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The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed above 17000 for the first time in nearly two months on Friday as data showed the U.S. economy created more jobs than expected in February.

Lackluster trading is likely to weigh once again on banks' first-quarter results.

Fuel costs account for one-third of an airline’s total operating expenses. Due to the steep fall in crude oil prices over the last 20 months, the fuel expense of airlines throughout the globe has been reduced significa...

BlackRock suspended the issuance of new shares in the roughly $8 billion iShares Gold Trust, citing a surge in demand for gold. The suspension could cause the price of shares in the exchange-traded product to rise faster...

Are the markets, especially recently buoyant commodities and emerging markets, correctly predicting a ​global economic rebound? Friday's U.S. trade data say these markets are wrong.

Target-date funds are a reminder that the test of any action is whether it is better than inaction.

Taubman Centers (TCO) declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.595 per share of common stock, an increase of 5.3 percent. The common dividend is payable March 31, 2016 to shareholders of record on March 15, 2016.

By Chad Watt and Mark Druskoff The much anticipated wave of consolidation due to rock-bottom oil prices hasn’t come to pass. The reason? A debt hangover. Cheap oil has led to stress and distress in some quarters, but u...

Trina Solar , the worlds largest solar panel manufacturer, posted a strong set of Q4 2015 numbers, driven by record panel shipments, growing downstream revenues and falling manufacturing costs. The company’s outlook fo...

Custody banking fees made up 55-60% of total revenues for the two largest custody banks (BNY Mellon and State Street), with asset management, securities trading and interest income contributing the rest. On the other han...

Broadcom Limited, the successor to Avago Technologies Limited, reported its Q1 2016 earnings on March 3rd. Avago completed its acquisition of Broadcom on February 1st this year, and the combined company was named Broadco...

A majority of United’s revenue is contributed by its US and International operations and this trend has remained constant over the last five years. However, the network carrier’s EBITDA contributed from its US and In...

In light of the recent reprieve in market battering, the equity research team at Morgan Stanley decided it was time to take a look at stocks that have been made better values because of the selloff. Here's a look at some...

The PowerShares KBW Regional Banking Portfolio ETF (KBWR) is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Friday, with over 438,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 28,000. Shares of KBWR wer...

After two weeks of tweaks and fine-tuning at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain, F1 winter testing is over.

In trading on Friday, the iShares Latin America 40 ETF (ILF) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 4.5% on the day. Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Gerdau (GGB), up about 19.4% and sh...

In trading on Friday, oil & gas exploration & production shares were relative leaders, up on the day by about 7.5%. Leading the group were shares of Seadrill (SDRL), up about 79.3% and shares of Halcon Resources Corporat...

Biotechnology stocks have stabilized, but the road forward isn't entirely smooth.

The latest tally of analyst opinions from the major brokerage houses shows that among the components of the S&P 500 index, Abbott Laboratories (ABT) is now the #129 analyst pick, moving up by 3 spots.

The directors of a company tend to have a unique inside view into the business, so when directors make major buys, investors are wise to take notice. Presumably the only reason a director of a company would choose to tak...

Looking back to 2 days ago, China Biologic Products Inc (NASD: CBPO) priced a 3,870,000 share secondary stock offering at $110.00 per share. Buyers in that offering made a considerable investment into the company, expect...

Zambia faces economic and social crisis as copper prices plunge and foreign investment from China wanes.