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9 Oil and Gas Stocks to Buy Now

Nine Oil and Gas stocks are moving up in their overall rating this week, according to the Portfolio Grader database. Every one of these is graded an "A" ("strong buy") or "B" overall ("buy"). More

10 Hottest Stocks for Options Traders

Business as usual for individual traders...but Campbell's Soup (CPB) and other unexpected names saw big volume on the market maker side. More

Abbott Labs Worth Less Than Its Spinoff

Abbott Laboratories' spun-off drug business, AbbVie, is being valued at just more than $55 billion -- a few billion dollars more than ABT. More

Murphy Oil’s Split Should Cheer Investors

Spinning off its downstream gasoline marketing operations into a separate company should boost shareholder value, as other such oil company splits have done. More

3 IPOs Are on Deck This Week

It'll be a relatively quiet week for new offerings, but health foods operator WhiteWave should get lots of interest from investors. More

BP Makes Another Bargain-Basement Sell-Off

BP sold its huge Texas City refinery to Marathon Oil for a song, and it likely means more sales are still coming as it struggles to pay its Gulf disaster bills. More

Gas Prices Jump in Time for Labor Day Weekend

Disruptions from Hurricane Isaac sent gas prices soaring just in time for the Labor Day weekend, but will likely fall as production resumes in the Gulf. More