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Verizon announced that it has completed its $4.5 billion acquisition of Yahoo's internet assets. Verizon will merge Yahoo's operations with AOL, which it acquired in 2015, creating a new subsidiary called Oath that is fo...

A trio of reports from OPEC, the IEA and the U.S. EIA on the oil market have sent prices to multi-month lows, but consensus may soon become too bearish.

Kindly uncles and always-short-never-wrong crowd revel in the increasing negativity around Apple at present

Dow Chemical Company's Performance Plastics division, which is worth 36% of the company's value according to Trefis estimates, has been doing well lately. The segment saw revenue growth of 20% with an impressive 15% jump...

In other news, robust growth in private sector insurance, India's marine exports hit a high in fiscal year 2017

The Fed's decision to hike benchmark interest rates last December, and again this March, arrested the steady decline in net interest margin figures for the largest U.S. banks in Q1. Three of the five largest banks in the...

The 10-year Treasury note yield trimmed a drop by three basis points and the dollar cut its losses in half after US Fed rate hike

US Federal Reserve goes for 25 bps interest rate hike and additional plans to tighten monetary policy despite growing concerns over weak inflation

The central bank still sees one more rate hike before the year is over.

The tech sector ETF (XLK) has been the year-to-date leader with a gain of 16%. The financial sector ETF (XLF) with a gain of 23.6% since its post-election low. The only sector exchange-traded fund in correction territory...

The success of commission-free brokerages such as Robinhood prompted traditional brokerages such as Charles Schwab , E*Trade Financial , and TD Ameritrade to slash their trading commissions by over 35% in February 2017.

Inflation is cooling again, and the Federal Reserve hopes that is only temporary. What if it isn't?

India may be the next growth area for Amazon's e-commerce business. According to a report by global payments firm Worldpay, India is likely to become the second largest e-commerce market in the world, competing aggressiv...

With new home sales continuing to fly higher, is Bellway one of the best growth stocks out there?

The natural buyers for the Swedish industrial-technology giant have their own issues with which to contend.

Beleaguered drugmaker Alexion Pharmaceuticals is showing signs of getting its act together.

The Tejas Networks IPO receives bids for 18,03,065 shares against the total issue size of 1,71,12,005 shares, as per data available with the NSE till 1700 hours

Sebi issues a comprehensive framework on margin trading facility, including disclosure norms and eligibility requirements for brokers to provide it to clients

I want to show a few charts that illustrate the extent of the problems that are building up in the passive index world.

The GOP is waging a silent war on retirement. Here's round two and what you need to know.

Jeffrey Gundlach, CEO and CIO of DoubleLine, told investors to raise cash immediately because he expects a correction this summer.

So far, 2017 is shaping up to be a great year for US stocks, but there are plenty of funds that are doing much better than your typical passive index fund.