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There’s nothing like some bad weather in South America to get the markets humming. Due to potential crop damage, Sugar, Soybeans and Coffee have shown tremendous gains in the last few months. Soybeans are particularly ...

H&R Block beat quarterly earnings and revenue estimates and announced a boost in its dividend.

Amid a gloomy global scenario, Indian firms have turned in a smart performance for the March quarter. But will it sustain?

Main worry appears to be continued decline in growth of data segment; volume grew 4.9% sequentially against 14-15% in preceding four quarters

A Sebi probe has shown that Sharepro defrauded 10 firms of an estimated `22 crore

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Amara Raja's current market price of `841.65 discounts its one-year forward estimated earnings by about 29 times, which now looks expensive, as margins seem to have peaked

Restoration Hardware's switch to everyday low prices and away from traditional promotions is weighing on its sales.

In the March quarter, the impetus for this growth came from the southern markets, mainly from Telangana and AP, where a new capital is coming up

While the travails of smaller firms continue with overleveraged balance sheets, most large- and mid-sized firms have seen revenue traction, with interest burden easing off a bit

The revenues of top-tier firms TCS, Infosys, Wipro and HCL Technologies grew 10.1% in constant currency terms in the March quarter

Higher prices have seen temporarily shuttered plants restart; more supply could put pressure on prices, and an increase in crude oil may see energy prices increase as well

While oil prices have shown some strength, the outlook from a medium-term perspective stays subdued

Demand hasn't seen a major revival, and that shows in the financials of retail companies in the March quarter

South-East Asia equity strategist at Nomura Mixo Das on safe bets in equities, the reappointment of RBI governor Raghuram Rajan and the government's reforms push

March 2016 quarter will go down as one of the worst in the history of Indian banks as losses piled up and bad loans tumbled out of their cupboards

With global growth not rosy, and the Middle East, a key market for Indian capital goods makers, battling low oil prices, there is no confidence foreign orders will save the day

Markets such as the National Capital Region, Kolkata and some pockets in Mumbai hold a huge inventory of unsold projects

The narrowing gap between short-term and long-term rates may not be the signal it once was, but the Federal Reserve should still pay heed to it.

Friday's consumer-sentiment survey is expected to show people are actually fairly optimistic about the economy these days.

Looking at the sectors faring best as of midday Thursday, shares of Utilities companies are outperforming other sectors, up 0.4%. Within that group, Ameren Corp (NYSE: AEE) and Consolidated Edison Inc (NYSE: ED) are two ...

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