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Google earnings miss; revenue jumps at Play
July 18th, 2014
Google, still the king of online advertising, reported surging second-quarter revenue, but heavy spending pushed its earnings below Wall Street expectations. ”This is a quarter that has something for everyone: the bulls and the bears,” BGC Partners analyst Colin ...
Technical Analysis EUR/USD approaches main support
July 18th, 2014
Technical Analysis EUR/USD July 18, 2014 Pair’s Outlook The Euro is getting closer and closer to the key support level at 1.35, which has a chance of stopping the current sell-off and initiating a recovery. However, there will still ...
Technical Analysis GBP/USD stays directionless
July 18th, 2014
Technical Analysis GBP/USD for July 18, 2014 Pair’s Outlook Even though volatility of GBP/USD increased this week, none of the significant levels have been breached yet. According to the technical indicators, the Pound should eventually gain bullish momentum and ...
Egypt Cuts Tax Breaks for Fuel; Few Protest
July 18th, 2014
When President Anwar el-Sadat of Egypt said he intended to raise the price of flour, rice and other subsidized goods in 1977, he ignited days of riots that left more than 70 people dead and stood as a lasting ...
Asian shares fall as Malaysia jet downing hits sentiment
July 18th, 2014
Asian shares sagged and a drop in Treasury yields pressured the dollar on Friday after news of a downed Malaysian airlines jet at the Ukraine-Russia border sent investors scurrying into defensive assets. The United States believes a surface-to-air missile ...
High & Low Finance: Citigroup’s Settlement, Pro and Con
July 18th, 2014
The punishment did not fit the crime, or at least it did not fit the crime that was charged. Citigroup’s $7 billion settlement of charges that it sold bad mortgage securitizations is a classic example of prosecutors striking a ...
Morningstar settles $61 million trade secret suit
July 18th, 2014
Morningstar, the Chicago investment research firm, settled a trade secret suit with Business Logic, a Chicago-based developer of financial software, for $61 million. Business Logic provided Ibbotson Associates with software for tracking and managing individuals’ 401(k) accounts in 2003. ...
Feds explore Chinese trade secrets case
July 18th, 2014
The value of the patented seed allegedly stolen from U.S. seed corn companies likely exceeds $500 million, federal prosecutors said Thursday. The new estimate surfaced in a custody hearing Thursday for Mo Yun, a Chinese woman charged as part ...
U.S. Oil Trade Imbalance With Canada Shrinking
July 18th, 2014
Thanks in large part to its energy-rich oil sands, Canada exports 10 times more oil to the United States than the United States exports to Canada, but that balance has begun to shrink, primarily because of the recent U.S. ...
Alibaba Plans IPO for After Labor Day
July 18th, 2014
Investors will have to wait a little longer for a chance to buy into the year’s most-anticipated initial public offering. Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. on Thursday decided to push back its IPO—which could raise more than $20 billion—until after ...