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Most Asian stock markets gained Thursday as rising oil prices and signs of an improving U.S. economy appeared to restore investor confidence.

Millennials appear to be faring better on the employment front, a trend that bears watching in Friday's jobs report.

Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Charter Communications Inc (NASD: CHTR), where a total of 13,671 contracts have traded so far, representing app...

Dutch insurer Delta Lloyd is locked in a public spat with Highfields Capital Management, a Boston-based hedge fund that is seeking to block a planned $706 million rights issue.

Looking at the sectors faring worst as of midday Thursday, shares of Healthcare companies are underperforming other sectors, showing a 0.3% loss. Within that group, Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASD: ALXN) and Vertex Ph...

The best performing sector as of midday Thursday is the Energy sector, higher by 3.4%. Within that group, Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK) and Southwestern Energy Company (NYSE: SWN) are two of the day's stand-outs, s...

The abrupt departure of a top executive raises more questions about Valeant's growth prospects.

While the budget may not have made any big-bang reform announcements, it took some small but critical steps that could help turn the negative mood

Interest rates are critical to insurers' investment returns. Moves into negative territory present a growing threat.

The latest India composite PMI released for February talks about fading inflationary pressures. But, there is a divergence between the manufacturing and services sectors

As solar gets cheaper and thermal power turns expensive, the viability for moving to their own renewable energy source gets better

JetBlue’s revenue grew almost 70% over the last five years on the back of the recovery in air travel demand in the domestic market. The low-cost carrier’s EBITDA more than doubled over the same period, largely becaus...

American Eagle Outfitters‘ revenues increased a sizable 7% during 2015, driven by a similar growth in comparable sales and partially offset by the closure of under-performing stores throughout the year. The growth is i...

Social networking giants Facebook and Twitter are often compared in terms of user engagement, user base and their rate of growth. This is natural, considering the companies were established within two years of each other...

United Technologies (NYSE: UTX) recently announced that it has pulled out of talks related to a potential take over by Honeywell (NYSE: HON). Subsequently, Honeywell issued a press release containing a link to its slide-...

Weak power sector demand continues to haunt sales growth at Coal India and last month seems to be no exception

Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT), where a total volume of 38,183 contracts has been traded thus far today, a co...

A record amount of gas in underground storage as winter heating demand winds down could create havoc late this summer.

Gold prices ended the U.S. day session solidly higher and closed at a 13-month high close Thursday. Weaker U.S. stock indexes and a sell-off in the U.S. dollar index were bullish elements for the precious metal on this d...

Broadcom tonight will set the direction for the semis in the near-term

The latest tally of analyst opinions from the major brokerage houses shows that among the components of the S&P 500 index, Boston Scientific (BSX) is now the #117 analyst pick, moving up by 1 spot.

The latest tally of analyst opinions from the major brokerage houses shows that among the 30 stocks making up the Dow Jones Industrial Average, Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) is the #28 analyst pick. Within the broader S&P 500, w...