9.6.2010 |
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Hon Hai Cuts Target for Long-Term Sales - Wall Street Journal
Hon Hai is lowering its long-term target for annual sales growth to 15% from twice that level previously, Chairman Terry Gou said.
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9.6.2010 |
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New Zealand, Taiwan Lead Asia Higher - Wall Street Journal
Asian stock markets were higher Monday, as stocks rallied 1.1% in New Zealand after an earthquake there while tech companies rose in Taiwan.
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9.6.2010 |
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Samsung Flags Expansion - Wall Street Journal
South Korea's Samsung Electronics is considering investing a record $25.55 billion next year to bolster its existing operations and expand into new business segments.
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9.6.2010 |
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Pink picks - Financial Times
Comment, analysts and other offerings from Monday’s FT,Wolfgang Munchau: Don’t believe talk about European solvencyWhile the Europeans are celebrating the end of the financial crisis,...
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9.6.2010 |
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Black Days for the London Taxi - Wall Street Journal
London's black cabs might be as iconic as Big Ben, but in a city that has seen other symbols almost disappear, being iconic doesn't guarantee a future.
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9.6.2010 |
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Obama to Unveil Infrastructure Plan - Wall Street Journal
President Barack Obama will call for long-term investments in the nation's roads, railways and runways that would cost at least $50 billion.
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9.6.2010 |
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Why yes, August was rubbish - Financial Times
File this one in the (bulging) ‘no one ? stocks’ archives.August in London, according to the London Stock Exchange:In August, 15.6 million trades were carried...
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9.6.2010 |
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Obama Unveils Infrastructure Plan - Wall Street Journal
Obama plans to use an appearance at a Labor Day rally in Milwaukee to unveil a new $50 billion proposal to improve the nation's highways, airports and railways.
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9.6.2010 |
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Texas Probing Google's Searches - Wall Street Journal
Google said the Texas attorney general's office is conducting an antitrust review of the Web giant's core search-engine business, another sign of growing government scrutiny of the company.
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9.6.2010 |
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Further reading - Financial Times
Elsewhere on Monday,- Krugman says it’s all downhill from here.- How dead economic theories persist.- Here we go again on the European debt crisis.- Print money and...
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9.6.2010 |
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Snap news - Financial Times
Breaking pre-market news on Monday,- India’s GTL cancels tower merger plan with Reliance – via Reuters.- France Telecom’s Polish unit hit with €396m fine —...
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9.6.2010 |
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New Zealand Assesses Quake Damage - Wall Street Journal
New Zealand could spend at least $1.4 billion on repairs following Saturday's earthquake that damaged the city of Christchurch and set off aftershocks that shook the region.
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9.6.2010 |
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Euro Hits Three-Week High - Wall Street Journal
The euro rose to a three-week high against the dollar in Asia, helped by strength in regional equity markets.
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9.6.2010 |
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Berggruen Looks to Revive Karstadt - Wall Street Journal
For billionaire investor Nicolas Berggruen, signing a deal to acquire insolvent German retailer Karstadt was only half the battle.
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9.6.2010 |
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Tranche traders maintain index roll and curve activity - Creditflux
Last week again saw active trading in CDX index rolls, say traders
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9.6.2010 |
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Back to the future in shorting Spain - Financial Times
Back in May, at the peak of the European sovereign debt crisis, the Spanish stock market regulator announced it would ramp up rules on the disclosure of short positions on Spanish...
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9.6.2010 |
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Markets Live transcript 6 Sep 2010 - Financial Times
Markets Live chat transcript for the chat ending at 11:23 on 6 Sep 2010. Participants in this chat were: Neil Hume, FT Bryce Elder NH Good morningNH and welcome to Markets...
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9.6.2010 |
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German Reactor Plan to Raise $38.69 Billion - Wall Street Journal
Germany's proposal to keep its nuclear reactors running for years longer than planned is expected to bring in $38.69 in taxes from utility companies.
