If their prospects continue to meet the projections its executives have set so far, 2012 will be a sterling year for Fortuna Silver Mines (NYSE:FSM), a Canada-based silver mining venture that currently operates two mines in Latin America.
The cruising industry is as complicated as it is new. How badly will the sinking of the Costa Concordia in Europe hit Carnival and its competitors?
The top aftermarket NYSE gainers on Friday were: AOL, CVR Energy, Frontline, Dolby Laboratories and Covance. The top after market NYSE Losers were: Wabash National Corp, Kemet Corp, Walter Energy, Primerica and Teekay Tankers.
Stocks dropped on Friday, snapping a four-day winning streak, after news reports that Standard & Poor's would downgrade credit ratings on several euro-zone countries.
The S&P 500 closed at a five-month high for the third day on Thursday but had difficulty extending gains in the face of lackluster economic data and another European bond market test.
Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc (NYSE: RBS), Britain's biggest state-owned bank, has became the latest major bank to succumb to the global squeeze on financial institutions trying to juggle shareholder pressure and worsening economic prospects.
Fitch Ratings analysts continued their saber-rattling over Italy on Thursday, making remarks observers fear signal a coming downgrade of that country's sovereign credit rating. The comments carry an element of the ratings agency playing catch-up to its two main competitors: New York-based Moody's Investor's Services and Standard & Poor's. Fitch currently holds a rating of A+ on Italian government debt, a notch above the ratings assigned by those competitors
The top aftermarket NYSE losers on Wednesday were: Qihoo 360 Technology, Safeway, Chevron, Camden Property Trust, Genworth Financial, Tyson Foods, Mueller Water Products, Watson Pharmaceuticals and HollyFrontier Corp.
The top aftermarket NYSE gainers on Wednesday were: Torch Energy Royalty, Walter Energy, Citigroup, Jaguar Mining, Freeport-McMoran Copper, Bank of America Corp, Hovnanian Enterprises, HHGregg, Liz Claiborne and Liz Claiborne.
European Union regulators have preliminarily rejected the proposed $17 billion tie-up of NYSE Euronext (NYX) and Deutsche Boerse (DBOEF), the Wall Street Journal reported, citing a senior European Union official.
The top aftermarket NYSE gainers Tuesday were: China New Borun Corp, Synnex Corp, Hospitality Properites Trust, Choice Hotels International, Bank of Ireland, Yingli Green Energy Holding Co, Boise Inc, FelCor Lodging Trust and Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide.
The top aftermarket NYSE losers on Tuesday were: HCA Holdings, Hill-Rom Holdings, PVH Corp, Medifast, Two Harbors Investments, Emergent Biosolutions, Jones Group, Marathon Petroleum Corp, Pioneer Natural Resources and Cal Dive International.
The top aftermarket NYSE gainers Monday were: Emulex Corp, MagnaChip Semiconductor Corp, Charles River Laboratories, Five Star Quality Care, Key Energy Services, Lions Gate Entertainment, Meritor, RealD, FXCM and First American Corp.
The top aftermarket NYSE losers Monday were: Liz Claiborne, Royal Bank Scotland Group, Terreno Realty Corp, Crestwood Midstream Partners, General Cable Corp, Cambrex Corp and Freescale Semiconductor Holdings.
U.S. stocks ended slightly higher on Monday in a light-volume session, as investors stayed cautious ahead of corporate earnings and key auctions for European debt this week.
Stocks ended slightly higher on Monday in a light-volume session as investors stayed cautious ahead of corporate earnings and key auctions for European debt this week.
International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM) may report lower backlogs for its fourth quarter, hurt by challenging business conditions at its software and systems units.
Chip maker Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE:AMD) could guide its first quarter revenues to decline 4 percent to 8 percent sequentially when it reports its fourth-quarter results on Jan.19, according to a Wall Street analyst.
The top aftermarket NYSE losers Friday were: Mistras Group, Federated Investors, Neustar, ITT Educational Services, Vishay Intertechnology, RPC and RealD Inc.
The top aftermarket NYSE gainers Friday were: SunCoke Energy, Schawk, Mobile TeleSystems, Greenhill & Co, National Fuel Gas, HollyFrontier Corp, USG Corp, Computer Sciences, Talbots and iSoftStone Holdings.
Stocks rose in the first week of this year, even though news that the U.S. jobless rate neared a three-year low did not whet interest in equities on Friday.
Barnes & Noble, Inc. often gets an unfair rap. With the demise of Borders and the advancement of Amazon, it is easy to suggest that America's larget bookseller is ultimately doomed.
