Monthly Archives:  October 2012

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• U.S. Stock Futures Rise With Commodities as Euro Climbs

  Full Story | 31st October 2012
  U.S. stock-index futures advanced as equity markets prepared to resume trading for the first time this week after Hurricane Sandy. European shares rose on better- than-estimate earnings from airlines, the euro strengthened and gasoline climbed .

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• AB InBev Beer Volume Drops on Slow Russia, Brazil Demand

  Full Story | 31st October 2012
  Anheuser-Busch InBev NV, the world’s biggest brewer, said volume fell for a second straight quarter as higher prices restrained demand in Brazil and sales contracted in a declining Russian market.Organic volume, which excludes the effect .

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• Air France-KLM Earnings Beat Estimates With Lufthansa

  Full Story | 31st October 2012
  Air France-KLM Group and Deutsche Lufthansa AG posted earnings gains that beat analyst estimates as Europe’s two biggest airlines began to reap the benefits of moves to eliminate thousands of jobs. Their shares surged.Third-quarter operating .

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• U.S. Stock Trading Shut for Second Day, Joining Bonds

  Full Story | 30th October 2012
  For the first time in more than a century, weather has stopped U.S. equity trading for two straight days as Hurricane Sandy swept across New York City. NYSE Euronext (NYX) will this morning test a .

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• All U.S. Stock Trading Canceled as NY Braces for Storm

  Full Story | 29th October 2012
  The U.S. securities industry canceled equity trading on all markets today, moving to protect workers as Hurricane Sandy barreled toward New York City with 70-mile-per-hour winds and the threat of an 11-foot sea surge.The shutdown, .

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• New Malta Government Stocks Issue October 2012

  Full Story | 28th October 2012
  The Treasury announced the issue of the following fixed rate Malta Government Stocks. 3.75% MGS 2017 (IV) Fungible Issue at Euro 105.00 – YTM of 2.633% which corresponds to an annualised rate of 2.651% 4.3% .

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• Stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Wall Street

  Full Story | 26th October 2012
  Stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Wall Street on Friday as disappointing earnings from consumer bellwethers Apple Inc (AAPL) and Amazon.com Inc (AMZN) dented sentiment. Futures for the S&P 500 and the .

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• US vs Europe – What’s what

  Full Story | 26th October 2012
  The US economy is expected to grow at a rate of two per cent in 2012. The $15 trillion.

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• Virgin Hones CEO Search to Turn Popularity Into Profit

  Full Story | 25th October 2012
  Virgin Atlantic’s next CEO will inherit a brand more popular than profitable as the company seeks to regain its competitive edge over rival British Airways. (IAG) Virgin Galactic’s private SpaceShipTwo spacecraft, left, and a Virgin America .

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• Windows 8 a waiting game for Microsoft investors

  Full Story | 25th October 2012
  Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer speaks at a press conference Thursday in New York announcing the retail launch of Windows 8. With the wait for Windows 8 over, the next question facing Microsoft Corp.’s investors is .