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China Petroleum and Chemical Lowered to "Underperform" at Jefferies Group
China Petroleum and Chemical traded up 0.56% on Monday, hitting $110.40. China Petroleum and Chemical has a 52-week low of $82.51 and a 52-week high of $122.81. The stock's 50-day moving average is currently $111.0. The company has a market cap of $97.415 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.30. Other equities research analysts have also ... (more)
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New Wall Street threat to homea
A year ago, the Federal Reserve Board issued a policy statement on rental of REO owned by the banks they supervise and allowed the banks to rent REO properties without requiring them to demonstrate continuous efforts to market the properties.
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.
Fired employee ordered to pay Ameriprise $1.1 million
A fired Ameriprise worker who stole client funds has been ordered to pay $1.1 million to her former employer.
Apartment Hunting Just Got Easier
Renting an apartment in New York often resembles an obstacle course. A new company is aiming to simplify the search by putting the process online.
High-Profile VCs Caught up in Bitcoin Mania
Just since April, notable firms such as Andreessen Horowitz, Founders Fund, Google Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Union Square Ventures have invested $9 million in three bitcoin-related companies: BitPay, CoinBase and OpenCoin.
Yahoo is reported to be in talks with Tumblr as it is looking to acquire the blogging service for around $1 billion .
Aberdeen Sounds Alarm as Asia Bond Growth Soars: Credit Markets
The amount of dollar-denominated bonds issued by companies in Asia is growing almost 10 times faster than the global corporate debt market , raising concern that investors are lowering their standards as they seek to take advantage of the region's relatively high yields.
S&P lowers Berkshire credit rating
Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., tours the exhibition floor prior to the start of the Berkshire shareholders meeting in Omaha on May 4. Rating agency Standard & Poor's lowered one of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s credit ratings by a notch Thursday, a day after another agency, A.M. Best, kept the Omaha investment company's ... (more)
Exclusive: Onex fails to find buyer for Carestream Health
Stocks continued their climb into uncharted territory on Friday, racking up the fourth week of gains in a row as encouraging economic data prompted investors to pick up shares of growth companies.
Chris Hall: Senator Duffy and the little matter of accountability
Chris Hall is the CBC's National Affairs Editor, based in the Parliamentary Bureau in Ottawa.
Stocks rise on hopeful signs for the US economy
A gauge of future economic activity rose more than analysts had expected, as did a measure of consumer confidence, adding to evidence that the economy is maintaining a steady recovery.
Why Goldman Sachs Just Bet $500 Million on Elon Musk's Solar Business
Forget Tesla . Musk's roof-top firm SolarCity is now the nation's largest residential solar installer Elon Musk's electric car and rocket ship ventures may score the headlines --but SolarCity, his rooftop photovoltaic company, is proving the market leader of a booming business.
Imperial Tobacco Group's Underperform Rating Reaffirmed at BNP Paribas
's stock had its "underperform" rating reaffirmed by BNP Paribas in a research note issued on Friday, Analyst Ratings Network.com reports.
Movers & Shakers: Thursday's movers: Berkshire hit by S&P downgrade
Shares of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. headed south on Thursday after Standard & Poor's Ratings Services lowered the company's credit rating by one notch to 'AA' with a negative outlook.
J.C. Penney posts bigger 1Q loss than expected
The legacy of J.C. Penney's former CEO continues to cast a dark cloud over the department-store chain.
RIVERSIDE: Man killed by train wouldn't move, conductor says
Police said the freight train conductor sounded the horn when he saw something on the railroad tracks on the BNSF line and stopped the train just before the Chicago Avenue crossing in northeast Riverside about 9:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Amazon cloud partner Apptio raises $45 million
Apptio, a start-up that helps big companies like Boeing Co track billions of dollars in technology spending, said on Wednesday that it raised $45 million from institutional investment firms including Janus Capital Group.
Hikma Pharmaceuticals Stock Rating Reaffirmed by Jefferies Group
's stock had its "buy" rating restated by analysts at Jefferies Group in a research report issued to clients and investors on Thursday, StocKRatingsNetwork.com reports.
Retirement savers lose $117,000 to unexpected events
Almost all of the 50-to-70-year-olds surveyed said they had experienced at least one economic or life event that had taken a hit to their retirement savings, according to Ameriprise.