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Asia mostly higher; Nikkei leads with 2% gain
May 10th, 2016
Asia markets traded mostly higher on Tuesday, with the Japanese benchmark index leading gains in the region. The Nikkei 225 added 2.04 percent, while across the Korean Strait, the Kospi traded up 0.36 percent. In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng index was down 0.05 percent. ...
Markit acquires interest in commodities price reporting agency PRIMA
May 9th, 2016
Markit (Nasdaq: MRKT), a leading global provider of financial information services, today announced that it has acquired an interest in commodity markets research and price reporting agency PRIMA. Nathan Amery, head of commodities at Markit, said: “Commodities producers, traders ...
Fiserv Reports First Quarter 2016 Results
May 6th, 2016
Internal revenue growth of 4 percent and adjusted revenue growth of 5 percent; Adjusted EPS increase of 19 percent to $1.06; Free cash flow increase of 11 percent to $298 million; Full year 2016 guidance affirmed Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), ...
Stocks open higher as oil spikes
May 5th, 2016
U.S. stocks look set to get back on the winning track as equity prices opened higher Thursday, helped by a spike in oil prices caused by production outages in Canada due to wildfires. The Dow Jones industrial average kicks off trading ...
Convergex Expands European Presence
May 5th, 2016
Convergex has issued an announcement to inform that it has further expanded its European-based electronic sales team with the recent hiring of Leila Mayet and Jeanine Cerligione. Both Leila and Jeanine join Convergex as Vice-Presidents and will focus on ...
5 reasons Why someone would use Bitcoin
April 28th, 2016
It has now been eight years since Satoshi Nakamoto released his peer-to-peer digital cash system to the world, and the debate over whether or not the payment network and currency have any real, long-term value is still undecided. Having said that, ...
First-time investors urged to turn to inexpensive ‘robo-advisers’
April 28th, 2016
It appears not many people are into investment in Japan. As of last December, only about 16 percent of Japan’s ¥1.7 quadrillion in personal financial assets was held in stocks, investment trusts or bonds. This is partly due to ...
What Apple’s first revenue decline in 13 years means for the stock market
April 27th, 2016
Apple Inc.’s disappointing corporate results late Tuesday may be a bad omen for a skittish market fretting about the health of the U.S. and global economy. Apple AAPL, -0.69% CEO Tim Cook pinned some of the blame for the Cupertino, Calif.-based company’s ...
KCG announces First Quarter 2016 Results
April 22nd, 2016
KCG ANNOUNCES CONSOLIDATED EARNINGS OF $0.41 PER DILUTED SHARE FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2016 KCG reports consolidated revenues of $345.4 million and pre-tax earnings of $60.0 million for the quarter KCG increases book value to $16.42 per share ...
E*TRADE Financial Corporation announces First Quarter 2016 Results
April 22nd, 2016
First Quarter Results Net income of $153 million, or $0.53 per diluted share Adjusted net income of $122 million(1), or $0.43 per diluted share(1), excluding a $31 million income tax benefit related to the release of a valuation allowance ...
