The provincial government of Saskatchewan recommended that the BHP acquisition be rejected because it did not offer any benefit to the province.

Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) beat expectations for its second fiscal quarter thanks to strong performances from perennial sports franchises like FIFA and Madden NFL, but despite lowering losses the video game publishing giant is still beleaguered by poor sales for marquee titles, layoffs, and the cancellation of software over quality concerns.

In stock market investing, it might sound simple to determine whether or not a stock or a mutual fund is profitable. But it’s more challenging than you think for 401k investors to determine whether a fund manager or broker is doing a good job.

Water ETFs and mutual funds provide investors access to one of the largest industries worldwide.

Microsoft has overhauled the Xbox 360 for the Kinect release as it tries to recast the console as an entertainment hub geared more toward families.

While the iPad and iPhone missed sales projections in the last quarter due to supply constraints, analysts are already predicting massive sales numbers in 2011, with one in particular going beyond bullish.

While the broader market has been choppy in the last year or so, small cap stocks have significantly outperformed the major blue chip indexes.

A record number of foreclosures in the third quarter of 2010 has left more houses on the market with fewer buyers interested in purchasing them.

Closed-end funds are for investors seeking income and offer greater returns and active management.

Broadband capacity is now stretched to the limit thanks to the popularity of streaming video. The data demand caused by Netflix could soon become enough to crash the Internet altogether.

Markets are watching for the Federal Reserve's quantitative easing (QE-2) targets at this week's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting.

Historical data shows most of the S&P 500’s capital gain has come during the four trading days and the first three trading days of each month.

Chevron, Corning, SAP are among companies with third-quarter earnings reports that missed forecasts.

A new global property ETF from Vanguard will invest in REITs and real estate outside the U.S.

Is there room in the marketplace for another netbook? Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) seems to think so, as do partners Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) and Acer Inc.

First up are some bells and whistles from the new iOS update, as well as the ability of Apple users to view Flash media via Skyfire software. But most interesting is the prospect of a partnership with mobile payment processor Boku.

Wtih emerging markets continuing their outperformance, we remain bullish long-term on emerging markets but bearish on U.S. banks.