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Earnings Slide at Capital One
Wall Street Journal - 18 Apr 2013 23:19
Capital One Financial's first-quarter earnings fell 24% but beat expectations amid a modest revenue decline and as the prior-year period included a one-time gain.
The Most Powerful Women In Politics, 2012
Forbes - 18 Apr 2013 21:20
The 19 most powerful female politicians of 2012
Brazil's High Wire Act
Forbes - 18 Apr 2013 21:20
Brazil may be willing to tolerate inflation of 6% or more so long as it can keep unemployment below 6% in time for next year's election, says Tony Volpon, head of emerging markets Americas at Nomura Securities in New Yor...
Forbes Earnings Preview: Zions Bancorporation
Forbes - 18 Apr 2013 17:55
Wall Street is high on Zions Bancorporation (ZION), expecting it to report earnings that are up 178.6% from a year ago when it reports its first quarter earnings on Monday, April 22, 2013. The consensus estimate is 39 ce...
Forbes Earnings Preview: ACE Limited
Forbes - 18 Apr 2013 17:55
Leading up to ACE Limited's (ACE) announcement of its first quarter earnings on Monday, April 22, 2013, analysts have become more bullish as expectations have improved over the past month from $1.85 per share to the curr...
Forbes Earnings Preview: Netflix
Forbes - 18 Apr 2013 17:55
After Netflix (NFLX) took a loss of 8 cents a year ago, analysts think when the company reports this year's first quarter numbers on Monday, April 22, 2013, the results will be a lot better. Analysts are expecting profit...
Forbes Earnings Preview: STMicroelectronics N.V. (ADR)
Forbes - 18 Apr 2013 17:55
STMicroelectronics (STM) is expected to book a wider loss than a year ago when it reports first quarter earnings on Monday, April 22, 2013 with analysts expecting a loss of 17 cents per share, down from a loss of 14 cent...
Forbes Earnings Preview: Ameriprise Financial
Forbes - 18 Apr 2013 17:55
Ameriprise Financial (AMP) reports its first quarter earnings on Monday, April 22, 2013.
Forbes Earnings Preview: Hasbro
Forbes - 18 Apr 2013 17:54
Hasbro (HAS) reports its first quarter earnings on Monday, April 22, 2013.
Forbes Earnings Preview: Texas Instruments
Forbes - 18 Apr 2013 17:54
Analysts expect decreased profit for Texas Instruments (TXN) when the company reports its first quarter results on Monday, April 22, 2013. Although Texas Instruments reported profit of 32 cents a year ago, the consensus ...
Forbes Earnings Preview: Caterpillar
Forbes - 18 Apr 2013 17:52
Expectations have dropped for Caterpillar's (CAT) first quarter results in the month leading up to the company's earnings announcement slated for Monday, April 22, 2013. The consensus analyst estimate has dropped from $1...
The Fed Is Inflating Asset Prices And Increasing Volatility, And It Should Do More, Kocherlakota Says
Forbes - 18 Apr 2013 17:48
Admitting that the Federal Reserve is responsible for creating financial instability, and possibly brewing the next toxic asset bubble, Minneapolis Fed President Narayana Kocherlakota said they have to do more to stimula...
Johnson & Johnson's Earnings Buoyed By Pharma Strength
Forbes - 18 Apr 2013 17:29
Johnson & Johnson recently released its Q1 2013 financial results. Based on the continued strength in its pharmaceuticals business and an improvement in the consumer healthcare segment, we have raised our price estimate....
Apple's Most Notable Retail Stores
Forbes - 18 Apr 2013 16:47
An around the world look at Apple's most noteworthy retail stores.
Nokia's Fate Rides on Closing the Price Gap Between Asha and Lumia
Forbes - 18 Apr 2013 15:45
The feature phone sales decline of Nokia during 1Q13 was terrible. The -31% annualized sales drop was far worse than what markets expected. as recently as 3Q12, Nokia's feature phone revenue was declining at a tolerable ...
With Gun Control Derailed In Congress, When Will The Bullet Bubble Burst?
Forbes - 18 Apr 2013 15:16
Senators in quick succession yesterday voted down an assault weapons ban, a high-capacity gun magazine ban and enhanced background checks. The filibuster makes it clear that lawmakers won't do anything to injure the gun ...
The Numbers Nerds Beating The Market With 80 Years Of Data
Forbes - 18 Apr 2013 15:12
If you called the four managers running the American Beacon Bridgeway Large Cap Value fund data geeks, it wouldn't be taken as an insult. That inclination helps set the group--John Montgomery, Elena Kohziaeva, Michael Wh...
After Spanking Banks, Taiwan Looks for Thanks
Forbes - 18 Apr 2013 09:56
It was once assumed that mainland China?s massive banks would storm into Taiwan. The suitors would get in on the world?s No. 2 offshore Chinese yuan market and prosper from the relative efficiency of Taiwan?s banks while...
Chinese Go Nuts After a Bumper Crop
Wall Street Journal - 18 Apr 2013 04:00
China went shopping for peanuts just as U.S. inventories were overflowing and prices dropping. The result is a flood of Chinese buyers in peanut-growing regions from Georgia to Oklahoma.
Asian Shares Fall on U.S. Cue
Wall Street Journal - 18 Apr 2013 03:35
Asian shares were lower Thursday tracking a negative lead from U.S. shares, with technology stocks down after shares of Apple fell sharply in the U.S. The Nikkei fell 1.2%.
Investors Pump Money Into a Range of Funds
Wall Street Journal - 18 Apr 2013 03:35
Long-term mutual-fund inflows rose by $4.83 billion in the latest week as investors added money across all categories except for municipal-bond funds, according to the Investment Company Institute.
Fed Officials Back Higher Capital
Wall Street Journal - 18 Apr 2013 03:34
Two officials of the Federal Reserve suggested that major financial institutions may need to hold even higher levels of capital.