ON Semiconductor is boosting its purchase price of Sanyo Semiconductor, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
Gold touched a 1-week high for Dollar investors but broke new all-time records for Euro and Sterling buyers on Tuesday morning, as industrial commodities slipped and the US currency rose against all competitors bar the Japanese Yen.
China has said it will revise penalties on price manipulations, stepping up its measures to tackle inflation.
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.
Surging demand from China, the world's second-largest gold buyer, is changing seasonal patterns in Gold Price trends for investors everywhere. At this current pace, private Chinese demand may overtake India's by 2014 (if not sooner).
Peter Andre rushed to hospital for stomach pain, his UK tour has been postponed
UBS Securities upgraded rating of Spectra Energy Partners, LP (SEP) to 'neutral' from 'sell' based on valuation, while reiterating its price target of $34.
Dollar, Korea, Ireland, Asian demand, inventories and technicals - a lot of things are weighing on oil now. But market participants find the question if the commodity has reached its bottom technically and on robust demand in some regions, or will a dollar rally or geopolitical developments force it break below the current range, tough to answer.
Thanksgiving traditionally means a celebration of plentiful harvest, but people this year may end up spending a little more on the thanksgiving dinner than before according to the 25th annual survey done by the American Farm Bureau Federation.
UK-based water supplier United Utilities Group reported interim results slightly ahead of its expectations, following the recent regulatory price review.
Government policies all over the world are distorting the market for agricultural products and discouraging their production at a time when there is a global shortage of them.
Microsoft has announced price changes to Microsoft Services Provider License Agreement (SPLA) which will be effective from January 2011.
Nortel is accusing Genband of trying to push down the price of its internet protocol and application solutions business.
Despite the hugely successful initial public offering General Motors (NYSE: GM) underwent last week, the company still has numerous questions surrounding it, particularly its huge pension liabilities. As such, David Silver, an equity research analyst at Wall Street Strategies in New York, believes that Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) is the better auto company and more attractive stock right now.
Continued uncertainty at Chile's Collahuasi, the world's third largest copper mine, is likely to render positives to copper prices on Monday, or maybe well into this week, offsetting the negatives due to an expected China rate move.
An Agricultural commodity price rally in the U.S. will help the wobbly recovery in three ways - by boosting inflation a tad and narrowing the worrying trade deficit by a whisker, while not hardening enough to snuff out the fledgling recovery.
A surge in food prices propelled Chinese consumer prices to a 25-month high in October, despite the government's efforts to control inflation. Food prices in the world’s second largest economy went up by 10.1 percent in October year-on-year.
A U.K. industry taskforce has called on the British government to act now to protect the economy against a potential new threat of rising oil prices.
China has stepped up its fight against food inflation by announcing plans for price controls, the selling of government supplies, and subsidies to needy families.
Chinese consumer confidence fell in the third quarter, recording a drop for the first time in six quarters, amid growing inflation concerns.
S&P 500 Index is down 10.42 points, or 0.85 percent, to trade at 1,187.57 at 09:53 a.m. EDT. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 99.57 points, or 0.89 percent, to trade at 11,102.40. The Nasdaq Composite Index fell 0.72 percent.
Futures on major U.S. stock indices point to lower opening on Tuesday, with futures on the S&P 500 down 0.59 percent, futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.54 percent and Nasdaq100 futures down 0.75 percent.
