- Arthi Gupta
- 12 Jan, 2011
- New York City
The UK indexes climbed after euro area sovereign debt concerns eased with the successful bond auction in Portugal. The UK retail price inflation rose and trade deficit widened. Irish consumer confidence fell in December. Henderson agreed to buy Gartmore for $525 million.
- Arthi Gupta
- 12 Jan, 2011
- New York City
The European indexes soared after Portugal bond auction raised
- Arthi Gupta
- 12 Jan, 2011
- New York City
U.S. indexes edged higher after import and export prices rose and Portugal completed debt sale at a yield lower than expected. Cliffs Natural agreed to acquire Consolidated Thompson for C$4.9 billion. AIG sold stake in Nan Shan for $2.16 billion to Ruen Chen.
- Chandrasekhar Atreya
- 12 Jan, 2011
- New York City
Stocks in Mumbai rebound 1.7% after six days of decline led by realty and banking sectors. Fifth investment summit in Gujarat draws usual platitudes and project announcements of multi-billion dollars. Bharti Airtel and State Bank of India set us a venture to facilitate mobile phones based banking.
- Chandrasekhar Atreya
- 12 Jan, 2011
- New York City
Shanghai stock indexes rally 0.5% led by developers and banks. Civil aviation industry reports a 37% profit increase in 2010. Consumer confidence in the fourth quarter dipped to a year
- Chandrasekhar Atreya
- 12 Jan, 2011
- New York City
The Nikkei index inched higher to reach its eight-month peak and the euro gained against the yen. Japan
- Chandrasekhar Atreya
- 12 Jan, 2011
- New York City
Stocks in Sydney traded in a narrow range to close marginally higher. Third largest Australian city Brisbane comes to a halt as flood waters are expected to swell. Caltex closes its refinery in Brisbane. November home loan approvals reach the highest in 2010.
- Bikram Pandey
- 11 Jan, 2011
- New York City
U.S. stocks edged higher after Alcoa, Sears and Lennar meet or exceed investors
- Mukesh Buch
- 11 Jan, 2011
- New York City
Alcoa fourth quarter sales increased 4% to $5.65 billion. Apollo Group first quarter net revenue increased 5.4% to $1.33 billion. Lennar Corp fourth quarter total revenues declined 6% to $860.12 million. Supervalu third quarter total net revenue fell to $8.7 billion. AMD chief resigned unexpectedly.
- Arthi Gupta
- 11 Jan, 2011
- New York City
The UK indexes edged higher after retail sales fell in December and tracking market gains in Europe. Japan and China expressed their willingness to participate in a euro-bond offering that will support Portugal and Ireland. Hamworthy secured Brazilian contract for
- Arthi Gupta
- 11 Jan, 2011
- New York City
The European indexes rose after Japan pledged buying euro-zone bonds. Portugal said it does not need bailout as the nation prepares to raise 1.25 billion euros tomorrow. French business sentiment improved in December. Greek CPI inflation soared in December.
- Arthi Gupta
- 11 Jan, 2011
- New York City
U.S. indexes gained after Alcoa swung to profit for the last quarter and the year. Intel agreed to pay Nvidia licensing fees of $1.5 billion. Simon Property gave up takeover bid for UK based CSC. BMO Financial Group agreed to buy Hong Kong-based Lloyd George Management.
- Chandrasekhar Atreya
- 11 Jan, 2011
- New York City
Mumbai stocks declined on the sixth day, the longest streak in more than a year as investors worry the government may not be able to arrest inflation as Prime Minister Singh conveys a cabinet meeting. Gujarat in a two-day summit is expected to announce $20 billion of port developments projects.
- Chandrasekhar Atreya
- 11 Jan, 2011
- New York City
Stock indexes in Shanghai rally 0.5% and in Hong Kong surge 1%. China
- Chandrasekhar Atreya
- 11 Jan, 2011
- New York City
Stocks in Tokyo trading declined after reaching eight-month high last week. Japan plans to but euro-zone debt as the European Union prepared to float bonds to pump capital in the struggling economies. The latest survey shows a decline in adult population reaching the age of 20 years.