Moneycontrol.comUS STOCKS-Wall St drops as data increase uncertaintyReuters* US jobless claims post biggest weekly drop in a year * Services-sector growth slows more than forecast * Green Mountain sinks nearly 50 pct day after sales miss * Most retaile…
Globe and MailCarlyle Group IPO begins without a popLos Angeles TimesBy Andrew Tangel Private equity firm The Carlyle Group's debut on the stock market has so far not resulted in a pop in its share price. But Carlyle's stock hasn't fallen b…
KAREBest Buy's marketing chief resignsChicago TribuneBest Buy Co. Chief Marketing Officer Barry Judge resigned from the world's largest consumer electronics chain this week, a spokesman said. Judge is leaving the company "to explore the ne…
BloombergSocGen's fixed-income surge fails to quell doubtsCNBC.comPARIS (Reuters) – French bank Societe Generale failed to convince investors a surprise surge in first-quarter bond, currency and commodities trading revenue was not a one-off. Like E…
AFPBasel Seeks Tougher Boundary Between Banking, Trading BooksBloombergBanks face tougher rules on how they differentiate between assets they keep in their banking and trading books, making it harder to dodge capital rules, under proposals published by…
AFPHong Kong shares close down 0.3 pct, Chinese banks sinkReuters| HONG KONG May 3 (Reuters) – Hong Kong shares on Thursday slipped, dragged by weakness in Chinese banks after Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings priced its stake sale in two of Ch…
Los Angeles TimesRadar-evading Navy ship for sale in public auctionLos Angeles TimesThe Sea Shadow, a 164-foot ship built during the Cold War and capable of evading radar, is being sold to the highest bidder after Navy efforts to donate it to a museum …
Moneycontrol.comWORLD FOREX: Euro Tumbles On Weak Europe, US Economic DataWall Street JournalBy Erin McCarthy Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK (Dow Jones)–The euro tumbled against its main rivals Wednesday after a stream of disappointing economic data …
TheStreet.comZillow Surges on Earnings Beat, AcquisitionTheStreet.comBy Chris Ciaccia 05/02/12 – 04:46 PM EDT NEW YORK (TheStreet) — Shares of online real estate company Zillow(Z) jumped in late trades on Wednesday after the company soundly beat Wall …
Telegraph.co.ukWill BSkyB's viewers turn on and tune in or drop out?Telegraph.co.ukBSkyB is in fine fettle. Or at least it would be if you were able to separate the savaged reputation of its biggest shareholder, News Corporation, from its underlyin…