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Dallas Fed President Robert Steven Kaplan is part of a widening consensus taking root inside the nation's central bank for a strategy of raising rates slowly in the months and years ahead.

Hedge fund Starboard Value LP said in a letter it hopes to remove the entire board of Yahoo Inc., setting the stage for a battle over the future of the faded Web giant.

Credit Suisse Group Chief Executive Tidjane Thiam received $4.7 million in total pay for 2015, a year in which he launched an ambitious bid to restructure the troubled Swiss bank.

The world's cocoa processors are struggling with a problem even Willy Wonka himself would struggle to solve: a glut of chocolate factories

Accenture has declared a semi-annual cash dividend of $1.10 per share on Accenture Class A ordinary shares for shareholders of record at the close of business on April 15, 2016, and Accenture Holdings has declared a semi...

Yahoo's shareholders should side with Starboard in its quest to shake up the Internet company's board.

In afternoon trading on Thursday, Financial stocks are the worst performing sector, showing a 1.1% loss. Within that group, Lincoln National Corp. (NYSE: LNC) and Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU) are two of the day...

Looking at the sectors faring best as of midday Thursday, shares of Utilities companies are outperforming other sectors, up 0.3%. Within that group, AES Corp. (NYSE: AES) and Exelon Corp (NYSE: EXC) are two large stocks ...

A profitable week for Valeant traders

Reports suggest that McDonald’s is developing a loyalty program in the U.S. that will be launched later this year or in early 2017, building further on its new smartphone app. The company’s mobile phone app was launc...

The EU was supposed to bring peace and prosperity, but the continent has neither.

The bad news that companies ignore in pro forma results shows up in their stock performance. Eventually.

Short selling and margin trading, both discouraged in China's stock markets since last summer's crash, are getting a tacit nod from Beijing in what is seen as a signal of growing confidence in a recovery.

The WisdomTree LargeCap Value Fund ETF (EZY) is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Thursday, with over 78,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 26,000. Shares of EZY were off about 0...

In trading on Thursday, the Gold Miners ETF (GDX) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 1.8% on the day. Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Sibanye Gold (SBGL), up about 3.2% and shares ...

Looking at units outstanding versus one week prior within the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, the biggest outflow was seen in the iShares MSCI Japan ETF (EWJ), where 22,800,000 units were destroyed, or a 1.5% de...

In trading on Thursday, rental, leasing, & royalty shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 2.2%. Helping drag down the group were shares of Sabine Royalty Trust (SBR), down about 6.1% and shares of BP Pru...

In trading on Thursday, drugs shares were relative leaders, up on the day by about 1.8%. Leading the group were shares of Apricus Biosciences (APRI), up about 18.3% and shares of Bellicum Pharmaceuticals (BLCM) up about ...

Comparing units outstanding versus one week ago at the coverage universe of ETFs at ETF Channel, the biggest inflow was seen in the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM), which added 83,700,000 units, or a 13.0% increa...

Fading the DB lowered price target on Alibaba

In early trading on Thursday, shares of Incyte (INCY) topped the list of the day's best performing components of the Nasdaq 100 index, trading up 2.8%. Year to date, Incyte has lost about 36.1% of its value.

Utah is expanding the sex-offender registry into new territory, with a registry that lists people convicted of financial crimes such as tax, credit-card or insurance fraud; thefts from employers or friends; and bilking i...