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Asian stocks were mixed Monday in light trading after Japan reported a jump in its trade deficit and investors looked ahead to economic data this week from China and Korea.

Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Monday's session are Netflix Inc., Halliburton Co., Hasbro Inc. and LinkedIn Corp. is projected to report first-quarter earnings of 81 cents a share, according to a consensus survey from FactSet.

A serious discussion by state legislators on the "sorry" state of municipal police and fire pension plans throughout West Virginia is long overdue, Wheeling Mayor Andy McKenzie said.

We're heading into the heart of the earnings season this week. It's a reality check on the health of the economy and where the markets stand ... and maybe where they'll go.

Taking the long-term view is probably the best course of action for investors given the weakness of first-quarter results as we head into the peak week of first-quarter earnings season with reports from heavyweights like Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., and AT&T Inc. Stocks ended the holiday-shortened week with their best weekly gain in nine months on ... (more)

Investors hope markets can build on the respectable gains chalked up last week after getting reassurance about the Chinese and U.S. economies.

Jittery investors want to know if the long bull market is coming to an end. Here is one sign stocks still have room to run: Advisers who try to predict the market's short-term price swings are all too ready to turn bearish.

Journalists' campaign ends in once HK-based Song Lin's dismissal for 'serious violations of discipline' after claims of affair with banker Song Lin, the scandal-hit chairman of state-owned China Resources, was yesterday sacked for "suspected serious violations of discipline and law violations".

A $10K investment in F5 Networks shares made on January 2nd of this year is worth $12,195 as of market close yesterday.

The implications of Piketty's new book go to the heart of the issue that spurred the Occupy movement in 2011.

In this Monday, May 9, 2011 file photo, LinkedIn Corp., the professional networking Web site, displays its logo outside of headquarters in Mountain View, Calif.

If it feels like every startup you've ever heard of is rushing to drum up large rounds of funding, that's because they probably are.

There is a short window in which savers can make their money earn more than the top 1-year CD rate by investing in Series I savings bonds.

The federal complaint was filed Friday in New York on behalf of city investment funds that traded stocks in the U.S. since April 18, 2009.

The Romania Retail Report has been researched at source and features our independent assessment and forecasts for the retail sector.

Wealthy investors looking to diversify beyond stocks and bonds are now turning to an unusual money-making vehicle -- the art investment fund.

It might be spring cleaning, or just the urge to destroy something after I finish filing my taxes, but one of my chores each year involves getting rid of the excess paperwork that invades my financial life.

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Just like families sometimes overlook the middle kid, investors all too often pay attention to just the smallest and largest stocks.

Investment bank Morgan Stanley said Thursday that its first-quarter income rose 18 percent from a year ago, helped by higher earnings in its trading and merger and acquisitions advisory businesses.