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Wall Street stoked over Alcoa earnings
July 9th, 2014
Alcoa unofficially kicked off earnings season with gusto Tuesday, delivering second-quarter results that smashed expectations. The aluminum giant reported an adjusted quarterly profit of 18 cents a share — 50% more than expected. The news boosted shares of Alcoa ...
Brent Oil down at $109 on Easing Supply Fears
July 9th, 2014
Brent oil slid more than $1 a barrel on Tuesday, its seventh straight decline, with U.S. oil also falling as Libyan oil exports looked likely to rise, and fears eased over a supply disruption in Iraq. Brent has shed ...
Kiwi near 3-year high; dollar awaits Fed minutes
July 9th, 2014
The Kiwi, New Zealand dollar, hovered near a three-year high on Wednesday, buoyed by the prospect of a sovereign rating upgrade, while the U.S. dollar held steady ahead of minutes of the Federal Reserve’s latest policy meeting. Against a basket of ...
Technical Analysis Gold – Indecision Continues Under $1320
July 9th, 2014
Technical Analysis Gold for Wednesday, July 9, 2014 After pushing higher to a three month high above $1330 last week, gold has spent the last now few days easing lower back to below $1320 and is showing more signs ...
Profits Vanish in Venezuela After Currency Devaluation
July 9th, 2014
Brink’s, the armored car company, could see about $400 million in revenue disappear this year from its operations in this country. Procter & Gamble announced a write-down of $275 million on its Venezuela business. American Airlines and Delta Air ...
Pfizer wins dismissal of U.S. investor class action ahead of trial
July 9th, 2014
Pfizer Inc (PFE.N) won the dismissal Tuesday of a long-running shareholder class action accusing the company of misleading investors about the safety of its Celebrex and Bextra pain-relieving drugs. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain in ...
In Deal to Cut Corporate Taxes, Shareholders Pay the Price
July 9th, 2014
Medtronic is pursuing a deal to move abroad and save taxes. But few have noticed that the company’s shareholders will be the ones left with a big tax bill as a result. Oddly, some of Medtronic’s largest shareholders — ...
Gibraltar lawyers jailed over £40m client money scam
July 9th, 2014
Three brothers who ran one of Gibraltar’s largest law firms were jailed last week for fraud, four years after their firm, Marrache & Co, was put into liquidation. Benjamin, Isaac and Solomon Marrache were found guilty of fraud last ...
Jury acquits ex-manager in insider-trading case
July 9th, 2014
The brother of an imprisoned ex-billionaire hedge fund founder was acquitted of conspiracy Wednesday, ending a string of insider trading convictions won by Manhattan federal prosecutors. A jury returned the verdict Tuesday at the insider trading trial of Rengan ...
Ex-Carter’s executives, NY fund manager get prison for insider trading
July 9th, 2014
Two former executives at Carter’s Inc (CRI.N) and a New York hedge fund manager received prison sentences on Tuesday for engaging in an insider trading conspiracy involving the children’s clothing company’s stock. Eric Martin, a former vice president of ...
