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After years of cost-cutting, Citigroup is starting to invest--in equities trading, an unexpected choice for a classic bond shop.

Netflix could be a buy despite the negative market environment

Lafarge's exit would, in the near term, pull down the presence of Holcim-`Lafarge, which currently has the largest capacity, although UltraTech Cement is also on par

FPIs held Rs3,722 cr worth of SDLs as of 8 Jan, which is just 53% of the total Rs7,000 cr investment limit

Telangana is the first state to accept digital motor insurance covers; Irdai expects all states to follow by next year

We are spotlighting family floater policies with sum assured `20 lakh, the eldest person being 35 years old and the coverage is for two adults and two children

Proximity to the city centre and presence of the Ernakulum railway station has provided an impetus to the development of Edappally micro-market in Kochi

Scripbox's Sanjiv Singhal and Ashok Kumar talk of evolution of the company, retail investor trends and how they manage to keep costs low

If you are following an asset allocation method for some of these portfolios, you can see if the current asset allocation has deviated significantly from the original allocation

Weak December quarter earnings likely due to slowing demand; turnaround unlikely in near term, say analysts

The benchmark Singapore complex GRM averaged higher at $8 per barrel in the December quarter, compared with $6.3 a barrel in the September quarter

A bad-news barometer from the financial crisis is once again flashing warning signs.

Most stocks that pay meaningful yields today do so because their stock prices are cheap. Their dividends are being paid from earnings that aren’t there.

U.S. public pension plans and mutual funds are sheltering more of their holdings in cash than they have in years, a sign of growing stress in financial markets.

Investors are bracing for more volatility in Chinese stocks and the country's currency this week after a crisis of confidence in Beijing's economic management roiled markets during the first trading days of 2016.

Plenty of investors see telecom stocks like AT&T Corp. (T) and Verizon Communications (VZ) as cornerstones of any income portfolio. Heck, many even like Comcast (CMCSA) as a dividend-growth staple.