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Japan Stocks Surge
October 20th, 2014
Japan’s Nikkei share average surged 3.3 percent on Monday and was on track to post its biggest daily rise in more than a year as investors took heart from upbeat U.S. data and as the weaker yen lifted exporters such as Toyota Motor ...
The Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect holds profits for sharp-eyed investors
October 17th, 2014
CapitalVue’s Elias Glenn explains how to own a piece of a Communist Party Newspaper or Zhou Enlai’s favorite liquor with the SH-HK Stock Connect Baijiu is going global: Under a program to be launched in October, individual investors in ...
Dubai, Saudi, Qatar bourses plunge amid oil price decline
October 17th, 2014
Markets across the Middle East tumbled on Thursday as global equities and oil prices continued to decline, while Saudi Arabia’s drop was magnified by investors selling to prepare for a $6 billion initial public offer of shares. Brent crude ...
Ex-CFO Sues Walgreen Over Reports He Was Forced Out
October 17th, 2014
Former Walgreen Co. (WAG) finance chief Wade Miquelon sued the drugstore giant for defamation over news stories saying he was pressured to resign after a “bungled” earnings forecast. Miquelon, 49, sued Walgreen today in state court in Chicago, claiming ...
Asia stocks halt selling as U.S. data calm investor nerves
October 17th, 2014
Asian stocks clawed back some of this week’s losses on Friday after a solid set of U.S. data calmed turbulence in global financial markets, though underlying worries about slowing world economic growth kept investors on edge. MSCI’s broadest index ...
Stocks Lower Thursday After Rough Day on Wall St.
October 16th, 2014
Investors have grown increasingly concerned over signs that global economic growth is faltering and that policy makers may lack the monetary and fiscal tools necessary to stop the slide. The volatility in global markets extended into another day, with ...
Steep Sell-Off Spreads Fear to Wall Street
October 16th, 2014
Dizzied by the turmoil, Wall Street experts agreed on one thing: The jarring day showed that fear had finally returned to markets that had become disconcertingly complacent. Waves of nervous selling buffeted the stock market in the United States ...
Netflix plunges on subscriber data
October 16th, 2014
Netflix shares fall as subscriber gain momentum stalls Shares of Netflix fell 24% in after-hours trading after the company revealed that its third-quarter subscriber gain fell short of its estimates. Still, company’s $1.4 billion in revenue met Wall Street ...
Multiple companies to launch on Qatar Exchange
October 16th, 2014
Multiple companies are preparing to launch initial public offers on the Qatar Exchange in the coming months, the CEO of the bourse has reported. Rashid bin Ali Al Mansoori told the exchange was working with the companies to complete ...
U.S. stocks slide allows short sellers to smile again
October 15th, 2014
The stock market’s long-suffering short sellers finally have something to smile about. Investors who make a living betting that stock prices will fall are in a position to profit handsomely as the U.S. equity market sinks, with its biggest ...
