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Monthly Archives: May 2010

Overnight Market News – May 31, 2010

31-May-10

India Economy Grows at Fastest Pace in Six Months After Expanding 8.6% in its Fiscal Fourth Quarter Ended March 2010 on Increased Government and Consumer Spending Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission Announces USD 450k Fine Against Merrill Lynch (Asia Pacific) Ltd and Merrill Lynch Futures (Hong Kong) Ltd for Concealed Losses Prudential Plc Seeks [...]

Overnight Market News – May 28, 2010

28-May-10

Royal Dutch Shell PLC Agrees to Buy East Resources Inc, US Natural Gas Explorer, for USD 4.7B in Cash Apple Inc’s (AAPL) iPad Debuts in Nine Countries this Morning, Nearly Two Months after Launching in the US due to Strong Demand that Exceeded Estimates Prudential Plc Renegotiates Terms of USD 35.5B Acquisition of American International [...]

Overnight Market News – May 26, 2010

26-May-10

Sovereign Wealth Fund, The Qatar Investment Authority, Expresses Interest in Buying Part of the US Treasury’s Stake in Citigroup Inc The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Lifts the Growth Forecast of its Member States to 2.7% in 2010, up from the 1.9% Predicted in November Moody’s Investors Service Maintains its Stable Outlook on [...]

Overnight Market News – May 25, 2010

25-May-10

UK Economy Grows Faster Than Previously Estimated in the First Quarter, Expanding 0.3% Up From the Original Estimate of 0.2% Marks & Spencer Group Plc’s Fiscal 2009 Full-Year Earnings Tops Estimates as Net Profit Rises 4.6% to GBP 632.5mm Nokia Corp and Yahoo! Inc Announce Mobile Web Partnership Aimed at Strengthening Their Presence in Emerging [...]

Overnight Market News – May 21, 2010

21-May-10

US Senate Passes Bill Providing Sweeping Reform of Financial Regulations on Wall Street in an Attempt to Prevent US Collapse from Recurring British Airways Plc Posts Record Annual Loss of GBP 531mm as the Company Struggled with Strikes and Winter Storms During the Year Abbot Laboratories Inc Acquires India’s Primal Healthcare Ltd’s for USD 3.7B [...]

Overnight Market News – May 20, 2010

20-May-10

Dubai World Reaches Deal with its Main Creditors to Restructure USD 23.5B of Debt Japan’s Economy Expands 1.2% in Q01 2010, Fastest Pace in Three Quarters as Stimulus Measures Boosted Consumption Retailer, Sears Holdings Corp First-Quarter Net Income Declines 38% to USD 16mm on Higher Costs Singapore’s Q01 2010 Gross Domestic Product Grows 15.5% from [...]

Overnight Market News – May 19, 2010

19-May-10

Yahoo! Inc Purchases Freelance News Site Associated Content in an Attempt to Boost Content Creation Germany’s Ban on “Naked Short Selling” Becomes Effective Today and is Expected to Last Until March 31, 2011 Euro Drops to Lowest Since April 2006 this Morning, After Declining 0.1% to USD 1.2143 per Euro on the German Shorting Ban [...]

Overnight Market News – May 18, 2010

18-May-10

Home Depot Inc First-Quarter Net Profit Surges 41% to USD 725mm or USD 0.43 per Share on Revenue Growth Greece Receives EUR 14.5B (USD 17.9B) from European Union in the First Installment of Record Bailout Plan The Boeing Co Says it Will Boost Production of its 737 Model Aircrafts, Citing Strong Demand from Airlines UK [...]

Overnight Market News – May 17, 2010

17-May-10

Samsung Electronics Co to Increase Capital Expenditure to USD 15.6B, Outspending Rivals to Widen Lead in Sales of Memory Chips and LCD Displays Prudential PLC Begins USD 21B Rights Offering to Finance its Acquisition of American International Group Inc’s (AIG) Asian Unit Euro Falls to Four-Year LO of USD 1.2237 on Renewed Concerns on Health [...]

Overnight Market News – May 14, 2010

14-May-10

Spain’s Core Inflation Turns Negative Last Month for the First Time On Record as Core Consumer Prices Fell 0.1% from a Year Earlier European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company NV, Parent of Airbus SAS Reports 39% Fall-Off in Net Profit to EUR 103mm from EUR 170mm a Year Ago Gold Hits Another High in Early [...]