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Foot Locker reported an acceleration in sales from the first quarter.

Cosmetics maker Estee Lauder reported a smaller-than-expected rise in quarterly sales and disappointing guidance.

Surge of M&A deals, with a pricey attempt at LinkedIn, sparks worries that cloud company's growth is slowing.

Viacom's leadership struggles are behind it, but there could be more pain ahead for investors.

Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, in trading on Friday, shares of ONEOK Inc (NYSE: OKE) were yielding above the 5% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $2.46), with the stock ...

Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, in trading on Friday, shares of Frontier Communications Corp (NASD: FTR) were yielding above the 9% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $0.4...

Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, in trading on Friday, shares of Weyerhaeuser Co (NYSE: WY) were yielding above the 4% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $1.24), with the s...

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...

Deere stock rallied Friday after the farm equipment maker beat on fiscal third-quarter results and raised guidance.

The best performing sector as of midday Friday is the Technology & Communications sector, up 0.4%. Within the sector, Applied Materials, Inc. (NASD: AMAT) and Micron Technology Inc. (NASD: MU) are two large stocks leadin...

Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Xilinx, Inc. (NASD: XLNX), where a total volume of 8,812 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contra...

Among the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM), where a total of 10,147 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 1.0 millio...

In trading on Friday, shares of Vornado Realty Trust's 5.70% Series K Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares (NYSE: VNO.PRK) were yielding above the 5.5% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $1.425), with ...

Leading semiconductor equipment manufacturer, Applied Materials reported its Q3’16 earnings on August 18th. (Fiscal years end with October.) The company saw an uptick in its display and silicon system sales in the quar...

Many retirees want to preserve their capital, so bonds have often been a key component of their portfolios. But some retirees wonder if bonds can continue to provide the stability they’re looking for. They’ve spent d...

Recently Netflix announced a partnership with hospitality company Enseo to provide the Netflix app in more hotels. Under this agreement, guests staying in hotels with devices powered by Enseo can watch Netflix content ei...

Among the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Allergan PLC (NYSE: AGN), where a total of 13,609 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 1.4 milli...

Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Alphabet Inc (NASD: GOOG), where a total volume of 13,824 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contr...

There's an old saying on Wall Street about insider buying: there are many possible reasons to sell a stock, but only one reason to buy. Back on May 31, The Charles Schwab Corporation's Director, John K. Adams Jr., invest...

Cancer drugs have rightly generated significant investor excitement, but picking winners will be challenging.

The oil market has rallied in part due to optimism about an output freeze that could be agreed on next month in Algeria, but Venezuela's descent into chaos may be the most bullish development for prices.

Legendary investor Warren Buffett advises to be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful. One way we can try to measure the level of fear in a given stock is through a technical analysis indi...