Italy goes to the polls Sunday to select a new government. The stakes are this: Elites and Europe want to see a stable government, primarily made up of the liberal party (head by Pier Luigi Bersani) and...

Tesla Motors just announced its fourth quarter financial results, and it reported a net loss that was a bit wider than expected.  But importantly, the company reached its production goal of 400 Model S cars a week,...

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Office Depot Inc, the No.2 U.S. office supply retailer, is in advanced talks to merge with smaller rival OfficeMax Incand a deal could come as early as this week, a person familiar with...

Last week, a Twitter handle named @Greenlightcap tweeted about Herbalife and the recent drama going on between finance behemoths Carl Icahn and Bill Ackman. However, this Twitter handle is not associated with Greenlight Capital, the hedge fund...

Last week, Bloomberg reported that emails exchanged by Wal-Mart executives suggested that February sales so far were a “total disaster.”  Blaming the recent payroll tax hike, among other things, at least one exec reportedly wrote that this...

With so many different types of market players on Wall Street these days, we’re always curious about how they go about executing various strategies.  Las Vegas-based volatility trader Robert Blau, the founder of RABCO, spoke with Business...

James Montier never disappoints.  This time he discusses how hyperinflation is “not just a monetary phenomenon” (if that doesn’t sound familiar to readers, it should).  His latest note out of GMO covers the subject of hyperinflations and...

Carl Icahn just appeared on CNBC‘s “Halftime Report” with Scott Wapner again even though last month he told the anchor that he’s “never going on a show with you again, that’s for damn sure.”  Wapner started the segment...

RT The Federal Aviation Administration official who heads the agency’s drone division says the FAA has no interest in letting weaponized unmanned vehicles into US airspace anytime soon. But don’t expect them to weigh in on privacy...

“The large operator does not, as a rule, go into a campaign unless he sees in prospect a movement of from 10 to 50 points. Livermore once told me he never touched anything unless there were at...