Investment News Briefs: UBS Fined $13.3 Million; Exxon And Shell Sign Iraq Oil Contract; Shares Of Ancestry.com Soar On IPO
Nov 6, 2009 Markets
Retail Sales Slump; U.K. Government Fines UBS $13.3 Million; Exxon and Shell Sign Iraq Oil Contract; BOE Expands Quantitative Easing; FBI Arrests 14 in Galleon Probe; Petrobras Finds Gas in Pe...
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Ahead of the Bell: Factory Orders
Oct 2, 2009 Economy
Orders to U.S. factories likely posted a small increase in August as the manufacturing sector struggles to emerge from the recession. Economists surveyed by Thomson Reuters expect factory orders r...Tags: Ahead, Bell Factory, Commerce Department, Economists, Factories, Manufacturing Sector, Recession, Reuters, Rose, Thomson
Clean Technology Investments Soar As The Big Boys Join In And Follow The Money
Oct 2, 2009 Markets
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Global investment in clean technology roared back in the third quarter, driven by solar power and a public offering that underscores growing enthusiasm for the sector...
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Report: ConocoPhillips Says Lake Charles Refinery Project Under Way
Oct 1, 2009 International
A spokesman for ConocoPhillips confirmed to Reuters that the company has begun a work project on its Lake Charles refinery.Tags: Conocophillips, Lake Charles, Refinery Project, Reuters, Spokesman
Ahead of the Bell: ISM manufacturing index
Oct 1, 2009 Economy
Economists expect growth in U.S. manufacturing accelerated in September after the sector moved into positive territory in August for the first time in 19 months. Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters...Tags: 19 Months, Ahead, Economists, Group Purchasing, Institute For Supply Management, Ism Manufacturing Index, Reuters, Thomson, Trade Group
Ahead of the Bell: Personal Spending and Incomes
Oct 1, 2009 Economy
Consumer spending likely soared in August, fueled by the government's popular Cash for Clunkers program. Incomes, however, likely posted a tiny increase. Consumer spending likely surged 1.1 perc...Tags: Ahead, Consumer Spending, Economists, Incomes, Personal, Reuters, Thomson
Canada July producer prices up on petrol, coal
Sep 30, 2009 Economy
Canadian industrial product prices grew by 0.5 percent in August from July on stronger prices for petroleum, coal and primary metal products, Statistics Canada said on Wednesday. Raw materials pri...Tags: Coal, Petroleum, Primary Metal Products, Producer Prices, Raw Materials, Reuters, Statistics Canada
Ahead of the Bell: US GDP
Sep 30, 2009 Economy
The economy was still sinking in the spring but probably is growing now, raising hopes the recession is over. In the government's third estimate of gross domestic product for the April-June peri...Tags: Ahead, April, Economy, Gdp, Gross Domestic Product, Pace, Recession, Reuters, Thomson, Us Gdp, Wall Street, Wall Street Analysts
As Oil Retreats, Capture The Short Side With New ETF
Sep 30, 2009 Markets
Popular interest in energy exchange traded funds (ETFs) is on the rise and an ETF provider has responded by launching a new fund in order to capture the short side of oil.
Oil today is ...
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Stock News Briefs: Yen Highest In Eight Months; World Bank President Wary Of Fed’s Power
Sep 29, 2009 Markets
IMF to Raise Global Growth Forecast; CIC Investing $1 Billion in Oaktree; Yen Highest in Eight Months; Bombardier JV Wins China Contract; World Bank President Wary of Fed’s Power; Triche...
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