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At 10:16 am, the Dow gained 0.59% to 11,128.33, the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index moved up 0.47% to 1,181.70 and the NASDAQ composite index rose 0.35% to 2,477.34. The industries that are driving the market today are: Toys & Games: This industry jumped 3.06% by 10:16 am. The top stock...

On CNBC's Fast Money, Brian Kelly said that he wants to buy JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) on Monday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) dropped 4.05% on Friday. Guy Adami thinks that QUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) should be bought. QUALCOMM, Inc. (QCOM) fell 0.56% today, and closed at $44.79....

We are now officially in the thick of earnings season, which means added volatility for the marketplace. Splashy headlines like Google's surprise surge in sales are making the bulls bolder by the day. And as long as earnings reports continue to at least meet consensus estimates on average, that...

The Chairman and CEO of Reynolds American Inc (NYSE: RAI) Susan Ivey has planned to retire in 2011. The company has appointed Daniel Delen as the CEO-elect. The company has also named Thomas Wajnert as the non-executive chairman. Reynolds will be paying a 2-for-1 stock split to the shareholders, as...

Reynolds American Inc. (NYSE: RAI) has announced the following: "Reynolds American announces dividend increase, two-for-one stock split and 2011 retirement of CEO Ivey."

The Standard & Poor's 500 Index is the primary benchmark for comparison to portfolios. Over 370 of those five hundred stocks pay dividends. The following is a list of the top six, all of which yield over 6%. Please note, in the interest of full disclosure, that I own two out of the six (the top...

The following is Sizemore Capital Management LLC's Third Quarter 2010 Letter to Investors, reproduced with permission. To Our Investors, The third quarter of 2010 ended on a high note with the S&P 500 posting its strongest September in 71 years.  Against this backdrop, our actively-managed...

BOSTON (TheStreet) -- Philip Morris (NYSE: PM), Anheuser-Busch InBev (NYSE: BUD) and Nestle (OTC: NSRGY) are stocks to hold for a decade or more, says Steven Roge, a portfolio manager at R.W. Roge & Co. Roge, who helps manage the Roge Partners Fund (ROGEX), researches mutual funds, limited...

(TheStreet) -- With Alcoa's (NYSE: AA) analyst beating quarterly report behind us, we are now in the full swing for what is shaping up to be an optimistic earnings season. Investors looking for a way to invest in this fast-paced time for the market should look to a strong, stable, and diversified...

Goldman Sachs has published a research report on Lorillard, Inc. (NYSE: LO) in anticipation of the FDA Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee (TPSAC) publishing of subcommittee issues in March 2011. In the report, Goldman Sachs writes "It appears increasingly unlikely that an outsized...

Philip Morris International Inc. (NYSE: PM) today announced that the Superintendent of Industry and Trade of Colombia has issued its final decision pertaining to PMI's previously announced intention to acquire Productora Tabacalera de Colombia, Protabaco Ltda. in July of 2009. Approval to proceed...

Stephen Bernard, AP Business Writer Stocks edge lower at the beginning of a busy week Stocks slip as traders kick off busy week of economic, earnings reports NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks slipped Monday as investors held back ahead of a busy week of economic and earnings reports. The Dow Jones industrial...