The Tokyo Stock Exchange ended on a symbolic increase of 0.01% Wednesday as investors pausing following increases in the last four sessions, investors waiting for signs of support from the Fed.
The Nikkei gained 1.30 point to 8,955.20 and the Topix, broader took 3.30 points (0.43%) to 770.60.
Japanese stock indices have evolved [...]
The rise of the euro is not a sign of confidence in the economy of the Old Continent. It is mainly driven by dollar weakness and renewed appetite for risk.
The euro continued to rise Monday above the threshold of $ 1.45, benefiting from a reflux of the risk aversion of the operators, after the [...]
Ahold announced Thursday the acceleration of its share buyback program after posting profit below expectations in the second quarter, having trouble like other distributors to pass on rising costs in a sluggish economy for households.
The Dutch group, owner of the first supermarket chain in the Netherlands (Albert Heijn) while achieving 60% of its [...]
The Tokyo Stock Exchange ended down 1.68% Tuesday, following Wall Street and in anticipation of the monetary policy decision of the Federal Reserve.
The Nikkei lost 153.08 points to 8,944.48 points and the Topix, broader, sold 12.47 points (1.59%) to 770.39 points.
On higher trading volumes, however, the Nikkei erased some of its [...]
Total amount to ten billion dollars (seven billion euros) of investment needed to develop the oil field north of Moho Bilondo off the coast of the Republic of Congo, said its CEO, Christophe de Margerie.
"The project Moho Bilondo North is the future of oil exploration by the year 2015-2017 in the Congo," said [...]
RWE Npower could sell, a leading electricity distribution companies in Britain for five billion pounds (5.5 billion) after hiring Goldman Sachs to consider its future, writes the Sunday Times.
The latter evokes the Spanish Iberdrola, owner of Scottish Power, as a potential buyer after internal sources at RWE had said that a sale was [...]
The New York Stock Exchange finished up 0.60% Wednesday, the Dow Jones Industrial 30 72.73 points to 12,261.42 winner.
The S & P-500, wider, took 10.77 points, or 0.83%, to 1307.44. The Nasdaq Composite Index was up 11.18 points for his side (0.41%) to 2740.49.
These data are likely to vary even slightly. [...]
Values to follow Tuesday on Wall Street.
* Ford will invest 800 million euros in the Spanish plant Almussafes to market in Spain Kuga crossover and the Transit Connect van, announced Tuesday a spokesman.
* AVIS BUDGET announced Tuesday it would buy for AVIS EUROPE approximately 636 million pounds in cash (723 million), [...]
U.S. economic growth slowed in parts of U.S. in May under the double blow of soaring energy and food prices and disruptions in the global supply chain following the earthquake in Japan.
In its "beige book", on the economic situation in the United States on Wednesday, the Fed adds that real estate – home [...]
The governor of the Polish central bank Marek Belka said on Wednesday it would not be possible candidate to succeed Dominique Strauss-Kahn to head the International Monetary Fund.
Former finance minister and then Polish Prime Minister Marek Belka, 59, was quoted in local and international media as a possible compromise candidate to succeed Dominique [...]