Aust stocks post small gains Sydney Morning Herald | AAP | The Australian share market has begun its last session for 2011 on a positive note, following gains on Wall Street due to better than expected economic data. | Pending sales of US homes hit their highest level since April 2010, while manufacturing activity in the key Chicago region remained ...
Sears Holdings' stock up on report of supplier access to credit Chicago Business | (AP) - Sears Holdings Corp.'s stock gained more than 7 percent Thursday on a report that CIT Group Inc. could begin approving financing for the retailer's suppliers. A week ago, published reports said that the lender had stopped financing loans to ...
Stocks mixed in volatile trade Sydney Morning Herald | US stocks advanced, pushing the Standard & Poor's 500 Index to a five-month high, as semiconductor companies and homebuilders gained. The euro rose as the International Monetary Fund proposed boosting its lending resources by as much as $US500 ...
Northern Trust announces job cuts; stock takes a hit Chicago Business | (Updated 9:20 a.m.) | (Crain's) - Northern Trust Corp. is cutting about 700 jobs worldwide, and about half those cuts - in Europe - already have taken place. A spokesman could not specify how many of the remaining cuts are in Chicago. | Northern Tr...
Speculation Sears could go private bumps up stock Chicago Business | (Reuters) - The shares and options of Sears Holdings Corp. rose on Tuesday on speculation the operator of Sears department stores and the Kmart discount chain could go private. | "There is a rumor that Bruce Berkowitz of Fairholme and Eddie Lampert...
Aust stocks post small gains Sydney Morning Herald | AAP | The Australian share market has begun its last session for 2011 on a positive note, following gains on Wall Street due to better than expected economic data. | Pending sales of US homes hit their highest level since April 2010, while manufact...
World stocks muted ahead of US growth figures my SA | BANGKOK (AP) — World stocks faced multiple headwinds Friday after disappointing Japanese earnings, higher unemployment in Spain and weak U.S. home sales. Investors awaited quarterly growth figures from the U.S. later in the day. | Benchmark oil hovered below $100 per barrel while the dollar was lower against the euro and the yen. | European sha...
Sensex closes at 10-week high Indian Express | The BSE Sensex closed above the 17k mark to 10-week high of 17,077.18, up 81 points on sustained buying as RBI policy shifted focus to pushing growth from taming inflation, and investors settled this months derivative contracts amid strong overseas markets. | Metals, PSU, teck, auto, consumer durables and IT stocks attracted good buying, with 12 ...
