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Finally, markets had a good day today, with all three major indices up over 1% and the tech-heavy Nasdaq advancing 2.46%. In particular, four dry-bulk shippers were up big on the day.CompanyPercent ChangeNavios Maritime Partners (NYS: NMM) 8.97%Diana Shipping (NYS: DSX) 8.33%DryShips (NAS:...

Investors waited for a long time, but they finally got the bounce that they had expected. With positive comments from Chinese leaders that the emerging-market economy might finally start to see renewed growth rather than inflation-fighting tightening, the market got off to a positive start...

It's been more than nine long months, but at long last Googorola now has permission to land. Google (NAS: GOOG) announced the deal back in August, shocking the mobile world with the $12.5 billion patent play. It's not as if Big G wanted Motorola Mobility's (NYS: MMI) actual...

The following video is part of our "Motley Fool Conversations" series, in which analyst John Reeves and advisor David Meier discuss topics across the investing world.We've been talking a lot lately about the importance of the mobile trend. That's why we were fascinated by an article entitled...

Three federal agencies are currently looking into JPMorgan Chase's (NYS: JPM) $2 billion-plus trading loss: the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The FBI? Really? The political, regulatory, and...

The markets were finally treated to some good news today, and all three major indices responded by gaining more than 1%, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq advancing 2.46%. But there were five individual stocks in particular that had an even better day today.CompanyPercent ChangeWestport Innovations...

Less than two months ago, Microsoft (NAS: MSFT) said it would crush Apple (NAS: AAPL) in China. "Our goal is No. 1," said Mr. Softy's Greater China CEO, Simon Leung. "Having a goal to be No. 2 is not really a goal." That ambitious statement may have drawn laughs back...