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9.6.2010 |
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Mark Hurd in Talks With Oracle - Wall Street Journal
Mark Hurd, who resigned as chief executive of Hewlett-Packard last month, is in talks to join Oracle as a top executive.
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9.6.2010 |
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iShares launches euro high yield bond ETF - Creditflux
BlackRock’s exchange traded fund platform iShares has today announced launching what it says is the world’s first euro high yield bond ETF offering investors access to the European high yield debt market. The iShares Markit iBoxx Euro High Yield fund offers exposure to nearly 100 of the most liquid sub-investment…
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9.6.2010 |
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Pondering last week’s bond sell-off - Financial Times
Could it be that the epic run in government bond prices has finally come to an end?For example this was the action in the yields of US, German and UK government ten-year debt last week:...
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9.6.2010 |
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A revisionist history of the week begining Aug 30, 2010 - Financial Times
There’s no pleasing some people.You might have thought last week was a good one for data what with the ISM and payrolls numbers beating expectations. But it wasn’t,...
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9.6.2010 |
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Red Shirts Test Thai Limits - Wall Street Journal
Four months after their Bangkok protests ended in a bloody crackdown, Thailand's antigovernment protesters are testing what leaders will allow, with a fund-raising concert and a planned rally.
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9.6.2010 |
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German Reactor Plan May Raise $38.69 Billion - Wall Street Journal
Germany's proposal to keep its nuclear reactors running for years longer than planned will bring in $38.69 in taxes from utility companies.
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9.6.2010 |
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Abu Dhabi Fund Hires GM Economist - Wall Street Journal
Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, the Middle East's largest sovereign wealth fund, hired Ted Chu as chief economist to help bolster its investment decisions.
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9.6.2010 |
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Mark Hurd Discusses A Top Role at Oracle - Wall Street Journal
Mark Hurd, who resigned as chief executive of Hewlett-Packard last month, is in talks to join Oracle as a top executive.
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9.6.2010 |
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'The American' Tops Box Office - Wall Street Journal
George Clooney's "The American" shot past rivals at the box office over the Labor Day holiday weekend.
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9.6.2010 |
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Rosneft Taps New CEO - Wall Street Journal
The board of Rosneft nominated Eduard Khudainatov as the new head of the state-controlled oil major, less than a day after Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's ordered his appointment.
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9.6.2010 |
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Crash and burn, or when F1 meets FX - Financial Times
Vroom!That’s the speed at which retail punters can be parted from their money on one of the many forex trading platforms that have sprung up in the past decade.And now you,...
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9.6.2010 |
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Making BP and big oil beautiful - Financial Times
Those of uncharitable disposition might sum up BP’s strategic response to the Gulf of Mexico disaster as follows: remove the Brit with the funny accent and install a Yank as CEO....
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9.6.2010 |
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Petraeus Slams Plan to Burn Qurans - Wall Street Journal
Gen. Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, said the planned burning of Qurans on Sept. 11 by a Florida church could put the lives of American troops in danger and damage the war effort.
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9.6.2010 |
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Hon Hai Looks to China's Interior - Wall Street Journal
Hon Hai is investing in China's hinterland, as the electronics titan bets that the country can retain its role as the world's factory floor for decades.
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9.6.2010 |
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Larger Bounties Spur Surge in Fraud Tips - Wall Street Journal
New awards for informants who help the SEC uncover fraud are already prompting a surge in tips.
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9.6.2010 |
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SJM Covets Sands's Land - Wall Street Journal
Casino operator SJM Holdings has asked the Macau government for permission to take over a strategically located piece of land into which a unit of Las Vegas Sands has already poured more than $100 million.
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9.6.2010 |
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European Markets Rise in Light Trade - Wall Street Journal
European stocks closed higher. The Stoxx Europe 600 posted its fourth gain in five sessions as RWE and E.ON each gained 1.8%.
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