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| HSBC profit jumps 58% on lower tax bill MarketWatch By Simon Kennedy, MarketWatch LONDON (MarketWatch) — Banking giant HSBC Holdings PLC said Monday its first-quarter profit jumped 58% as a lower tax bill flattered the bottom-line figure, while soaring costs hurt its underlying performance. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| PRECIOUS METALS: Gold, Silver Rebound In Asia After Cautious Start Wall Street Journal By Arpan Mukherjee Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES WELLINGTON (Dow Jones)--Precious metals rebounded in Asia Monday after a cautious start, as buying interest returned following mixed US economic data last week and persistent worries over inflationary pressure ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Catastrophes to cost Munich Re €2.4bn Financial Times By James Wilson in Frankfurt Munich Re, the world's largest reinsurance company by premiums, has reported a heavy loss for the catastrophe-hit first quarter of the year but said it could still be profitable for the year as a whole. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| MGM China Now Seeking To Raise Up To US$1.5 Bln In HK IPO - Source Wall Street Journal (Adds background on MGM China and Macau in second-third paragraphs and eighth-thirteenth paragraphs, and analyst comment in fourth paragraph.) By Prudence Ho and Kate O'Keeffe HONG KONG (Dow Jones)--MGM China Holdings Ltd., a casino joint venture ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Softbank reports robust earnings on smartphones Forbes By YURI KAGEYAMA , 05.09.11, 05:37 AM EDT TOKYO -- Softbank Corp., the only Japanese mobile carrier offering the hit iPhone, said annual profit nearly doubled despite suffering damage from the March 11 quake and tsunami that battered northeastern Japan ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Apple Is World's Most Valuable Brand TheStreet.com By Joseph Woelfel 05/09/11 - 04:47 AM EDT NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Apple(AAPL), on the strength of the iPad, has overtaken Google(GOOG) as the most valuable brand in the world, according to Millward Brown's 2011 BrandZ study. Apple's top ranking ended ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Elan Sells EDT Unit to Alkermes Wall Street Journal By STEN STOVALL LONDON—Elan Corp. PLC on Monday sealed a transformational deal to sell its drug technology unit EDT to US-based Alkermes Inc. in a deal valued at $960 million that allows the Irish drug maker to pay down debt and fund pipeline ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Crude in New York Rebounds to $100 After Biggest Weekly Decline Since 2008 Bloomberg By Lananh Nguyen and Ben Sharples - Mon May 09 09:23:04 GMT 2011 May 9 (Bloomberg) -- Gavin Wendt, founding director at MineLife Pty Ltd., talks about the outlook for commodities prices. Wendt speaks from Sydney with Mark Barton on Bloomberg ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Asia stocks mostly up; Tokyo, Seoul retreat MarketWatch By V. Phani Kumar, MarketWatch , Shri Navaratnam and John Phillips HONG KONG (MarketWatch) — Several Asian markets rose Monday to cheer strong US jobs data and a rebound in commodity prices, with Hong Kong stocks rebounding after an eight-session ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Wheat, Soybeans Gain Second Day as Commodities Slump, Weather Lure Buyers Bloomberg By Luzi Ann Javier - Mon May 09 07:52:56 GMT 2011 Wheat and soybeans advanced for a second day after the biggest slump in commodities since December 2008 lured buyers amid concerns about tightening global supplies. The July-delivery wheat contract ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Global economy 'fragile' but will 'rebalance': BHP Billiton chairman Platts The global economy remains "fragile" and "we should be prepared for further downside" in the medium term, BHP Billiton chairman Jac Nasser said Monday. In the short term, although many economies are recovering, the world remains in a fragile state with ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| UK April House Prices Fall Most in Seven Months, Halifax Says Bloomberg By Svenja O'Donnell - Mon May 09 08:27:33 GMT 2011 Britain's housing-market data has been mixed this year as weakening consumer confidence curbs demand for homes, while a lack of supply and record-low interest rates help prop up values. