Japanese auto major Toyota Motor Corp and technology giant Microsoft Corp plan to build a global platform for TMC's next-generation telematics services using the Windows Azure platform, the carmaker said in a statement.
Warner Music Group's board is expected to review second-round bids for the company at a meeting in the coming week, a source familiar with the matter said.
Backing money with gold isn't the problem for the legion of policy-makers and economists running the official monetary system. Raising interest rates is.
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chairman Rodney Chase, ex-Corus chairman Jim Leng and former Enterprise Oil chairman Graham Hearne are expected to be asked to join the board of a new energy investment fund being set-up by Tony Hayward, the Sunday Times said.Boeing and Qatar Airways announced orders for three 777 Freighters and two 777-300ERs valued at $1.4 billion at list prices.
The carry trade is back and it’s the main theme in the forex market.
Speculators in the forex market are now short the Japanese yen as of April 5, according to the weekly COT report. Another notable swing is in the pound sterling; longs jumped to 32,414 contracts from just 743 in the prior week.
Here is a list of top ten largest U.S. companies by market capitalization.
The House votes to thwart FCC's net neutrality attempts. The legislation now goes to the Senate and White House, where it is expected to not pass.
Hitting $1472.50 for US investors today, the Gold Price also rose sharply against the British Pound - hitting its best level since New Year at £900 per ounce - but was in flat against most other major currencies. Silver Prices, in contrast, rose to new multi-decade highs across the board.
Silver is a very different market to gold. Most crucially, there's no commonly accepted benchmark value - such as a suit of men's clothes for an ounce of gold - against which to measure silver across time.
After Japan’s devastating earthquake, the repatriation of foreign financial assets hasn't happened yet – but it will, said Michael Woolfolk of BNY Mellon.
The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Conns, Expedia, Curis, Seagate Technology, and NXP Semiconductors. The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Hercules Offshore, Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Sangamo Biosciences, Qiao Xing Universal Resources, and Costco Wholesale.
The companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trade on Friday are: Weyerhaeuser, Nabors Industries, Pier 1 Imports, Qualcomm, Helmerich & Payne, Freeport-McMoRan Copper, Netflix, Bally Technologies and Costco Wholesale Corp.
U.S. stocks ended lower on Thursday after a major aftershock in Japan triggered new fears about a nuclear crisis, but better-than-expected jobless claims data and monthly retail sales data held losses in check.
U.S. stocks ended lower on Thursday after a major aftershock in Japan triggered new fears about a nuclear crisis, but better-than-expected jobless claims data and monthly retail sales data held losses in check.
The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Expedia, Seagate Technology, Cutera, ShoreTel, and Select Comfort. The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Hercules Offshore, Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Sangamo Biosciences, PostRock Energy, and China-Biotics.
Cerberus Capital Management LP and Centerbridge Capital Partners are among the bidders for Citigroup Inc's U.S. consumer-lending unit, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing three people with knowledge of the matter.
The FCC's plan to nationalize data roaming has drawn a mixed review from wireless carries and industry associations.
Most financial brokers and advisers find independence from big brokerage houses attractive, but the cost of regulatory compliance is keeping many of them from making the move, a new study by Fidelity Investments found.
U.S. stocks fell on Thursday shortly after an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 hit Japan and a tsunami warning was issued.
Credit Suisse expects strong stock and fundamental performance from NetSuite Inc. (NYSE: N) in the second half of the year.
