The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved Pfizer Inc's Ibrance, a potential new standard of care for advanced breast cancer, in a regulatory decision that came more than two months earlier than expected. Wall Street has considered the drug, whose chemical name is palbociclib, to be …
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U.S. homeownership hits 20-year low, but new households growing
U.S. homeownership fell to a 20-year low in the fourth quarter, but a sharp rebound in the rate at which Americans are setting up home is expected to help drive a pick-up in housing. Household formation, however, more than quadrupled to 1.7 million in the fourth quarter from only 356,000 …
4 Global Mutual Funds to Outperform Peers – Zacks.com
4 Global Mutual Funds to Outperform PeersZacks.comThe key benefit that global mutual funds provides is diversification since they invest in overseas markets while also holding domestic equities. Thus, they make good additions to a portfolio weighted in favor of domestic investments. The tepid economic …Sentry Investments and Sun Life Global…
The 5 hottest ETFs in the world
The bull market in stocks turns 6 years old in March. Investors in these funds made a lot of money.
Stocks to Watch: Google, Barnes & Noble are stocks to watch Wednesday
Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Wednesday’s session are Google Inc., and Barnes and Noble Inc.
ETF Focus: These ETFs are telling you the economy’s in trouble
Price trends for ETFs covering oil, commodities and lumber are evidence that the global economy is slowing, writes Dave Fry.
Oil Majors’ Profits Take A Beating
The first quarterly earnings reports since the collapse of oil prices are in and the numbers show a significant deterioration in profits for the oil majors. Royal Dutch Shell went first on January 29, revealing a big jump from the same quarter a year ago, but down from the third quarter …
US regulator prepares BP fraud case
CFTC probes how UK group booked pipelines to ship oil from Canada
US GDP Sets High Expectations
After Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke’s testimony yesterday, the USD has entered a minor down-turn. His statements reaffirmed the notion that interest rates will be held at record lows for some time. Even though the US stock market received a boost from this news, the greenback suffered a set…
From the archives: A false friend
UK Only Article: standard article Fly Title: From the archives Rubric: Why mortgage subsidies are a bad idea IN THIS week’s print edition, we explore how mortgage subsidies have encouraged banks to lend more to homeowners and less to firms, with pernicious economic consequences. The Economist has long been a …
GBP/JPY Technical Analysis: Triangle Hints at Downside Bias
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Scalping GBPUSD Correction- Long Scalps in Play Ahead of BoE, NFP
A weekly opening range break put long-scalps in play ahead of key event risk later this week. Here are the updated targets & invalidation levels.
The Great GOP Vaccine Debate of 2015 is Over, and Vaccines Won – Bloomberg
PoliticoThe Great GOP Vaccine Debate of 2015 is Over, and Vaccines WonBloombergIt was the third-to-last question at today's House leadership press conference, and you could tell by the eye-rolls and groans how it was going to go. "Mr. Speaker, do you believe that parents should be …
10 things to know for Tuesday
One farmer said opium growers can earn more in one day than in one month… . FILE – In this Nov. 13, 2011 file photo, Susan Schneider, from left, Robin Williams, and Zelda Williams arrive at the premiere of “Happy Feet Two” at Grauman’s Chinese Theater, in Los Angeles.
Italian Renaissance master Michelangelo’s last surviving bronzes ‘identified in Britain’
The only two surviving bronzes by Italian Renaissance master Michelangelo are thought to have been identified with the help of a tiny clue in a 500-year-old sketch, British researchers said Monday. The bronzes, “Bacchants Riding On Panthers”, date from 1506-08 and show a muscular pair of nude male revellers, arms …
The decision that changed art
In 1878 Van Gogh was a struggling would-be preacher. At his lowest ebb, he began to draw. Alastair Sooke looks back at this pivotal moment in history.
Moving Photos Of Rescued Dogs And Their Tattooed Humans Remind Us To Ditch Stereotypes
A couple of years ago, Nashville, Tennessee-based photographer Brian Batista started taking pictures of rescue dogs with tattooed humans — and not just because they look decidedly awesome together. He’d started “seeing the correlation” between how people treat homeless animals — especially those whose heads have a certain kind of blocky …
Wall Street posts second day of strong gains, led by energy – Reuters
ReutersWall Street posts second day of strong gains, led by energyReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks jumped more than 1 percent on Tuesday, led by energy shares as oil prices extended their recent rally, while higher-than-expected January car sales also bolstered the advance. Merger activity also helped, with shares …