The decision wasn't without debate, though. In fact, the AMA's Council on Science and Public Health actually recommended against calling obesity a disease. The main issue revolves around using body mass...... (read more)

Jefferies is hosting its 2013 Global Consumer Conference on June 17 – 19 in Nantucket, MA. More than 60 companies are presenting across a variety of consumer-related sectors, including consumer finance...... (read more)

Media General, Inc. (NYSE:MEG) has inked a formal merger agreement with privately owned New Young Broadcasting. While this deal is not particularly large and does not offer an immediate arbitrage premium...... (read more)

Investors seem to have cooled on Carnival Corporation (NYSE:CCL) after an improbable series of catastrophic failures on its cruise ships. Although the deadly Costa Concordia incident took the greatest...... (read more)

Stocks held flat for the entire day up until the Federal Open Market Committee's release this afternoon, when the Dow Jones Industrial Average dramatically plunged to session lows before rebounding just...... (read more)

LONDON -- Having closed today at 6,374 points, the FTSE 100 an a month ago, on May 22. Still, at least the recent downtrend seems to have halted, and there is a real prospect that we'll see new highs...... (read more)

When we think about the country that is fueling all the growth in South America, Brazil is the first country that likely comes to mind. No wonder, it's the seventh-largest economy in the world and the...... (read more)

I love finding companies that are relatively unknown and unpopular, but are on the bring of success and growth. Investors need to constantly scan the market for these hidden gems, and I have done the...... (read more)

Solar stocks have mounted quite the comeback over the past year as both First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR) and SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ:SPWR) are up well over triple digits. As an investor who is interested...... (read more)