Good news regarding global trade continue flowing in as if to cover up Trump’s impeachment story and keep the market’s attention elsewhere. This time, Trump and French President Macron shook hands to pause their digital tax dispute and prevent an escalation of tariffs this year...
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Asian equities started the week on a positive note, except in Hong Kong where anti-China protests, and violence marked another weekend in the city’s streets. Oil gained...
Saudi Arabia's reduction in oil supply was a key driver of a drop in global inventories during December, although the Gulf nation's efforts were blunted by increases from other Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries constituents, the International Energy Agency said...
US stocks continued their advance through uncharted territories as encouraging retail sales data and robust bank earnings in the fourth quarter further fueled the American stock purchases. The S&P500 (+0.84%) jump-opened above the 3300 mark and gained exponentially toward the closing bell...
Morgan Stanley 's fourth-quarter profit rose 46% from a year ago, capping off the bank's best year on record. The firm's profit of $2.2 billion, or $1.30 a share, on $10.9 billion in revenue, topped expectations of analysts polled by FactSet, who had forecast earnings of $1.02 a share on $9...
Shares of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) slipped 0.5% in premarket trading Wednesday, after the investment and consumer bank reported a fourth-quarter profit that fell well short of expectations, while revenue beat. Net income fell to $1.72 billion, or $4.69 a share, from $2.32 billion, or $6...
The signature of the phase one deal between the US and China sent the S&P500 and the Dow to fresh intraday record highs, although the last minute announcement that the tariff cuts on Chinese exports would not happen before the US presidential election left investors wondering if China could e...
Wells Fargo & Co. said that fourth-quarter profit fell 53% as the bank set aside more money to resolve issues tied to its sales-practices scandal. The bank's quarterly earnings totaled $2.87 billion, versus $6.06 billion a year earlier. Per-share earnings of 60 cents missed the $1...
The US – China trade deal is like watching a live show in the theatre of the absurd. The Trump administration revealed a detail that nobody expected just before the signature of the phase-one trade deal today: the tariff cuts will not take effect before the US election in November...
Technology stocks pushed the S&P500 and the Nasdaq to new records on Monday, as the rush toward the equities intensified ahead of the planned signature of the phase one deal between the US and China, and the release of the big US banks’ fourth quarter earnings...
Dare Bioscience Inc. (DARE) shares rose 79% to $1.50 after the company said it is in a licensing agreement with Bayer (BAYN.XE). Bayer may commercialize Dare's investigational contraceptive product Ovaprene in the U.S. once approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Dare said...
Equities started the week on a mixed note after stocks in the Wall Street fell from their all-time highs on Friday following a disappointing jobs report in the US. The US economy added 145’000 new jobs in December versus 160’000 expected by analysts...
Mediaset SpA (MS.MI) said that its shareholders approved plans to create a pan-European media and entertainment holding company at today's extraordinary general meeting...
Airbus said Thursday that it will expand its industrial output in the U.S. as it is looking to produce 63 A320 Family jets per month in 2021...
De-escalation of tensions in Iran following the relieving speech made by US President Donald Trump confirming that no military actions should be undertaken in Iran following missile strikes gives safe-haven Swissie some breathe...
For Walgreens Boots Alliance shareholders, the bad news keeps rolling in. After wrapping up 2019 as the worst-performing stock in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the company delivered worse-than-expected fiscal first-quarter earnings and revenue Wednesday morning, sending shares falling...
Winds seem to be turning for the single currency after benefitting from stoic trade activities during the holiday season. Yet rising Middle East geopolitical tensions combined with poor economic data in Germany are weighing on the single currency despite a slight rebound in consumer prices...