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American Airlines declares first dividend since 1980 as profit rises
July 24th, 2014
American Airlines Group Inc (AAL.O) said on Thursday it will pay its first dividend since 1980 and buy back stock as it reported higher second-quarter earnings. American, the largest airline by traffic, formed from the late-2013 merger of US ...
Spanish jobless rate below 25% for the first time in two years
July 24th, 2014
The unemployment rate in Spain has fallen below 25% for the first time in two years, thanks to the beginning of a revival in the economy. An extra 402,000 people started work in the second quarter of the year, ...
McDonald’s Growth Troubles Don’t Go Down Well With Analysts
July 24th, 2014
As McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) continued to see its sales suffer in main markets such as the U.S., Germany, Japan and Australia, market analysts downgraded the fast-food giant’s stock on Wednesday, after the Illinois-based company posted a disappointing second-quarter profit, ...
E.C.B. Says It Has Been Hacked in Apparent Blackmail Attempt
July 24th, 2014
The European Central Bank said on Thursday that hackers had broken into an internal database and stolen information about journalists and others, in what appeared to be part of a blackmail scheme. The central bank said that the information ...
AT&T’s New Device Financing Plan Weighs On Revenue
July 24th, 2014
AT&T Inc’s quarterly revenue rose a weaker than expected 1.6 percent as cheaper service plans offered to customers who forgo subsidized cellular phones cut into margins. Faced with mounting pressure from competitors, AT&T has unbundled service and device charges, ...
StubHub Defrauded Of $1.6M Worth Of Tickets; 7 People Arrested Worldwide
July 24th, 2014
Seven people linked to an international cybercrime ring were arrested for defrauding online-ticketing company StubHub of about $1.6 million. The operation, which involved police forces from several countries, was tracking the cyber thieves for hacking into the online accounts ...
Stock futures mixed Thursday
July 24th, 2014
Stock futures were mixed Thursday ahead of the opening bell. Here is where major market indexes stood before the start of regular trading (Last updated 4:10 a.m.) Dow: – 0.13% S&P 500: – 0.11% Nasdaq: +0.02% Asian markets were ...
PayPal targets UK small businesses for cash advances
July 24th, 2014
Online payments firm PayPal is to start advancing cash to UK small businesses, the company has announced. The PayPal Working Capital fund is due to launch later this year, the firm said. The eBay-owned company said it would only ...
Hyundai Motor second-quarter profit slips as firmer won, U.S. discounts hurt
July 24th, 2014
South Korea’s Hyundai Motor said its net profit fell by the most in five quarters, as the local currency’s sharp gain and higher U.S. discounts to entice customers overshadowed solid April-June vehicle sales in China and at home. Hyundai ...
Facebook beats Wall Street targets, stock hits record high
July 24th, 2014
Facebook Inc’s fast-growing mobile advertising business helped drive a 61 percent increase in revenue during the second quarter, beating Wall Street’s financial targets and sending shares to a record-high in after-hours trading on Wednesday. The world’s No.1 Internet social ...
