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Microsoft sales lifted by the cloud
October 24th, 2014
Microsoft continues to look to the cloud as it releases first quarter earnings. Lifted by strong momentum in its Internet cloud-based offerings, Microsoft on Thursday said its fiscal first-quarter revenue jumped to $23.2 billion, topping Wall Street estimates. The ...
Behavioural Biases & Investor Psychology
October 24th, 2014
Fact: 90% of investors and traders lose money. The above fact is what makes the 10% of winning investors and traders immensely wealthy. The main reason most people who invest/trade in the markets lose money is psychology. Whatever investment ...
12 retail chains that are closing stores
October 24th, 2014
Sears isn’t alone among retailers to rapidly closing stores Sears stores continue to be even more of an endangered species as the retailer closes more locations. And Sears isn’t alone. There are 12 retailers in the very broad Russell ...
Asian Equities Lower on Growth Woes
October 23rd, 2014
European and Asian stock markets ground lower on Thursday, worries over banks and corporate results again darkening the mood despite a surprisingly upbeat survey of Germany’s manufacturing and service sectors. U.S. stocks were on course to open a touch ...
Keystone Law sells £3.15m stake to private equity house
October 23rd, 2014
Dispersed firm Keystone Law has received a £3.15m cash injection from private equity house Root Capital in return for a 35 per cent stake in the firm’s shares. Root was founded by investor Simon Phillips in 2003. The funds ...
FMA warns consumers about cold-calling investment offers and ‘big win’ scams
October 23rd, 2014
The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) is warning New Zealand consumers and investors to be wary of cold-calls asking them to buy shares or put their money into offshore firms. The FMA is receiving an increasing number of complaints about ...
Facebook pays no UK corporation tax for a second year
October 23rd, 2014
Facebook paid no UK corporation tax for the second year in a row in 2013, while employees received shares in the company worth tens of millions of pounds. The world’s largest social media company reported a pre-tax loss of ...
Tesco share price falls again: Chairman Sir Richard Broadbent steps down
October 23rd, 2014
It has been a tough few weeks for Tesco, but just how tough was revealed in first-half results posted this morning, which showed statutory profit before tax, which includes one-off items, collapsed by 91.9 per cent to £122m in ...
Stocks fall as S&P 500 breaks 4-day winning streak
October 23rd, 2014
Dow drops 153 points and falls back into the red for the year. Stocks fell Wednesday, pushing the Dow Jones industrial average back into the red for the year and breaking the S&P 500’s four-day winning streak. The market ...
Oil prices sink to 27-month lows on rising supplies
October 23rd, 2014
Oil prices likely to continue to slide as oil prices sink to 27-month lows in a move that’s likely to continue pushing gasoline prices toward below $3 a gallon. Benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude for mid-December delivery dropped 2.4% to ...
