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Intellect Design Arena lists on BSE, NSE
livemint.com - 18 Dec 2014 17:45
The share lists at `69.25 and closed at `72.70 per share, registering a gain of 4.98% on NSE
Motherson Sumi: Master of acquisitions
livemint.com - 18 Dec 2014 16:22
Albeit minuscule when compared with its €1.4 billion Peguform purchase, Motherson Sumi is confident the €36 million Scherer and Trier buy will soon add to consolidated profit
The Biggest U.S. IPOs In History
Forbes - 18 Dec 2014 22:31
Alibaba's looming offering looks likely to beat out Visa and Facebook as the biggest IPO in U.S. history
15 Great Stocks For 2015
Forbes - 18 Dec 2014 22:18
Trying to outguess the market can make a fool of anyone. Instead of trying to move in and out of the market, a better strategy is to buy quality stocks that you can ideally hold for the longer term. With that in mind, we...
Who's afraid of a US Federal Reserve rate hike?
livemint.com - 18 Dec 2014 21:35
When the Fed raises interest costs, it is a signal the huge US economy is doing well, something that comes with investment and trade benefits for other countries
15 Great Stocks For 2015
Forbes - 18 Dec 2014 22:16
Trying to outguess the market can make a fool of anyone. Instead of trying to move in and out of the market, a better strategy is to buy quality stocks that you can ideally hold for the longer term. With that in mind, we...
Elizabeth Warren Pins Wall Street Ills on Citigroup
Wall Street Journal - 18 Dec 2014 21:32
Citigroup notched a victory when Congress approved a long-sought change to a rule in the Dodd-Frank overhaul of financial regulations. Now the firm finds itself under attack from a powerful critic: Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
Syrian Electronic Army: The Pro-Assad Hackers That Attempt To Censor Media With Cyberattacks, Threats
IBTimes - 18 Dec 2014 06:31
The Syrian Electronic Army, a group of hackers that supports Syrian President Bashar Assad, struck again on Wednesday afternoon. The group - or someone purporting to be the SEA -- gained access to International Business ...
Asian stocks rise after S&P 500 surges on Fed; gold, nickel gain
livemint.com - 18 Dec 2014 05:24
Japan's Topix index headed for its biggest gain in 6 weeks; Hong Kong's Hang Seng climbed from its lowest since May
LinkedIn Moves Up In Market Cap Rank, Passing Health Care REIT
Forbes - 18 Dec 2014 23:40
In the latest look at stocks ordered by largest market capitalization, Russell 3000 component LinkedIn Corp (NYSE: LNKD) was identified as having a larger market cap than the smaller end of the S&P 500, for example Healt...
Stocks: Did You Match The Market This Year?
Forbes - 18 Dec 2014 22:44
The end of 2014 is closing in rapidly and it's beginning to look like another double-digit year for the broad index of stocks known as the S&P 500. At this writing, the index is up 10.65% year to date. If you owned it ...
IPO Class Of 2014: Big Year Thanks To Alibaba, But Returns Slip
Forbes - 18 Dec 2014 22:31
Alibaba's $22 billion debut leads banner year for deals and dollars, but 2014 IPO performance was a mixed bag.
As Deal To Save Trump Taj Mahal Falls Through, Icahn Pledges $20 Million In Financing
Forbes - 18 Dec 2014 22:22
Atlantic City was scheduled to shutter the doors of a fifth casino -- the Trump Taj Mahal -- early Saturday morning. But that fate appears to have been averted, at least for the time being.
US stocks up more than 1% for 2nd day, tech leads
livemint.com - 18 Dec 2014 22:06
Dow Jones rises 1.66%, S&P 500 gains 1.59%, Nasdaq adds 1.75%
Thursday Sector Laggards: Energy, Services
Forbes - 18 Dec 2014 21:47
The worst performing sector as of midday Thursday is the Energy sector, showing a 0.7% loss. Within that group, Tesoro (NYSE: TSO) and Range Resources (NYSE: RRC) are two of the day's laggards, showing a loss of 6.8% and...
Thursday Sector Leaders: Technology & Communications, Industrial
Forbes - 18 Dec 2014 21:47
In afternoon trading on Thursday, Technology & Communications stocks are the best performing sector, up 2.1%. Within the sector, Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) and First Solar (NASD: FSLR) are two large stocks leading the way, show...
Express Scripts Holding Popular Amongst Latest 13F Filers
Forbes - 18 Dec 2014 21:21
At Holdings Channel, we have reviewed the latest batch of the 20 most recent 13F filings for the 09/30/2014 reporting period, and noticed that Express Scripts Holding Co (NASD: ESRX) was held by 13 of these funds. When h...
Falling Oil Prices Don't Give Clean-Energy Stocks the All-Clear
Wall Street Journal - 18 Dec 2014 21:20
These are dark days for investors in Big Oil. That doesn't mean clear skies for investors in clean energy.
When reform is sequenced properly, it gathers pace: Michael Kurtz
livemint.com - 18 Dec 2014 20:46
The global head of equity strategy at Nomura on why he is bullish on India and the three potential risks that could derail the India story
High Trading Volumes Could Lead To A Profitable Year-End For CME
Forbes - 18 Dec 2014 20:44
Trade volumes were about 4% higher than the year ago period. Interest rate and equities derivatives saw the largest sequential drop among the various asset classes traded on CME?s platform, while energy derivatives tradi...
Why 2014 Was A Challenging Year For Samsung's Smartphone Business
Forbes - 18 Dec 2014 20:42
As of Q3 2014, Samsung's smartphone market share fell to around 24% from around 32% a year ago. Revenues from the mobile division have declined by around 18.5% year-over-year for the first 9 months of 2014, while operati...
Boeing Looks Set To Beat Airbus In Orders And Deliveries In 2014
Forbes - 18 Dec 2014 20:40
Through November this year, Boeing has received net orders for 1,274 commercial airplanes, while Airbus has received net orders for 1,031 commercial airplanes. The launch of the wide-body 777X by Boeing in late 2013 has ...