U.S. Week Ahead: Facebook’s fizzle could continue Monday
Published By admin On Saturday, May 19th 2012. Under Business Tags: 'could, Ahead, Continue, Facebook's, fizzle, Monday, U.S., Week
May 18 -It could be a case of wrong place, wrong time for Facebook when it resumes trading on Monday on the NASDAQ, according to Thomson Reuters' PeHub Editor Jonathan Marino.
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U.S. Says Will Bar Some Motorola Mobility Phones
Published By admin On Saturday, May 19th 2012. Under Business Tags: Mobility, Motorola, phones, says, Some, U.S.
Some Motorola Mobility smartphones infringe on a Microsoft patent and will be barred from importation in to the United States, a U.S. trade panel said on Friday.
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UPDATE 1-Wal-Mart posts strong profit as U.S. sales jump
Published By admin On Thursday, May 17th 2012. Under Business Tags: 1WalMart, jump, posts, Profit, sales, strong, U.S., UPDATE
May 17 (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc posted a
better-than-expected quarterly profit on Thursday as its Walmart
U.S. division showed a 2.6 percent rise in sales at stores open
at least a year, and as warm weather and an earlier Easter
enticed shoppers to spend.
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U.S. Day Ahead: Facebook reveals price of friendship
Published By admin On Thursday, May 17th 2012. Under Business Tags: Ahead, Facebook, friendship, Price, reveals, U.S.
May 16 - The social network prices Thursday evening and could now be worth up to 4 billion. That would put it in the same league as Amazon and make it bigger than the likes of Hewlett-Packard and Dell.
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U.S. Morning Call: Facebook hikes IPO range-source
Published By admin On Tuesday, May 15th 2012. Under Business Tags: call, Facebook, Hikes, Morning, rangesource, U.S.
May 15 - According to a source, Facebook is now aiming to raise .1 billion as it prepares to go public on Friday.
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U.S. Morning Call: JPMorgan execs set to leave: sources
Published By admin On Monday, May 14th 2012. Under Business Tags: call, execs, JPMorgan, leave, Morning, sources, U.S.
May 14 - Sources say JPMorgan execs will depart following the company’s bln failed hedging strategy.
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U.S. May Scrap Costly Effort to Train Iraqi Police
Published By admin On Sunday, May 13th 2012. Under Featured Tags: costly, effort, Iraqi, police, Scrap, train, U.S.
The State Department could jettison a multibillion-dollar training effort by the end of 2012 that has emerged as the latest high-profile example of America’s waning influence in the country.
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Chinese banks get OK to expand in U.S.
For the first time, a Chinese bank wins approval to buy U.S. banks and take U.S. deposits.
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How Europe’s Austerity Backlash Might Change U.S. Politics
Published By admin On Thursday, May 10th 2012. Under Featured Tags: Austerity, backlash, change, Europe's, might, Politics, U.S.
An analyst predicts Congress may soften its stance on further austerity measures after seeing what happened to some (former) lawmakers in France and Greece
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U.S. Day Ahead: Ben why aren’t banks lending more?
Published By admin On Thursday, May 10th 2012. Under Business Tags: Ahead, arent, Banks', Lending, More, U.S.
May 8 - Fed Chair Ben Bernanke may finally shed light on why banks aren't lending more when he speaks at a Chicago Fed conference on the health of financials on Thursday.
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