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Wall Street ends near flat after recent gains; healthcare climbs
By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. Continue reading
US stocks are mostly flat in afternoon trading
NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market was mostly flat in afternoon trading Friday but is still on track to finish the week higher. Continue reading
Savile Report Focuses On Police Relationships
Jimmy Savile’s relationship with police, including meetings with on-duty officers at his flat, will be revealed in a new report. Continue reading
MARKET COMMENT: HSBC Flat After 8-Day Run; 1Q13 Results Awaited
HSBC (0005.HK) is flat at HK$86.05, taking a breather after an eight-session 7.5% winning streak, and ahead of its 1Q13 results expected after Tuesday’s market close. Continue reading
STOCKS NEWS SINGAPORE-Index hits 5-year high, tracking Wall St
Singapore shares rose to their highest in more than five yearson Tuesday, tracking U.S. stock market which closed at a recordhigh in the previous session. Continue reading
Gasoline, food prices subdue consumer inflation
Consumer prices fell in March for the first time in four months as the cost of gasoline tumbled, providing scope for the Federal Reserve to maintain its monetary stimulus to speed up economic growth. The Labor Department said its Consumer Price Index slipped 0.2 percent, unwinding some of the 0.7 percent increase in February. Economists polled by Reuters had expected a flat reading last month Continue reading
Brazil’s CSN Sees Fourth-Quarter Net Profit Fall 61%
Brazilian flat-steel maker Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (SID, CSNA3.BR), or CSN, reported Thursday that its profit fell 61% in the fourth quarter from a year earlier, to 316.1 million Brazilian reais ($156.5 million). Continue reading
EBay to change fees to lure Amazon sellers
EBay is scrapping its complex, tiered set of “final value fees,” calculated as a percentage of an item’s sale price, and introducing flat-rate fees based on product categories. Continue reading
Dollar hovers near highs, Asian shares steady
By Chikako Mogi TOKYO (Reuters) – The dollar hovered near a seven-month high against a basket of currencies on Thursday as strong U.S. retail sales data sustained an optimistic growth outlook, while Asian shares steadied after another record Wall Street close. The MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan inched down 0.1 percent, weighed by a 0.3 percent drop in resources-reliant Australian shares which were hit by weaker commodity prices. Continue reading
Profit squeeze hammering emerging equities
LONDON (Reuters) – Record high stocks? Continue reading
