermediate fell below $35 a barrel as last week's bearish sentiment continues to blight the oil markets.

Asian markets fell early Monday amid sharpening worries about the stability of the junk-bond market and tumbling oil prices.

Regulators have long worried about the theoretical risk that bond funds holding illiquid assets could be vulnerable to something like a bank run. Suddenly, that doesn't seem just theoretical.

The Force hasn't exactly been with Electronic Arts since its launch of "Star Wars Battlefront." But, like the movie series it is based on, there is more to the story.

The value of the country's leading companies has fallen by more than 10pc over the last year amid a commodities rout

The AES Corporation (AES) approved a 10% increase in the Company's quarterly common stock dividend, from $0.10 per share to $0.11 per share, beginning in the first quarter of 2016.

First Solar, the largest U.S. solar manufacturer, provided relatively conservative guidance for 2016, projecting modest revenue growth (13% at the midpoint), flattish shipments (4% growth) and contracting gross margins (...

Historically companies facing food poisoning outbreaks have recovered quickly without a long-term impact. In 1993 fast food restaurant Jack In The Box had a major E.coli outbreak in which four children died, and in the q...

Looking at the sectors faring best as of midday Monday, shares of Consumer Products companies are outperforming other sectors, not showing much of a loss. Within that group, Mattel Inc (NASD: MAT) and Kimberly-Clark Corp...

At a UBS conference on December 7th, Netflix announced that it plans to have a total of 31 scripted shows by the end of 2016, which is double the 16 original shows the streaming service aired in 2015. In addition, the co...

The FTSE 100 slumps to three-year low, while mid-cap stock Drax is dragged into the red despite rating upgrade

As revenues began to decline, Textron acquired Beechcraft in mid 2014, which helped prop up 2014 results, in the form of another year of EPS growth. However, this acquisition has left the company less profitable and more...

In trading on Monday, the EGShares Dow Jones Emerging Markets Consumer Titans 30 ETF (ECON) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 1.6% on the day.  Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Vi...

In trading on Monday, precious metals shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 5.3%.  Helping drag down the group were shares of Platinum Group Metals (PLG), off about 16% and shares of Harmony Gold Minin...

In trading on Monday, education & training services shares were relative leaders, up on the day by about 0.3%.  Leading the group were shares of Barnes & Noble Education (BNED), up about 3.8% and shares of ATA (ATAI) up...

Gold prices ended the U.S. day session lower Monday, as crude oil dropped to a nearly seven-year low below $35.00 a barrel in early trading, before rebounding. Silver prices dropped to a six-year low.

Execution is yet to take off in a big way, with Plan expenditure till October-end only 7% higher than a year ago

In September, the government had asked mills to export 4 million tonnes of sugar, pro-rated based on their past production, by September 2016

Over the past two decades, sovereign wealth fund assets have grown to as much as $7 trillion

The latest tally of analyst opinions from the major brokerage houses shows that among the components of the S&P 500 index, Citigroup (C) is now the #68 analyst pick, moving up by 7 spots.

The latest tally of analyst opinions from the major brokerage houses shows that among the 30 stocks making up the Dow Jones Industrial Average, Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) is the #14 analyst pick.  Johnson & Johnson also co...