By Nivedita Bhattacharjee (Reuters) - Cosmetics company Estee Lauder Cos Inc (EL.N) forecast quarterly earnings far below Wall Street estimates, saying it suffered because of foreign exchange rates and would increase investments in advertising, ...

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he will nationalize consumer goods companies, including “transnationals,” that fail to comply with price controls being prepared by the government.

For many people, the S&P 500 and US stock market are synonymous terms. While in reality the US stock market is much larger, with public companies numbering in the thousands.

European Union regulators vetoed a plan by Deutsche Boerse AG (DB1) and NYSE Euronext (NYX) to create the world's biggest exchange after concluding that the merger would hurt competition.

Avon Products, Inc. fired its vice chairman, Charles Cramb in the middle of an investigation by the company and the US Securities and Exchange inquiry into bribery and disclosure improprieties.

From time to time, companies experience situations where exogenous variables depress stock prices. These companies, though sound in terms of operating profitability, face investor disinterest and adverse stock price performance at the bourses.

High dividends are a wonderful thing but there is more to picking a dividend-yielding stock than the percentage it yields. For one, dividends are not guaranteed so selecting a stock with a low payout means that the company is more likely to be able to ...

Avon Products (NYSE:AVP) has opened bearishly below the pivot of $18.52 today and has reached the first level of support at $18.38.

The demand and popularity of high paying dividends stocks has been constantly increasing due to the low-interest rate environment set by the Fed.

By Michael Williams It's the Golden Rule of investment: Buy low, sell high. No matter whether it is gold, pork bellies or blue chip stocks; this is the way to make money.