Monthly Archives:  November 2015

• Calamatta Cuschieri launches the CC Global Balanced Income Fund

  Full Story | 25th November 2015
  Calamatta Cuschieri Funds SICAV plc. has just launched a new sub-fund, the CC Global Balanced Income Fund. The fund seeks to provide stable, long- term capital appreciation by investing in a diversified portfolio of local .

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• Nike unveils stock split, boosts dividend

  Full Story | 20th November 2015
  Nike, which joined the Dow Jones Industrial Average in 2013, has been benefiting from cultural trends that favor its products, including the rise of athletically styled footwear and clothes among consumers who aren't necessarily planning .

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• How Airgas More Than Doubled By Fighting A Takeover

  Full Story | 18th November 2015
  Sometimes saying no is the best way to make a boatload of money on Wall Street. After all, Airgas ARG +22.63% managed to double its share price four years by fending off a hostile takeover .

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• NEW BOND ISSUE – Bank of Valletta 3.50% Subordinated Notes 2030 Tranche 1

  Full Story | 16th November 2015
  Bank of Valletta Plc has announced the issue of € 75 million in Subordinated Notes maturing in 2030 and featuring an annual coupon of 3.50%. The new Notes will be issued in any one or .

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• Europe Stocks Rise With S&P Futures, Oil gains

  Full Story | 16th November 2015
  Stocks in Europe rallied and the euro recovered most of its drop versus the yen as investors assessed the fallout from the worst terror attacks on European soil in almost a decade.The Stoxx Europe 600 .

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• Burberry profit up 14% raises interim dividend

  Full Story | 12th November 2015
  Burberry PLC reported a 14% rise in first-half profit and raised its interim dividend by 5%, despite flat revenue.The British luxury house said pretax profit for the first six months of the year came in .

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• NEW BOND ISSUE – ZAMMIT FINANCE PLC 5.25% Secured Bonds 2020-2022

  Full Story | 10th November 2015
  Zammit Finance Plc has announced the issue of € 6 million in Secured bonds maturing in 2022, featuring an early Call Option in 2020, and an annual coupon of 5.25%. The Company has also announced .

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• Amazon to open its first bricks-and-mortar bookstore

  Full Story | 4th November 2015
  To sell more books, Amazon.com Inc. is getting physical.Amazon said it would open a brick-and-mortar store in its Seattle hometown on Tuesday, stocked with books and Amazon devices, like Kindle e-readers. The company sent an .

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• HSBC Reports $6.1 Billion Third-Quarter Pre-Tax Profit

  Full Story | 2nd November 2015
  HSBC Holdings Plc, Europe’s largest bank, reported a bigger-than-estimated jump in third-quarter profit as costs related to fines and legal settlements declined.Pretax profit rose to $6.1 billion from $4.6 billion a year earlier as operating .