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Appleton police investigate assault, shooting at store Appleton Post Crescent APPLETON — Police said a 29-year-old Kimberly man shot himself in the head Sunday morning at a Kwik Trip convenience store after a clerk reported she had been assaulted by the man inside the store. Lt. Steve Diedrich said the man underwent surgery ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Commodities Gain, Snapping Five-Day Slump; Stocks, Euro Advance Bloomberg By Shiyin Chen - Mon May 09 07:06:51 GMT 2011 Silver futures advanced as much as 2.9 percent to $36.31 an ounce before trading at $35.97. Photographer: John Guillemin/Bloomberg May 9 (Bloomberg) -- Gavin Wendt, founding director at MineLife Pty Ltd., ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| NY wines win more than 135 medals at competition Rochester Democrat and Chronicle Hazlitt 1852 Vineyards' 2009 Gewurztraminer was named best white wine in the 30th annual Riverside International Wine Competition, held Friday in California. The $15 wine edged Heron Hill Winery's 2008 Dry Riesling Ingle Vineyard ($16) in the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Swiss Daybook: ABB Acquires Mincom, UBS Targets, Swiss Life BusinessWeek By Dermot Doherty and Corinne Gretler May 9 (Bloomberg) -- ABB Ltd. agreed to acquire Mincom to broaden its software portfolio in enterprise asset management software and services. Australia-based Mincom has almost 1000 employees and annual revenues of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Iran bases budget on oil around $81.50 per barrel Reuters By Amena Bakr DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran is basing the oil price for its 2011/12 budget at around $81.50 per barrel and expects the price of oil to pick up again during the start of the summer season, Iran's OPEC governor told Reuters on Sunday. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| AG says oil producers confident in ND's Bakken staying power Greenfield Daily Reporter AP BISMARCK, ND — Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says oilmen at a Canadian conference think North Dakota's Bakken production has staying power. Stenehjem and Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring (GORE'-ing) attended the Williston Basin conference ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Thai Hot Stocks-Index up 1.6 pct; energy shares recoup some losses Reuters Africa BANGKOK, May 9 (Reuters) - Thailand's benchmark stock index was up 1.64 percent at 1068.11 at the midsession break on Monday in turnover of 16.5 billion baht ($546 million). The energy subindex climbed 2.2 percent, recouping some of last week's 6.6 ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Euro Advances on Bets Debt Concerns Won't Derail Rate Increases; Yen Drops Bloomberg By Lucy Meakin and Ronnie Harui - Mon May 09 08:31:59 GMT 2011 A euro sign sculpture stands outside the European Central Bank headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany. Photographer: Hannelore Foerster/Bloomberg May 9 (Bloomberg) -- Kit Juckes, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Who Benefits From the Smartphone Wars? Seeking Alpha When the iPhone was released in 2007, it was a huge change in the way everyone used their phones and was clearly a move toward a more advanced future. Until then, Blackberries had been the only real smartphones, and by comparison, they were not nearly ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| EU mergers and takeovers (May 9) Reuters --US-based pharmaceutical company Pfizer Inc (PFE.N) to acquire the consumer health business of Denmark's Ferrosan Holding A/S. (notified May 2/deadline June 6) We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Firebombs damage 2 West Side businesses Chicago Tribune By Deanese Williams-Harris Tribune reporter Two Molotov cocktails were thrown at separate businesses on the same block Sunday in the city's East Garfield Park neighborhood. The first incident happened shortly after 11 am on the 3500 block of West 5th ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Under pressure to offer healthy food, school districts may ban chocolate milk ... Washington Post By AP, LOS ANGELES — Chocolate milk has long been seen as the spoonful of sugar that makes the medicine go down, but the nation's childhood obesity epidemic has a growing number of people wondering whether that's wise. With schools under increasing ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| APNewsBreak: Biz group wants Amazon to collect tax Seattle Post Intelligencer SCOTT SONNER, AP RENO, Nev. (AP) รข€" A coalition of hotel-casinos and small businesses is launching a $50000 advertising campaign to build support for a change in tax laws so Amazon.com and dozens of other e-commerce companies would have to collect ... See all stories on this topic » |
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