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Transocean and Icahn Agree on Dividend, Strategy, Board Seat

Today, Transocean (RIG) reached an agreement with shareholder activist Carl Icahn to settle a monthslong disagreement regarding the...

Mark Skousen

KKR Agrees to Buy Landscaper Brickman for $1.6 Billion

KKR & Co. (KKR), a private-equity firm led by Henry Kravis and George Roberts, agreed to buy landscape-maintenance...

Cola Wars Next Front: India

With business growth rates in emerging markets four to five times larger than in the United States and...

Dow, S&P 500 climb for fifth straight week

U.S. stocks rose today to bounce back from yesterday's sell-off after an unexpectedly strong payrolls report and the...

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S&P Downgrades Credit Rating of France

Standard & Poor’s downgraded France’s credit rating from AA+ to AA, a move not matched by other credit-rating...

[unhappy Christmas shopper]

Penney’s Flagging Sales Leave It Grasping at Straws

J.C. Penney Co. (JCP) heads into the holiday season needing a gift from Ole St. Nick to appease...

Federal Reserve Building

Investors Concerned about GDP Growth

Economic growth beat estimates, leading investors to worry that the Federal Reserve could begin tapering its stimulus sooner...

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Spain’s Industry, Exports Grow, Unemployment Still High

Spain reported 1.4% year-on-year growth in September, contradicting expectations of a 1.5% contraction.

[Vladimir Putin]

Russian Economy to Face 20 Years of Underperformance

Russian Economy Minister Alexei Ulyukayev stated his country’s expected rate of growth over the next two decades would...

[woman holding smartphone]

Twitter Surges More than 70% in Debut

Twitter (TWTR) began trading today on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol TWTR and the...