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Recovery in oil price also helps soothe nervous markets

A number of emerging markets are taking a risky approach to dealing with growing pressure on their currencies: They're trying to ban it.

Shandong International Trust, one of China's 68 trust companies--whose operations and assets have been largely a black box for outsiders--is planning an IPO of up to $500 million in Hong Kong.

Given the extreme levels of volatility in the oil market at present, percentage drops and upticks in front-month futures prices have begun to seem daft. With both Brent and WTI trading around historic 12-year lows and lu...

"I'm not expecting it, I'm observing it." Soros, who built a $24 billion fortune through savvy wagers on markets, said

If the Federal Reserve pushes back its plans to raise rates, it will have everything to do with what's happening overseas.

Intel has declared a quarterly dividend of 26 cents per share on the company's common stock. The dividend will be payable on March 1, 2016, to stockholders of record on February 7, 2016.

Winter storm Jonas is predicted to drop so much snow on the East Coast that meteorologists are struggling to come up with adequate adjectives. Meanwhile, investors are doing what they always do, looking for a way to prof...

The best performing sector as of midday Friday is the Energy sector, up 4.2%. Within the sector, Williams Cos Inc (NYSE: WMB) and Kinder Morgan Inc. (NYSE: KMI) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a gain of 20....

The world's central banks can't save us anymore. That was the message from some of the world's most prominent investors at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Friday.

The First Trust Indxx Global Natural Resources Income ETF (FTRI) is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Friday, with over 500,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 56,000. Shares of F...

In trading on Friday, the First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund ETF (EMLP) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 4.6% on the day. Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of NGL E...

In trading on Friday, music & electronics stores shares were relative laggards, up on the day by about 0.4%. Helping drag down the group were shares of Conns (CONN), off about 3.1% and shares of Systemax (SYX) off about ...

GE should consider oil and gas, a source of worry among investors, as an opportunity.

The pay-TV industry saw significant activity this week, with the California Public Utilities Commission setting January 26 as the date on which it will hold a public hearing with regards to the proposed merger of Charter...

Intuitive Surgical posted strong Q4 2015 results as the number of da Vinci units sold grew 15% year over year to 158. There was healthy growth in the instrument and accessory revenue as well. Driven by a 15% increase in ...

Verizon, the largest U.S. wireless carrier, published a relatively well-rounded set of Q4 2015 results that generally met analyst estimates. The wireless business performed well, posting reasonable subscriber adds and st...

The market analysts are expecting the company to post EPS of $1.23 for Q4 2015 on net revenues of $6.23 billion. Additionally, fiscal 2015 EPS are estimated at $4.87 on net revenues of $25.3 billion. The turnaround plan ...

The blizzard barreling toward the East Coast may be terrible news for travelers, but it is a rare bit of respite for beleaguered natural-gas producers.

Where are we in relation to company guidance and consensus, as we approach the fourth-quarter and full-year earnings report? How will macroeconomic and currency effects be evident in the results, in relation to underlyin...

Bargain hunters are wise to pay careful attention to insider buying, because although there are many various reasons for an insider to sell a stock, presumably the only reason they would use their hard-earned dollars to ...

Earnings season has been unkind so far to the Oracle of Omaha, but he's not the type to bail at a bottom.