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Insurance companies such as American International Group Inc (NYSE: AIG), Farmers Group, State Farm and Allstate Corp (NYSE: ALL) are reducing or restricting their home insurance offerings in high-risk areas across the U.S. What Happened: AIG is planning curbs on home-insurance sales in 200...

Accident-prone users of Apple Inc’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) latest iPhone 14 smartphones may want to pick a Plus instead of a Pro Max model, drop tests by an insurer reveal. What Happened: The insurer conducted the tests on both the iPhone Plus and Pro Max using...

The Last Week In A Nutshell What Happened: “U.S. stocks are closing in on record highs. But behind the scenes, uneasy investors are keeping their options open,” said Lindsey Bell, chief investment officer for Ally Financial Inc-owned (NYSE: ALLY) Ally Invest. “They’ve bought...

This weekend's Barron's cover story helps investors prepare for the coming bear market. Other featured articles discuss how insurance, refiner and auto stocks are expected to fare in the wake of the devastation left by Hurricane Harvey. The prospects for a high-profile brand food...

This weekend's Barron's includes the latest ETF Roundtable. The prospects for a leading used car dealer, a Chinese infrastructure player and a small-cap aerospace parts maker are also examined. An analyst also offers information-technology services picks. "ETFs: How to Play This Brave New Market...

There are plenty of difficult financial waters to navigate in young adulthood, but unfortunately, a growing number of Americans are shouldering a massive debt burden that is quite literally changing the way they live their lives. The latest data shows that debt is a top concern for members of the...

U.S. stocks declined sharply as investors digest reports of a confirmed case of Ebola in the United States. In addition, economic data released on Wednesday was mixed, at best. Construction spending fell during August while ISM manufacturing came in weaker than expected. Bulls are hoping that...

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...

This weekend in Barron's online: Barron's yearly ranking of the best and worst states, as well as the prospects for Kulicke & Soffa, Coeur Mining, Spirit Realty, Sears and more. Cover Story "Munis on the Mend" by Andrew Bary. While there still may be problems in the municipal-bond market,...

This weekend in Barron's online: the outlook for the market is bullish according to 10 market strategists, and the prospects for Allstate, SolarCity, Pinnacle Entertainment and Carmike Cinemas. Cover Story "Fall Market Forecast Looks Sunny" by Vito J. Racanelli. The Standard & Poor's 500 has...

Warren Buffett has never been much for the media spotlight which is likely one of the reasons why his company, Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A)(NYSE: BRK-B) reported earnings on Friday evening when traders were packing Wall Street bars talking about Anthony Weiner and the week’s winning trades...

The oil and gas industry will be well represented on this week's earnings stage, with reports due from supermajors Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM) and Chevron (NYSE: CVX), and many others in the field. Viacom (NYSE: VIAB) and Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) will be the highlights among the various media companies...

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...

Boston’s WHDH meteorologist, Pete Bouchardon is on record calling the storm potentially “epic.” That was enough for airlines to cancel flights. So far, based on weather forecasts alone, airlines have canceled more than 3,300 flights according to CNN. Carriers announcing schedule changes before...

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)...