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General Electric is dumping its water business while combining the oil and gas unit with Baker Hughes, but probably not because it needs the cash.

Honda Motor raised its full-year profit forecast due to lower costs and cost cuts which it expects will offset the impact of a stronger currency.

Rumors of the death of personal computers have been greatly exaggerated. They still matter, to both Apple and Microsoft.

At least one gauge, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, shows that investors aren't just jittery, they're holding their breath ahead of voting on 8 November

Trailing 12-month capital investments are now at $30 billion for three largest cloud vendors.

In the open market operations auction of 25 October, banks were willing to sell government bonds to RBI at 10-15 basis points higher than the prevailing yield in market

Revenues from the region are up 34% against the 26% rise in the first two quarters, better than the 10% rise in India

Consolidated net profit at Grasim Industries rose 50.4% to Rs845.96 crore and consolidated net sales increased 2.7% to Rs9261.78 crore, year-on-year

Gross non-performing assets grew by a massive 35% to form 11% of the loan book as of 30 September

In afternoon trading on Monday, Utilities stocks are the best performing sector, higher by 2.3%. Within that group, NRG Energy Inc (NYSE: NRG) and American Electric Power Company, Inc. (NYSE: AEP) are two of the day's st...

Among the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in DaVita Inc (NYSE: DVA), where a total of 21,686 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 2.2 million...

Among the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Wynn Resorts Ltd (NASD: WYNN), where a total of 11,206 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 1.1 ...

Exxon Mobil's stock dropped almost 2.5% soon after the company reported its third quarter 2016 financial results on 28th October 2016. While the US-based integrated company reported a sequential improvement in its earnin...

Leading chipset market, Qualcomm is set to report its Q4 2016 earnings on November 2nd. (Fiscal years end with September.) In Q3, the company witnessed a year-over-year increase in its top-line, after reporting consecuti...

Coach's shares have lost about 17% over the past three months and look undervalued relative to peers.

Shutterstock As the end of year approaches, family office investors assess the performance of their portfolios and consider how to position for the coming year. As part of this exercise, family offices routinely look for...

Trend among younger coffee drinkers is also playing out in other big consumers including Brazil and even tea-loving Chin

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...

Intense competition is probably responsible for bumpy sales by WPP and other ad industry giants.

The White House is looking at the impact on jobs and pay when approving corporate deals, including planned mergers like General Electric-Baker Hughes and AT&T-Time Warner.

Next time your instincts are telling you to act in times of panic or euphoria, the Fear & Greed of other investors may provide some valuable context to prevent emotions from taking over your decisions.

The cybersecurity industry is in the midst of an M&A wave as larger companies are expanding their product lines via inorganic growth. This has been the case with recent deals such as Symantec and Blue Coat, Avast and AVG...