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Asia shares edge higher, oil tumbles to four-year low
November 27th, 2014
Asian stocks hit a one-month high on Thursday as investors bet that more central bank stimulus in China and Europe would shore up the global economy, while oil prices tumbled to a four-year low as hopes for output cuts by ...
Best Buy profit beats, sending shares higher
November 20th, 2014
Best Buy reported quarterly earnings and revenue that beat analysts’ expectations on Thursday, sending shares sharply higher in premarket trading. Following the report, shares of Best Buy rose more than 8 percent in trading prior to the opening bell. The ...
BoE split 7-2 over interest rates; Royal Mail shares dive 8%
November 19th, 2014
Latest Update at 15:04 US markets have opened and ahead of the latest Federal Reserve minutes, due to be released later, they have got off to a downbeat start. After Tuesday’s new record – yes, yet another one – ...
Japanese shares lose steam, Asian shares slip
November 19th, 2014
Japanese shares gave up early gains on Wednesday as investors booked profits after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delayed a tax hike and said he would call a snap election to seek a fresh mandate for his economic policies. Asian ...
China deal sends shares to one-month high, rouble surges
November 10th, 2014
A landmark deal to give global investors easier access to China’s $3.9 trillion stock market helped lift world shares to their highest in over a month on Monday, as renewed tensions in Libya and Ukraine pushed up oil prices. ...
Asian shares slump, euro wallows near lows
November 7th, 2014
Asian shares edged down on Friday ahead of U.S. employment data later in the session, while the euro wallowed around two-year lows after European Central Bank President Mario Draghi vowed to take more easing steps to spark growth in ...
Lenovo Second-Quarter Profit Climbs, but Shares Dip
November 6th, 2014
Lenovo Group Ltd reported quarterly revenue that missed analyst estimates, with a decline in smartphone sales curbing investor optimism about the world’s biggest maker of personal computers (PCs) turning into a force in mobile devices. Lenovo’s earnings came at ...
Australia & NZ shares slip as commodity prices fall, China data awaited
November 5th, 2014
Australian and New Zealand shares slipped on Wednesday with weaker iron ore, copper and oil prices dragging down Australia’s heavyweight resources sector amid concerns about global demand. The S&P/ASX 200 index fell 29.9 points to 5,490 by 01:20 GMT, ...
Sysco shares fall as merger hits a snag
November 4th, 2014
Sysco, US’s biggest food distributor to restaurants, is trying to save its $3.5 billion merger with its closest rival US Foods. The company is in talks with the No. 3 distributor, Blackstone Group-owned Performance Food Group, about selling it ...
Asia shares edge up on brightening US prospects, BOJ awaited
October 31st, 2014
Japanese stocks soared 4.8 percent to their highest close since November 2007 and the yen skidded to near seven-year lows against the dollar on Friday, after the Bank of Japansurprised markets with fresh easing steps it called a pre-emptive ...
