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According to a leaked memo, Archer-Daniels-Midland Co (NYSE:ADM) has decided to postpone the payment of performance bonuses to some of its executives. The decision comes in the wake of an ongoing investigation into the company’s accounting practices. What Happened: ADM, a major grains trading...

The stock market witnessed a remarkable performance today, with major indices like the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq continuing their upward trajectory. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.4% to 38,001.81, while the S&P 500 increased 0.2% to 4,850.43. The tech-heavy Nasdaq appreciated 0.3% to...

Insider buying can be an encouraging signal for potential investors, especially when markets are near all-time highs. A couple of infrastructure-related companies attracted some notable insider buying last week. Beneficial owners were in the spotlight again, as earnings season means buy windows...

Insider buying can be an encouraging signal for potential investors during periods of uncertainty. A number of executives and other insiders returned to the buy window last week. A beneficial investor added to its stake after an initial public offering. Conventional wisdom says that insiders and...

Two of the so-called FANG stocks offered up disappointing quarterly results last week. The other two FANG stocks are on deck to share their latest results this week. Wall Street analysts continue to look for strong earnings growth from both of them. The so-called FANG stocks were the momentum...

Upcoming earnings highlights include the latest results from two automaker giants. Wall Street analysts are looking for strong earnings growth from both of them. However, estimates have been slipping for one and rising for the other. Expectations were already high for the latest earnings from...

Consolidations in the cocoa business have been in the news for most of 2014. It’s all about leverage and scale, according to participants. Here are four of 2014’s most newsworthy cocoa consolidations, to date. Cargill - ADM Most recently, on September 2, 2014, privately held...

The earnings crunch rolls on. This week's highlights include quarterly reports from the two biggest companies by market capitalization, Apple and Exxon Mobil, which are expect to post declining earnings. Per-share earnings from General Motors are expected to be the same as a year ago, and...

The earnings season is beginning to wind down, and much of the focus this week will turn to central bank meetings and economic data from China and the United States. But, there are still plenty of earnings reports on the schedule this week, including those from Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS), Time...

First-quarter results from General Motors (NYSE: GM) will be one of the highlights on the earnings front this week. Analysts anticipate that the carmaker will say Thursday its revenue slipped about three percent from a year ago to $36.60 billion, but that earnings fell from $0.93 per share a year...

The S&P ended last week above 1,500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average above 14,000. Some strong earnings reports could push the markets higher, and there are plenty of quarterly reports on the schedule this week. Analysts by and large expect to see year-over-year earnings per share (EPS)...

Here is a quick look at three international stocks -- Gruma SAB (NYSE: GMK), SodaStream International (NASDAQ: SODA) and Lululemon Athletica (NASDAQ: LULU) -- that have double-digit returns on equity and double-digit long-range earnings per share (EPS) growth forecasts. Each is up more than 15%...

Latin American Markets were largely up on Thursday, due in part to hopes that a debt deal would be reached in the United States to avoid the fiscal cliff. Here are four Latin America based stocks traded on U.S. exchanges that have consensus buy recommendations from analysts. Futhermore, they have...

Recent earnings disappointments from tech giants like Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), as well as industrials such as Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) and DuPont (NYSE: DD), have taken their toll. The S&P 500 is down about three percent in the past three weeks....

The last week of October could prove to be significant for the markets. Notably, the final jobs report prior the U.S. Presidential election will be released at the end of the week, and the smaller employment reports (ADP, Challenger, etc.) will lead up to Friday's big release at 8:30 ET. A strongly...