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Overnight Market News – October 6, 2011

06-Oct-11

Steve Jobs, Visionary Co-Founder, Chairman and Former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Apple Inc, Dies at Age 56 After a Long Battle with Pancreatic Cancer The Bank of England Expands its Bond-Purchase Plan for the First Time in Almost Two Years Amid a Slowdown in the Economic Recovery German Factory Orders Unexpectedly Fall 1.4% in [...]

Overnight Market News – June 10, 2010

10-Jun-10

Bank of England Holds Key Interest Rate Steady at Record LO of 0.5% Ahead of June 22nd Budget Announcement Brazil’s Senate Set to Approve Bill to Allow Petroleo Brasileiro SA to Sell USD 25B in Shares as the State Owned Oil Company Looks to Strengthen its Balance Sheet British Airways Plc’s CEO Willie Walsh Turns [...]

Overnight Market News – November 18, 2009

18-Nov-09

Chinese Court Orders Microsoft Corp to Cease Selling Versions of its Windows Operating System that Include Fonts Designed by a Local Company, Citing Violation of Licensing Agreement The SkyTeam Airlines Group, Led by Delta Air Lines Inc Offers Struggling Japan Airlines Corp USD 1.02B Funding Package to Switch from Rival Oneworld Alliance Bank of England [...]

Overnight Market News – October 8, 2009

08-Oct-09

Australia’s Jobless Rate Falls to 5.7% in September from 5.8% in August, Exceeding Analysts’ Forecasts for a Rise to a 6-Year HI of 6% Alcoa Inc Posts Earnings Excluding One-Off Charges of USD 0.04 per Share, Trumping Analysts’ Expectations for a Loss per Share of USD 0.09 Lloyds Banking Group PLC Mulls GBP 15B (USD [...]

Overnight Market News – September 15, 2009

15-Sep-09

Citigroup Inc Explores Options to Offload US Government’s 34% Interest in the Bank, May Raise Capital Through Stock Offering Bank of England to Consider Lowering Deposit Rate for Reserves to Spur Lending General Electric Co Acquires Norwegian Firm ScanWind as it Seeks to Penetrate Growing Offshore Wind Market US Federal Judge Throws Out the Securities [...]

Overnight Market News – July 9, 2009

09-Jul-09

Bank of England Holds Benchmark Interest Rate at 0.5% for Fourth Consecutive Month American International Group Inc (AIG) Revives Talks with Rival MetLife Inc Over Sale of American Life Insurance Co (Alico) China’s Passenger Car Vehicle Sales Jump 48% to 873k Units in June from May on More Government Stimulus Spending, Biggest Increase Since February [...]