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Overnight Market News – March 31, 2010

31-Mar-10

Citigroup Inc Plans to Spin-Off its Life Insurance and Investment Products Unit, Primerica Inc in an Initial Public Offering (IPO) this Week Cnooc Ltd, China’s Largest Offshore Energy Explorer Posts a 34% Decline in Full-Year Profit to CNY 29.5B from a Record CNY 44.4B a Year Ago Eurozone Inflation Rises to 1.5% in March from [...]

Overnight Market News – March 29, 2010

29-Mar-10

Greece to Sell 7-Year Bonds in First Debt Offering Since EU, IMF Pledged Aid China’s Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Signs Deal to Buy Ford Motor Co’s Volvo Unit for USD 1.8B European Economic Confidence Rises More than Expected in March to 97.7 from 95.9 in February PetroChina Co to Spend USD 60B Over Next Ten [...]

Overnight Market News – December 17, 2009

17-Dec-09

Bank of America Corp Appoints Brian T Moynihan as Chief Executive Officer to Replace Kenneth D Lewis Citigroup Inc Prices Share Issue to Repay TARP Funds at USD 3.15 per Share, Prompts US Government to Delay Offloading Stake UK Retail Sales Decline for First Time in Six Months Falling 0.3% in November from October, but [...]

Overnight Market News – December 10, 2009

10-Dec-09

Citigroup Inc Plans to Repay Portion of Government Aid Via USD 20B Equity Offering that Could be Announced as Early as Today Panasonic Corp Acquires 50.2% Stake in Sanyo Electronic Co for JPY 403.78B (USD 4.6B) Costco Wholesale Corp First Quarter Net Profit Rises to USD 266mm from USD 263mm a Year Ago on Increased [...]

Overnight Market News – November 13, 2009

13-Nov-09

Eurozone Economy Exits Recession in Third Quarter, Grows 0.4% Compared with Previous Quarter British Airways PLC, Iberia Lineas Aereas de Espana SA Agree to USD 7B Merger Citigroup Inc Near Finalizing the JPY 100B (USD 1.1B) Sale of Japan’s Biggest Telemarketer, Bellsystem24, to Private-Equity Firm Bain Capital Inc The Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) Profits [...]

Overnight Market News – September 24, 2009

24-Sep-09

US Federal Reserve Says Economy Improving, but Stresses Intention to Keep Key Interest Rates at Record Lows for Extended Period Citigroup Inc to Consider Shrinking North American Retail Branch Network to Six Metropolitan Areas Germany Lowers Planned Fourth Quarter Debt Sales by 22% on “Improved Funding Conditions” Japan’s Largest Brokerage, Nomura Holdings Inc to Raise [...]

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 [...]

Citigroup Downgrades Toll Brothers To “Hold” From “Buy”

25-Aug-09

After being hit hard by the downturn in the construction industry, Toll Brothers Inc. received yet another blow yesterday, as the luxury homebuilder was downgraded to “hold” from “buy” at Citigroup Inc. – which cautioned investors should “wait for a more compelling entry point” to purchase the stock. Added to this, many analysts are not [...]

Overnight Market News – July 1, 2009

01-Jul-09

Citigroup Inc Raises Interest Rates on Up to 15mm US Credit Card Accounts General Mills Inc Reports Jump in Fourth Quarter Profits to USD 358.8mm or USD 1.07 per share, Increases 2010 Profit Forecast Business Confidence in Japan Improves for First Time in Two and a Half Years to -48, Up from a Record LO [...]

Overnight Market News – June 24, 2009

24-Jun-09

Venezuela’s Government to Continue Reviewing Possibility of Permitting State Oil Company Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) to Issue Bonds This Year Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Expects Combined Economies of Member States to Contract 4.1% in 2009, Up from March’s 4.3% Forecast Citigroup Inc To Raise Employees’ Base Salaries by as Much as [...]