| GSIS Infuses P20B Into Equities MANILA, Philippines - State-run Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) is looking at infusing additional R20 billion investments into the local equities market this year to further boost the... | |
| Guj govt to auction state securities worth Rs 1,500 cr state government stock securities worth Rs 1,500 crore with a holding period of 10 years to fund development programmes and schemes included in the annual development plan (ADP) for 2011-2012. The... |
| Transport assets, equities top turnover According to data from Shanghai United Assets and Equity Exchange, assets and equities in the transportation, real estate and financial industries topped the turnover of all transactions concluded on... |
| Bullish week predicted for mainland stocks The Chinese mainland's two main stock indices ended at odds in the first trading week of the Year of the Dragon, with analysts predicting a bullish second week. The benchmark Shanghai Composite... |
| Stocks: Let the good times roll NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Stocks surged last week to their highest levels in years, but there are few key economic reports slated for the week ahead to sustain the rally.The big news last week was... |
| Fortune Classic: The rise of Netscape . This week, we turn to a July 1995 item on the rise of a world-changing internet startup that would eventually pull off a blockbuster IPO:... |
| Stocks: Let the good times roll? NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Stocks surged last week to their highest levels in years, but there are few key economic reports slated for the week ahead to sustain the rally.The big news last week was... |
| China stocks plunge on US debt, train crash Chinese stocks tumbled Monday as investors sold off holdings increasingly worried about a possible default of government debt by the United States which is to bring the global economy back to a... |
| Political Economy: Despite Public Anger, System Still Rigged in Bankers' Favor There was a whiff of the lynch mob in Britain last week.
Stephen Hester, the current Royal Bank of Scotland boss, was bludgeoned by politicians and the news media into forgoing his bonus, even... |
| Romney wins big in Nevada - CNN NEW: In victory speech, Romney again focuses on Obama rather than rivals NEW: Gingrich says he's in race for the duration and predicts he'll be competitive Rep. Ron Paul, former Sen.... |
| U.S. Stocks Rise a Fifth Week on Employment, Manufacturing Data Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks rose, giving the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index a fifth straight weekly advance, after reports showed employment in the world’s largest economy topped... |
| European Stocks Post Biggest Weekly Rally of 2012; Xstrata Gains Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- European stocks posted the biggest weekly gain this year, sending the Stoxx Europe 600 Index to its highest level in six months, as manufacturing increased globally and the U.S.... |
| Treasuries Fall as Job Gains Cast Doubt on Fed’s Low-Rate Policy Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Treasuries declined after the U.S. jobless rate unexpectedly fell to the lease in three years, raising skepticism about Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke’s extended... |
| NewsWatch: U.S. stocks follow win streak with focus on Europe Money managers and strategists chime in on the prospects for the U.S. financial sector and how they are approaching these stocks, which have enjoyed a strong... |
| UK fund managers are back buying 'safer' Italian bonds The ECB has been buying the bonds to bring down the interest rate, which broke the much-feared 7 per cent barrier last year; they are now down to around 5.6 per cent. Andrew Cole, a director at... |
| Online Game Stocks Boost Index as Tudou Surges: China Overnight Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Shanda Games Ltd. and Perfect World Co. drove an index of Chinese U.S.-traded stocks to a seventh weekly gain, as the online game developers’ high cash levels and... |
| Market Snapshot: U.S. stocks follow win streak with focus on Europe SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Investors in U.S. stocks, which just wrapped up their best start of the year since 1987, are expected to shift their attention next week toward the ongoing euro-zone... |
| From Bonds to Books It's not a normal career path that begins with selling bonds and ends with writing novels, and I was first among the skeptics who doubted my ability to make the transition. When I first... |
| Nasdaq vaults to 11-year high on surge in jobs A surge in hiring in the world's largest economy last month drove the Nasdaq to an 11-year high on Friday as optimism grew that the labor market is on a steady path to recovery.The broad-based... |
| Saudi Tadawul bourse soars to 8-month high after Dow Jones Industrial and Nasdaq hit multi-year highs The Saudi Tadawul Index added one per cent, reaching an 8-month high at 6,733.68 points Saturday. On Friday, U. S. bellwether gauges Dow Jones Insustrial Average and the NASDAQ Composite surged to a... |
| Meet the new Facebook billionaires makes money in two ways : Selling ads and collecting a fee from the app makers who use its Facebook Credits system. Facebook has no plans to ever charge its members for using the site. As... |
| Motorola wants 2.25% of Apple's iPhone sales removed the iPhone 4 and 3GS from its online Apple Store in Germany. The injunction was suspended before the end of the day -- and the products restored -- but the bizarre incident left analysts and... |
| 3 keys to a killer Super Bowl ad FORTUNE -- Super Bowl weekend is here. For some, Sunday is all about the game. For others, the ads take center stage. For the latter, here are three keys to making a killer... |
| NewsWatch: U.S. stocks cheer surprisingly good jobs data U.S. stocks leapt Friday, propelling the Nasdaq index to an 11-year high, as Wall Street embraced the nation's jobless rate dropping to a three-year... |
| Nasdaq at 11-year high after jobs report A surge in hiring in the world's largest economy last month drove U.S. stocks higher on Friday, with the Nasdaq hitting an 11-year high as optimism grew that the labor market is on a steady path... |
| Junior gold stocks to prosper, copper on brink of rebound - Joe Mazumdar Joe Mazumdar talks about why he sees mergers and acquisitions as key catalysts for a rebound in the junior gold space in 2012. Gold Report... |
| GE Catches Renewed Investor Attention As U.S. Economy Picks Up More Steam General Electric (GE) has caught renewed investor attentionas thelatest stream of fresh government dataemittedsignals that the economy isfinally turning the corner towards a strong recovery. Market... |
| Amazon Stock Still Good For $205 With Kindle Firing Up Amazon.com's Q4 and full-year 2011 earnings results proved disappointing to investors leading to a 11% drop after the announcement, we continue to believe that Kindle Fire volumes would push... |
| Which top Silicon Valley stocks are most popular in Congress? Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal Date: Saturday, February 4, 2012, 7:24am PST - Last Modified: Saturday, February 4, 2012, 8:30am... |
| Which Silicon Valley stocks are most popular in Congress? The stocks that members of Congress own has come under the microscope lately, with some complaining that politicians have capitalized on inside information that members of the general public would... |
| Stocks and bond yields drop on Europe worries The wait for an expected deal between Greece and its creditors rattled financial markets around the world Monday. Yields for ultra-safe U.S. government debt hit their lowest this year, the euro... |
| Crisis could push Europe to 'early grave': Australia Munich, Germany, Feb 4, 2012 (AFP) - - Australia's foreign minister launched a fierce broadside at Europe Saturday, saying the financial crisis has caused it to turn in on itself and warning it... |
| Kiss QE3 hopes goodbye! - The Buzz still below 2% , isn't necessary. Bond yields should rise in a more robust economy since investors naturally would want to sell safe, boring assets in favor of more risky assets like stocks.... |
| Jobs: Obama's not out of the woods yet NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The January jobs report contains a slew of numbers that are likely to put a twinkle in the eye of Obama campaign... |
| Big drop in unemployment rate for blacks NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The unemployment rate for blacks fell more than 2 percentage points last month to its lowest level since March 2009.The drop puzzled economists, who cautioned that it's... |
| What about the long-term unemployed? FORTUNE – There are more than a few college-educated, unemployed people over 50 years old living in the Pacific U.S. who aren't cheering today's jobs report. While the report showed... |
