- Nigel Thomas
- 27 Feb, 2015
- New York City
Airbus profit soared 59% to
- Hiruki Nakamura
- 27 Feb, 2015
- New York City
Nikkei in Japan extended to another 15-year high as investors digested several economic reports. Auto production declined for the seventh month in a row and housing starts fell for the eleventh month. Also, the latest measure of inflation showed a decline and jobless rate was unchanged.
- Marcus Jacob
- 27 Feb, 2015
- New York City
In active trading, market indexes in Sydney rebounded and the Aussie dollar traded near 78 U.S. cents. Cabcharge first-half revenues declined 2.1% and net fell 13%. Graincorp estimated lower operating and net income in fiscal 2015. Woolworths first-half net declined 3.8%.
- Mukesh Buch
- 27 Feb, 2015
- New York City
NTPC started Unit-III of 500 megawatt power project in Tamil Nadu. Sadbhav Engineering won the highway expansion in Haryana. Nippon Life Insurance acquired 9% stake in subsidiary of Reliance Capital.
- Nichole Harper
- 26 Feb, 2015
- New York City
Market indexes on Wall Street traded higher and weekly jobless claims soared in the last week. Durable goods orders in January increased 2.8% after two monthly declines in a row.
- Mukesh Buch
- 26 Feb, 2015
- New York City
AES net swung to profit after revenues climbed 9%. Avago revenues and net surged and agreed to acquire Emulex for $609 million. Chico''s and Harsco net loss widened. HP is in talks to buy Aruba Networks. Kohl''s net soared 10%. Salesforce and Sears net loss narrowed.
- Nigel Thomas
- 26 Feb, 2015
- New York City
Ahold net tumbled 77% to
- Hiruki Nakamura
- 26 Feb, 2015
- New York City
Nikkei average rebounded to a new 15-year high after the yen weakened. Industrial & Infrastructure Fund said first-half revenues declined 2.9%. Sony said it is not planning to sell its TV and mobile phone businesses it plans to spin off.
- Marcus Jacob
- 26 Feb, 2015
- New York City
Australian market indexes traded down after capital spending in the fourth-quarter declined 2.2%. Aussie dollar edged up for the third day in a row and commodities in volatile trading managed to close higher. Billabong first-half sales edged down. Nine Entertainment first-half revenues jumped 4.6%.
- Mukesh Buch
- 26 Feb, 2015
- New York City
Bharti Airtel raise up to ₹2,600 crore through the sale of 72.5 million shares in Bharti Infratel. NTPC board approved the investment proposal for 1,320 megawatt thermal power project in Madhya Pradesh.
- Mukesh Buch
- 26 Feb, 2015
- New York City
Indian Railways in its latest budget announced investments in modernising tracks, expanding network and invest in improving passenger comfort and facilities at stations.
- Nichole Harper
- 25 Feb, 2015
- New York City
U.S. stocks traded sideways and new home sales were nearly unchanged in January but supply increase. U.S. Fed Chair Janet Yellen highlighted the weaker than expected housing market recovery. Chesapeake and Hewlett Packard fell on earnings.
- Mukesh Buch
- 25 Feb, 2015
- New York City
BroadSoft surged after revenues and net climbed. Campbell Soup net tumbled 36%. Chesapeake Energy swung to profit on 11% increase in revenues. Lowe''''s profit soared 47%. TJX net surged 11%. Target net swung to a loss of $2.64 billion.
- Nigel Thomas
- 25 Feb, 2015
- New York City
Maersk net surged 45% to $5 billion and the logistics company plans to divest 20% stake in Danske Bank. Bouygues swung to profit to
- Hiruki Nakamura
- 25 Feb, 2015
- New York City
Nikkei index in Tokyo edged lower from its recent 15-year high and the yen weakened. Mitsubishi Heavy is likely to win a large offshore wind farm order in the U.K. Sankyo declined after the pachinko game machine maker lowered fiscal year sales outlook.