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ArcelorMittal, Nippon Steel to buy Thyssen U.S. plant for $1.55 billion

ArcelorMittal, Nippon Steel to buy Thyssen U.S. plant for $1.55 billion

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Arcelormittal and Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metallic Corp agreed to purchase ThyssenKrupp's steel plant in the USA for $1.55 billion, ArcelorMittal stated late on Friday. The transaction can be financed thru a combination of fairness and debt at the three way partnership stage and can yield $60 […]

 
 

Retail, jobs data to rule stocks’ next move

Retail, jobs data to rule stocks’ next move

Merchants will even sweep through sales information from outlets after the lengthy Thanksgiving weekend, which kick-starts the holiday buying season. Vice President Joe Biden’s travel to Asia will elevate the focal point on a standoff pitting China against Japan, South Korea and america over air routes over the East China […]

 
 

Nasdaq ends brief post-holiday session at 13-year high

Nasdaq ends brief post-holiday session at 13-year high

By way of Luke Swiderski NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Dow and the S&P 500 dipped in thin vacation buying and selling on Friday, but technology shares helped raise the Nasdaq to a 13-year excessive. The Nasdaq received a boost from the technology sector, with Apple "It's virtually as if […]

 
 

Exclusive: Ex-UBS banker Weil agrees to be extradited to U.S.

Exclusive: Ex-UBS banker Weil agrees to be extradited to U.S.

By way of Valentina Accardo BOLOGNA, Italy (Reuters) – Raoul Weil, a former UBS banker charged by means of U.S. authorities 5 years ago for allegedly helping wealthy American citizens avert taxes via secret Swiss bank debts, has agreed to move to the United States to face trial after being […]

 
 

Venezuela central bank denies transactions with Wall St.

Venezuela central bank denies transactions with Wall St.

With the aid of Brian Ellsworth CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s primary financial institution president denied on Thursday that Caracas is carrying out any transactions with Wall Boulevard banks, a day after a senior government supply stated it used to be evaluating a swap agreement involving its gold reserves. Requested about […]

 
 

Bank of England cuts mortgage support to avoid housing bubble

Bank of England cuts mortgage support to avoid housing bubble

By using David Milliken and Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – The Financial institution of England moved to head off the chance of a bubble in home costs on Thursday, making a surprise announcement that it could put the brakes on a scheme launched ultimate year to boost personal loan lending. […]

 
 

Exclusive: U.S. expands China hiring probe to Morgan Stanley

Exclusive: U.S. expands China hiring probe to Morgan Stanley

The U.S. Justice Department is probing Morgan Stanley for its hiring practices in China as part of an industry-extensive investigation by the government into whether banks' employment of politically connected Chinese breached U.S. bribery regulations, in keeping with folks acquainted with the subject. As a part of the trade sweep, […]

 
 

U.S. jobs picture improving, manufacturing may be slowing

U.S. jobs picture improving, manufacturing may be slowing

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The choice of American citizens submitting new claims for unemployment advantages abruptly fell last week, but continued weak spot in business spending on capital goods prompt slower financial growth in the fourth quarter. There may be also a superb opportunity that the October payroll […]

 
 

Wall Street edges higher on data, techs show strength

Wall Street edges higher on data, techs show strength

By way of Ryan Vlastelica NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks edged higher on Wednesday as a round of positive information boosted optimism about the percent of world growth and Hewlett-Packard rallied after asserting its results. Weekly jobless claims for unemployment advantages swiftly fell within the latest week, an indication […]

 
 

HP quarterly revenue beats, shares jump

HP quarterly revenue beats, shares jump

Hewlett-Packard Co's fourth-quarter revenue beat expectations as rising gross sales from its key enterprise crew helped offset a shrinking private computer trade, an optimistic signal that sent its shares rallying greater than 7 p.c. HP posted earnings of $29.1 billion, beating the $27.9 billion expected by way of analysts, in […]

 
 

Nasdaq closes above 4,000 for first time in 13 years

Nasdaq closes above 4,000 for first time in 13 years

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Nasdaq composite index closed above four,000 on Tuesday for the primary time given that 2000 because the Dow and the S&P 500 ended little changed. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 0.26 point, at sixteen,072.eighty. The Standard & Terrible's 500 Index was once up […]

 
 

Buffett says right plan would restore market for Detroit debt

Buffett says right plan would restore market for Detroit debt

Investor Warren Buffett mentioned Tuesday he expects the market for Detroit's debt to pick up once more and bond insurers to begin backing the debt as soon as town submits the proper recovery plan to bankruptcy court. Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Assurance Corp. re-insures greater than $380 million of Detroit's secured […]

 
 

Private sector rebounds in November: Markit

Private sector rebounds in November: Markit

U.S. personal sector task rebounded in November after slowing the month prior, whereas new orders grew at their quickest % given that April 2012, consistent with an industry document launched on Monday. Financial data firm Markit mentioned its preliminary composite Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) – a weighted average of its […]

 
 

Chrysler won’t go ahead with IPO in 2013: Fiat

Chrysler won’t go ahead with IPO in 2013: Fiat

stated on Monday a planned preliminary public offering of its U.S. unit Chrysler won’t happen this year, prolonging the uncertainty over whether or not it may well reach a deal to purchase the stake in the staff it does now not already personal. The IPO, which Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne […]

 
 

Stock futures point to continued rally, but oil dips

Stock futures point to continued rally, but oil dips

Via Ryan Vlastelica NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. inventory index futures rose on Monday, suggesting major averages would lengthen a rally that has taken them to repeated all-time highs, though energy shares can be in center of attention amid a pointy decline in crude oil costs. The Dow Jones industrial […]