The European Commission has decided to probe Google Inc. after complaints by search service providers about unfavourable treatment of their services in Google's search results along with an alleged preferential placement of Google's own services.
The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market gainers are: Interactive Brokers Group, SodaStream International, Deckers Outdoor, Research In Motion, optionsXpress Holdings, Sangamo Biosciences, DepoMed, Silver Standard Resources, and Pan American Silver.
The East Asian bond market, especially corporate bonds, continues to expand and draw strong demand from return-starved Western investors.
The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market losers are: Mecox Lane, Seagate Technology, ASML Holding, Aixtron, Qiagen, Altera, Vodafone Group, Avanir Pharmaceuticals, and Dell.
Futures on major U.S. stock indices point to a lower opening on Tuesday as renewed concerns about European sovereign debt crisis weighed on sentiment.
GBP/USD has fallen to a 2-month low on Tuesday helped by safe-haven interest in the US dollar and investors are now seeking nearest supports for the pair as they await positive-looking economic data from the US, due later in the day.
Seagate' announcement that it has ended talks with private equity group over taking the company private is not exactly a surprise, an analyst with ThinkEquity said.
USD/CAD is currently holding near its 200-day moving average but the formation of an ascending triangle from start of this month has made the situation ripe for a jump on Tuesday, especially ahead of key data from the US and Canada.
Jefferies & Co. upgraded its rating of BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. (RIMM) to 'buy' from 'hold' and increased its price target to $80 from $55.
USD/JPY tends to fall further as the session grows to Europe and given the market mood to stay prepared for more bad news from Portugal or Spain, likely in the coming days, the pair may only have a brief stop near 83.75 (S1), the 61.8 percent Fibonacci from late September levels. It could hold that level for the day.
The top after-market NASDAQ stock market losers are: Zoltek Companies, Seagate Technology, Maxygen, Comverge, China Medical Technologies, Porter Bancorp, TICC Capital, Approach Resources, Shanda Games, and Johnson Outdoors.
ThinkEquity has increased its profit estimates and price target on Apple Inc., saying that the recent expansion of iPad distribution in the U.S. and iPad's launch in more international markets, easing of supply constraints this quarter are strong positives for the company.
The top after-market NASDAQ stock market gainers are: Parexel International, hiSoft Technology International, Kforce, SodaStream International, Interactive Brokers Group, Stereotaxis, Pixelworks, LoopNet, Mellanox Technologies, and Ancestry.com.
Stocks fell, but finished significantly above intra-day lows, as the market recovered somewhat from early losses triggered by renewed fears that the euro zone debt crisis could spread beyond Ireland to Portugal and Spain.
While investors currently grapple with a number of very troubling geopolitical and economic issues -- namely the threat of war in Korea and the potential sovereign debt contagion in Europe, interest rate hikes by China, among others – some might take solace in the fact that December has consistently been the best-performing months for U.S. going back more than sixty years.
Below the 30-mark, RSI on both day and 4-hour charts suggest the pair is in the oversold territory and any fundamental signal showing weakness for the greenback could push the pair up to 1.320-1.327 (R1) before marching ahead to 1.336 (R2), its 38.2 percent Fibonacci. Further up, 1.344 (R3) is seen as a strong resistance for the pair.
US stocks declined in early trade on Monday as the European Union’s 85 billion euro ($113 billion) financial assistance package for Ireland failed to boost investor sentiment.
The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market losers are: BSD Medical, ASML Holding, Aixtron, A123 Systems, Vodafone Group, Mellanox Technologies, Ryanair Holdings, Micron Technology, and Alvarion.
The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market gainers are: Voltaire, AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Sangamo Biosciences, Netlist, Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Netflix, Deckers Outdoor, Amazon.com, JA Solar Holdings, Baidu, and Apple.
Satellite communications firm O3b Networks, which is backed by investors such as Google, said it has raised $1.2 billion from a group of investors and banks.
Futures on major U.S. indices point to flat opening on Monday as the European Union’s 85 billion euro ($113 billion) financial assistance package for Ireland failed to boost investor sentiment.
The top after-market NASDAQ stock market losers are: Comverge, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, S1 Corp., TFS Financial, Extreme Networks, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, West Coast Bancorp, FSI International, Daktronics, and LodgeNet Interactive.
The top after-market NASDAQ stock market gainers are: Coldwater Creek, Great Lakes Dredge & Dock, Novavax, Vical, Eagle Bulk Shipping, Internap Network Services, Cerus, Nasdaq OMX Group, Sterling Bancshares, and Texas Capital BancShares.
Stocks tumbled in a holiday-shortened session on worries over threats of war by North Korea and pervasive fears that the euro zone sovereign debt crisis may spread to Spain and Portugal. Apparently, traders saw little solace in what appears to be shaping up as a strong Black Friday on the retail front.
Railroad companies are probably not at the top of most investors’ wish list, but these stocks have performed superbly this year and likely represent a solid long-term investment theme.
US stocks declined in early trade on Friday as fresh concerns over European debt crisis weighed on sentiment.
The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market gainers are: CPI International, iGo, LJ International, Savient Pharmaceuticals, ASML Holding, A-Power Energy Generation Systems, and Melco Crown Entertainment.
The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market losers are: Aixtron AG, CROCS, Randgold Resources, Intel, Baidu, Dell, Joy Global, Microsoft, and Amazon.com.
Precious metals and euro dropped on Friday as European periphery worries intensified, helping safe-haven interest into the US dollar. EUR/USD touched a fresh 2-month low.
The top after-market NASDAQ stock market losers are: Century Aluminum, China Life Retire-Easy Guarantee, Novavax, Globe Specialty Metals, eBay, Global Industries, Limelight Networks, MannKind, Fifth Third Bancorp, and Ebix.
