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Higher subsidy, production decline drag down Oil India
livemint.com - 2 Jun 2014 20:38
Firm disappoints even reduced hopes because, apart from lower production, it faced a higher subsidy burden in March quarter
China's Factories Picked Up Steam In May
IBTimes - 2 Jun 2014 17:31
China's factories produced the most goods they have turned out in five months during May, giving hope to some observers that the world's second-largest economy is recovering from a sluggish start to the year. "The Chines...
AOL Eyes TV Video Ad Dollars With The Acquisition of Precision Demand For Adapt.tv
Forbes - 2 Jun 2014 19:45
The company acquired PrecisionDemand that will be integrated into Adap.tv and AOL's ONE advertising platform. Adapt.tv is one of the biggest platforms for buying inventory on digital video, and through this acquisition i...
This Stock Has A 13.35% Yield, Sells For Less Than Book, and Insiders Have Been Buying
Forbes - 2 Jun 2014 22:12
In this series, we look through the most recent Dividend Channel ''DividendRank'' report, and then we cherry pick only those companies that have experienced insider buying within the past six months. The officers and dir...
SBI leads banks higher on holding company talks
livemint.com - 2 Jun 2014 21:15
Holding company to be repository of govt equity in all state-run banks, says official
Unstoppable $100 trillion bond market renders models useless
livemint.com - 2 Jun 2014 21:05Input price index eases, output price index rises
livemint.com - 2 Jun 2014 20:52
Manufacturing PMI for May shows that new domestic and export orders have picked up a bit, but so have output prices
PI Industries: custom synthesis business provides good revenue visibility
livemint.com - 2 Jun 2014 20:47
The agriculture inputs provider's subdued performance has done little to hurt analysts' faith in the stock
Monday Sector Laggards: Consumer Products, Technology & Communications
Forbes - 2 Jun 2014 20:45
The worst performing sector as of midday Monday is the Consumer Products sector, showing a 0.1% loss. Within the sector, Hasbro (NASD: HAS) and Lorillard (NYSE: LO) are two large stocks that are lagging, showing a loss o...
Sticky situation for Pidilite Industries
livemint.com - 2 Jun 2014 20:43
Pidilite may continue to underperform market as a sharp jump in input costs will affect margins, profitability in near term
Is the feel-good factor back?
livemint.com - 2 Jun 2014 20:37
Investors on the stock exchange bet that RBI, in its monetary policy review, will strike a balance between need to cool inflation and lift economic growth
China's Economic Reforms Have Outpaced Political Ones In The 25 Years Since Tiananmen Square
IBTimes - 2 Jun 2014 20:31
Twenty-five years after the Chinese Communist Party crushed a grassroots democracy movement and killed uncounted numbers of dissidents, the nation's top leaders have largely succeeded in keeping the nation's economy grow...
Week Ahead Market Report: June 2, 2014
Forbes - 2 Jun 2014 19:53
The US markets are mixed this afternoon, with the Dow up 0.10%, the S&P flat and the Nasdaq lower by 0.34% so far today.
Q1 2014 Banking Review: Basel III Common Equity Tier 1 Capital Ratio
Forbes - 2 Jun 2014 19:43
Citigroup leads the U.S. banking giants with a core Tier I capital ratio figure of just under 10.5% at the end of Q1 2014 ? a considerable effort, considering that the diversified banking group has improved the figure by...
Nike Gears Up For The FIFA World Cup In Brazil
Forbes - 2 Jun 2014 19:41
In 2013, Nike generated $1.9 billion from its soccer business, while, according to Peter Ohlmann, a sports marketing consultant based in Germany, Adidas brought in $2.4 billion in soccer revenue. These revenues are expec...
A Look At The Factors Driving 3M's Pricing
Forbes - 2 Jun 2014 19:39
We believe that 3M?s pricing is driven by its ability to introduce innovative products. It continuously invests in research and development to maintain its pricing power. Price increases are also dependent on the relativ...
Monday 6/2 Insider Buying Report: NEON, FIX
Forbes - 2 Jun 2014 19:36
As the saying goes, there are many possible reasons for an insider to sell a stock, but only one reason to buy -- they expect to make money. So let's look at two noteworthy recent insider buys.
Daily Dividend Report: AET, CCI, RRC, LINE, LNCO, TSS, THO
Forbes - 2 Jun 2014 19:33
Aetna (AET) declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.225 per share on the company's common stock. The dividend is payable on July 25, 2014, to shareholders of record at the close of business on July 10, 2014.
Monday's ETF with Unusual Volume: FYT
Forbes - 2 Jun 2014 19:26
The First Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund ETF (FYT) is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Monday, with over 657,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 25,000. Shares of FYT were...
Monday Sector Laggards: Drugs, Manufacturing Stocks
Forbes - 2 Jun 2014 19:00
In trading on Monday, drugs shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 1.5%. Helping drag down the group were shares of ImmunoCellular Therapeutics (IMUC), off about 14.9% and shares of Clovis Oncology (CL...
BSE for restructuring STT, quicker IPOs, pension fund push
livemint.com - 2 Jun 2014 18:50
BSE has proposed doing away with the dividend distribution tax and the differential treatment between equity and debt securities
Ackman Seeks to Change Allergan Board
Wall Street Journal - 2 Jun 2014 18:39
William Ackman's Pershing Square filed to call a special meeting of Allergan shareholders in an effort to unseat six of the Botox maker's board members.