- Mukesh Buch
- 30 Mar, 2015
- New York City
AAR net net swung to a loss. Cal-Maine profit surged. Intel is in talks to acquire Altera for about $10 billion. Horizon Pharma agreed to acquire Hyperion Therapeutics for $1.1 billion. UnitedHealth agreed to acquire Catamaran for about $12.8 billion.
- Hiruki Nakamura
- 30 Mar, 2015
- New York City
Stocks in Japan jumped and the traded near 120 level against the dollar. Industrial production declined in February by 3.4%. Fujifilm Holdings offered to acquire the U.S. based Cellular Dynamics for $307 million in cash.
- Nigel Thomas
- 30 Mar, 2015
- New York City
Dufry agreed to acquire majority stake in the rival World Duty Free for
- Marcus Jacob
- 30 Mar, 2015
- New York City
Australian market indexes extended losses of last week as iron ore price hit six-year low and gold and oil prices headed lower. PanAust received a substantially lowered offer from a China based investor.
- Marcus Jacob
- 30 Mar, 2015
- New York City
Sensex in Mumbai soars 1.9% and banks led the gainers. Rupee eased and oil price declined. BHEL received contract worth ₹5,000 crore in Telangana. NMDC commissioned its new iron ore project with an estimated investment of ₹600 crore in Chhattisgarh.
- Nichole Harper
- 27 Mar, 2015
- New York City
Stocks on Wall Street struggled and S&P 500 index is set to close down 2.3% and the Nasdaq by 2.9% for the week. Economic growth in the fourth-quarter was held at 2.2% in the final estimate and for all of 2014 the U.S. economy slowed to a growth of 2.2% from 2.4% in 2013.
- Mukesh Buch
- 27 Mar, 2015
- New York City
BlackBerry net swung to profit but revenues declined 32%. Finish Line profit declined 5% while revenues climbed 6%. GameStop profit surged 11% but sales dropped 6%. Restoration Hardware net climbed 60% on 24% increase in revenues.
- Nigel Thomas
- 27 Mar, 2015
- New York City
Antofagasta fell after suspended operations at three Chilean mines due to heavy rains. BHF Kleinwort Benson net swung to profit of
- Hiruki Nakamura
- 27 Mar, 2015
- New York City
Nikkei index declined and extended losses for the week to 1.4% after the latest inflation data fell short of expectations. The weak fuel prices dragged the overall inflation below the Bank of Japan target.
- Mukesh Buch
- 27 Mar, 2015
- New York City
Three leading wireless carriers Bharti Airtel, Idea Cellular and Vodafone and Tata Teleservices, Reliance Infocom and Reliance Jio committed nearly ₹109,000 crore or $16.5 billion in the largest wireless spectrum auction.
- Marcus Jacob
- 27 Mar, 2015
- New York City
Australian markets braved higher on the back of a sixth day rally in oil prices and gold extended seven day advance to 5%. Chevron agreed to sell its 50% stake in Caltex after 40 years as the U.S.-based oil explorer retrenches from refining businesses.
- Nichole Harper
- 26 Mar, 2015
- New York City
A mild rebound in tech stocks failed to lift the broader indexes and oil rally extended to fifth session in a row. S&P 500 index is down more than 2% in the week so far and the Nasdaq is down 3%, the largest weekly loss since October.
- Mukesh Buch
- 26 Mar, 2015
- New York City
Accenture Net climbed 9%. ConAgra net swung to a loss but lifted earnings forecast. Lululemon surged 7% on positive outlook. PVH net swung to profit. Red Hat net jumped 6% on 15% increase in revenues. Signet Jewelers net rose 1%. SanDisk tumbled 17%.
- Nigel Thomas
- 26 Mar, 2015
- New York City
Deutsche Postbank net plunged 16% to
- Hiruki Nakamura
- 26 Mar, 2015
- New York City
Nikkei index in Tokyo closed lower following an Asia-wide sell-off sparked by more than 1% decline in New York. Ichibanya Co said third-quarter earnings surged 39% on 6% increase in revenues. Mitsubishi Motors plans to invest $500 million in Indonesia.