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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.
Aveva tumbles on oil fears
Telegraph - 18 Dec 2014 21:16
Engineering software group Aveva hit by concern oil's slump will dampen demand for its products
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 ...
Nike Shares Skid Despite Top And Bottom-Line Beat
Forbes - 18 Dec 2014 23:51
Shares of Nike finished Thursday's regular trading session up nearly 3% but have done an about-face in the after-hours trading session as investors move to sell, sell, sell following the company's strong second quarter e...
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...
Janet Yellen gives FTSE investors an early Christmas present
Telegraph - 18 Dec 2014 23:07
Savers need some good news: their portfolios have been hammered as a result of the turmoil in Russia
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 ...
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.
Looking Ahead To The Year That Interest Rates Will Finally Rise
Forbes - 18 Dec 2014 22:16
I wrote often throughout 2014 about the danger signals flashing from an excessive run up in debt and derivatives. We have a repeat of the scenario we suffered in 2008, only much worse (Watch Junks Bonds For Early Warnin...
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...