Natural gas prices have plummeted to near all-time lows in the past year due to a huge oil and gas supply glut. However, according to Reuters‘ oil and gas analyst John Kemp, that same supply glut is masking a surge in U.S. gas demand.

E I Du Pont De Nemours and Co DD 0.84% has filed a form 8-Kwith the SEC disclosing that the company received a letter from the Action Network Fund (ANF) that discusses litigation regarding PFOA. PFOA is short for perfluorooctanoic acid, which was a standard ingredient in DuPont’s non-stick Teflon cookware for decades. The chemical…

Herbalife Ltd. HLF 0.31% shares soared 12 percent on Friday after the company reached a $200 million settlement with the Federal Trade Commission related to deceiving customers. Clearly the market is interpreting the settlement as good news, but traders and the media may be making some premature assumptions.

Benzinga recently had the chance to talk with independent analyst and 20-year market veteran Martin Pyykkonen about the swirl of recent M&A rumors surrounding Level 3 Communications, Inc. LVLT 0.39%, Yahoo! Inc. YHOO 0.58% and Twitter Inc TWTR 1.72%. Here’s a rundown of his take on the three potential buyout targets.

The future of U.S. energy is lining up to be a battle between shale gas and renewables, a development which might leave U.S. nuclear energy in the dark. According to Goldman Sachs analyst Michael Lapides, lower energy prices driven by the U.S. shale gas revolution is forcing the retirement of nuclear energy plants.

The U.S. Federal Reserve would prefer to be predictable. However, when global markets are unpredictable, the Fed is left with no choice but to be unpredictable.

Bank earnings season went into full swing Friday morning with Q2 results from five big names. Here’s a quick take on how Q2 is shaping up for six top banks.

Bill Ackman’s 2016 just keeps getting worse. With shares of Ackman’s most notorious long Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl Inc VRX 0.17%already down 77.4 percent this year, Ackman short Herbalife Ltd. HLF 0.31% is spiking 18.1 percent on Friday following a $200 million settlement with the FTC. Shares are now up more than 30 percent on the…

After registering 25 consecutive months of year-over-year gross gaming revenue (GGR) declines, early numbers out of Macau for the month of July suggest the gaming hub could be on pace to deliver its first revenue growth in more than two years. However, JPMorgan is not impressed.