Sep 20

Wall Street opened on an uncertain note Tuesday in the wake of profit taking and as investors questioned whether the Fed will back a move to boost growth.
In early trade, the Dow was stable (0.04%) to 11,406 points.The Standard & Poor's also (-0.01%) to 1204 points while the Nasdaq composite fell by 0.1% [...]

Aug 30

European shares ended Tuesday in the disorder after the publication of disappointing indicators in Europe and the United States, after a session and hesitant in trading volumes still very limited.
The CAC 40 index closed up 0.18% to 3159.74 points."That said, it's half a surprise, in a very anxiety provoking," he adds.
Other [...]

Aug 25

Macarthur Coal on Wednesday stressed its growth prospects and said to continue to seek a white knight to counter the hostile bid from ArcelorMittal and Peabody Energy, which pushed up the stock exchange.
ArcelorMittal, the world's largest steel and Peabody, the largest U.S. coal, offered 15.66 Australian dollars per share Macarthur, including dividend, about [...]

Aug 13

European stock markets are volatile again show Friday in the wake of financial stocks after the temporary ban on short selling of certain securities sector in France, Italy, Spain and Belgium.
Around 13:00, the CAC 40 index 1.48% to 3135.26 took points, after losing up to 2.3% in the morning.
"The psychological threshold [...]

Aug 12

European shares fall to leave Friday after a sharp rebound, driven by financial stocks, a ban on short sales of these securities in four countries in the euro area, including France, apparently not released selling pressure.
Around 9:30, the CAC 40 index, which gained 2.89% Thursday, losing 1.65% to 3038.81 points after opening up [...]

Aug 7

Paris and Berlin have affirmed the commitment of Europe to implement rapid reform EFSF decided July 21, encouraged Italy and Spain to act, and stressed the important role of the ECB, a few hours of the opening of Asian markets.
The joint statement of the French Presidency and the German Chancellor, however, evokes not [...]

Aug 3

The slower growth is confirmed in both industry and services. Even slowdown across the euro area. Assembly line of Smart in Hambach
The growth in activity in France was down in July, slower growth is especially confirmed in the French service, according to the final estimate of the PMI index released Wednesday by the firm [...]

Aug 1

The agreement to increase the ceiling for public debt of the United States is at best a slight relief for a U.S. economy that has virtually stagnated in the first half and shows little sign of improvement.
Barack Obama announced late Sunday night that the Democratic and Republican leaders had agreed in extremis on [...]

Jul 11

The German finance minister, Wolfgang Schäuble, stressed Monday with his peers in the euro area for the option to exchange existing bonds Greek cons of new securities to maturity lengthened again be considered, said a source familiar with the German positions.
This option, which would reduce consistently the debt burden through a Greek private [...]

Jul 6

The European Commission said Wednesday it has sent a statement of objections to 12 manufacturers of electrical cables about a possible agreement on the markets for submarine cables and underground.
In a statement, the EU executive expressed concern that producers have agreed to allocate markets and customers and to fix prices in Europe.
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