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Stocks tumbled at the open Wednesday as investors focus on upcoming rate hikes ahead of the release of minutes from the last Federal Reserve meeting.

And now the People’s Bank of China has joined the parade. However, the stronger dollar over the past year constitutes a headwind for net exports and a drag on growth.

At 2:15 p.m., five intermittent bands of rain and storms stretched westward from southwest of Detroit to south-central Wisconsin.

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler announced in a statement that the FCC had voted to deny bidding credits to SNR Wireless and Northstar Wireless, the Designated Entities (DE) that acted on Dish’s behalf in the auction.

Cowen and Company raised American Eagle Outfitters from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and upped their target price for the stock from $17.00 to $19.00 in a research report on Wednesday, May 13th. Eight analysts surveyed by Zacks...

The higher estimate has been put at $9 price target with the lower price estimate is calculated at $7 Shares of Dot Hill Systems Corporation (NASDAQ:HILL) ended Tuesday session in red amid volatile trading.

And, in the caffeinated world, the Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte is getting ready for its reintroduction on menus across the globe.

Lowe’s results come amid a string of mixed results from retailers recently. Analysts had expected a 3.9 percent gain.

(TGT) on Wednesday reported fiscal second-quarter net income of $753 million.

Liberty Interactive, owner of home-shopping channel QVC, announced Monday it will acquire online retailer Zulily for $2.4 billion. Based on QVCA’s closing price on August 14, 2015, zulily shareholders would have received compensation valued at approximately $18.75 per share.

“Tata is synonymous with entrepreneurialism in India and we are incredibly excited to have TOF on board as a partner”.

To build excitement for its press conference, Kia has released three sketches to show the design direction of the next Sportage.

Japan had a merchandise trade deficit of 268.055 billion yen in July, the Ministry of Finance said on Wednesday.

The New York Times’ article quoted current and former Amazon workers who described a competitive, backstabbing culture. This, she told The New York Times, was “to make sure my focus stayed on my job”. “And we’re vocal about our employee...

Apple (Swiss: AAPL.SW – news), for whom China is a key market, fell 0.5 percent to 116.60 and was the biggest drag on the Nasdaq and the S&P 500.