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Source: Wikimedia Commons (Bill Bradford)According to new data on short interest in the period which ended July 15, ten companies listed on the NYSE had short interest over 95 million shares.First...
Year to date, the Shanghai Composite index is up a whopping 53%, prompting worries that major Chinese indexes may be overheating.
Chinese brand value has come of age as huge message company Tencent posted a brand value of $66 billion, according to brand research firm Millard Brown in its study BrandZ.
Here is a look at the top 10 oil companies in the world based on proved reserves. These companies are all at least partially publicly traded on a U.S. exchange.
China’s big three oil companies have recently reported earnings that are significantly below expectations.
Source: courtesy of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.Wal-Mart Stores (NYSE: WMT) is the world’s largest publicly traded employer, with approximately 2.2 million employees across of the globe, a number greater...
Source: ThinkstockChina remains the world’s fastest growing large economy. Even if its GDP improvement has slowed, the leadership of the People’s Republic still expects gross domestic product to...
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Thursday, February 27, 2014. They include Baidu, First Solar, J.C.Penney and Chinese oil...
Source: ThinkstockMany fundamental analysts will tell you the chart followers are nothing more than people reporting after-the-fact data. The reality on Wall Street is that a great chart pattern...
Source: ThinkstockOil industry data and publishing firm Platts announced on Tuesday its annual list of the top 250 global energy companies. This marks the twelfth year that Platts has compiled its...
Source: courtesy of BP plcThe Deepwater Horizon explosion that resulted in a historically large oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico began on April 20, 2010. BP PLC (NYSE: BP), which operated the well,...
Source: ThinkstockInvestors have become increasingly anxious about how badly the U.S. equity and fixed income markets will be battered as the American government marches toward a potential default....
Source: ThinkstockWhile the U.S. and Asian markets have had strong starts to the 2013 trading year, global equities as a whole have faced some headwinds over the past month. Many of the struggles in...
More American companies are among the 20 largest in the world than at any time in the past decade. This is because earnings at U.S. companies have risen faster than the rest of the world as the...
Economic contagion has spread to China, as the markets there signal deep concern. The Hang Seng fell 3% overnight as the reality that Europe will undermine growth in the People’s Republic set in....