U.S. stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Wall Street on Thursday, with futures for the S&P 500 down 0.61 percent, Dow Jones futures down 0.51 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures down 0.44 percent at 1030 GMT (5:30 a.m. EST).
Neemia Tialata and Cory Jane can expect a talking to from All Blacks coach Graham Henry after revealing on the social networking site Twitter they had been left out of the New Zealand to play England this weekend.
The U.S. Congress edged closer on Wednesday to creating new government powers to break up giant financial firms, which Europe is already doing, while a U.S. derivatives market crackdown got more complicated.
Thanks to Ferrero and Hershey, Cadbury may finally have a bargaining position.
Third quarter Wage Cost Index data came in right on expectations increasing by 0.7% for the quarter and 3.6% on an annualised basis keeping the Aussie between 0.9290 and 0.9320 during morning trade. A story on Bloomberg quoting Chinese Central Bank adviser Fan Gang, who also heads the National Institute of Economic Research, as saying double digit growth in China would not be good as it poses a risk of promoting a property and commodity market bubble put a dampener on the AUD. With Chinese eco...
U.S. bank JPMorgan Chase & Co is likely to seal its purchase of the half of Cazenove it does not own for just under 1 billion pounds ($1.7 billion) on Thursday, people familiar with the matter said.
Russian oil company TNK-BP is looking at acquisitions or joint ventures as a means of growing in the oil refining sector, a senior company executive said on Wednesday.
Cadbury Plc on Wednesday said it will give proper attention to any offer that gives a full value for the company, but until that happens it has nothing to comment upon further.
It's that time of year: a cold chill in the area, short days with longer nights, and steaming mugs of hot chocolate making a more frequent appearance. Here's some inspiration to brighten up those dark
Italy's Ferrero and U.S.-based Hershey Co are considering a bid for chocolatier Cadbury Plc , but hostile bidder Kraft Foods Inc is still seen as the front-runner with its $16.8 billion offer.
Activision Blizzard Inc said its video game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 scored record sales of $550 million in its first five days, but the company is still concerned about weak consumer spending.
Activision Blizzard Inc said its video game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 scored record sales of $550 million in its first five days, but the company is still concerned about weak consumer spending.
British cable operator Virgin Media is continually looking to take costs out of the business and expects to reduce its property portfolio as part of that drive, its finance officer said on Wednesday.
The world may have already moved on, but quantitative finance guru Paul Wilmott is undaunted in his quest to save the global financial system from mindless mathematicians.
U.S. oil major Chevron Corp is in talks with Turkmenistan over its possible participation in developing the giant South Iolotan gas field, the company's country head said on Wednesday.
More than half of Britons being offered vaccination against pandemic H1N1 flu are turning it down because they fear side-effects or think the virus is too mild to bother, a survey of doctors showed on Wednesday.
Yesterday's release of the RBA board minutes from the November 3 0.25% interest rate rise cast some doubt as to the scale of the current wave of Monetary Policy tightening. In the minutes the central bank said ...further gradual adjustment in the cash rate would most likely be appropriate over time, though the pace of the adjustment remained an open question. The market had been looking for more aggressive wording given the hikes already priced in for 2010 and were somewhat disappointed by the...
Britain's Cadbury may team up with Italian chocolatier Ferrero to see off a hostile bid from U.S. group Kraft, an Italian newspaper reported on Tuesday, a combination that one analyst said made sense.
NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Tuesday he was confident the alliance would agree to increase substantially the number of troops battling Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan
Big banks stepped up warnings on Tuesday that tightening capital rules too soon could stall economic recovery, but policymakers said the bailed out sector cannot rely on taxpayers again in future.
NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Tuesday he was confident the alliance would substantially increase its forces battling Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan.
Britain's power generators face a coal against gas burning dilemma this winter that extends beyond fuel prices, with high coal stocks, limited coal-fired power plant lifespans, and carbon prices blurring decisions.
