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Judge approves AMR bankruptcy plan, pending antitrust lawsuit

Judge approves AMR bankruptcy plan, pending antitrust lawsuit

NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. bankruptcy choose on Thursday licensed AMR Corp's plan to exit chapter, subject to decision of a U.S. govt lawsuit to dam a proposed merger with US Airways Workforce Inc . Decide Sean Lane authorized the plan at a hearing within the U.S. Chapter Court […]

 
 

Michael Dell, Silver Lake win shareholder OK for $25 billion buyout

Michael Dell, Silver Lake win shareholder OK for $25 billion buyout

By using Poornima Gupta AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Michael Dell clinched shareholder approval on Thursday for his $25 billion offer to purchase and take Dell Inc personal, ending months of battle with the corporate's largest buyers and casting off the uncertainty surrounding the sector's No. three PC maker. Shareholders cast […]

 
 

Wall Street edges lower after seven session rally

Wall Street edges lower after seven session rally

By using Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. shares edged lower on Thursday after a seven-session successful streak on the S&P 500 and a jobless claims file which provided few clues into the Federal Reserve's upcoming selections about stimulus policy. Initial claims for state unemployment advantages slipped 31,000 to […]

 
 

Wall Street rebounds; Syria concerns lift energy shares

Wall Street rebounds; Syria concerns lift energy shares

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Side road stocks rose on Wednesday, rebounding after two days of losses as vitality shares rose alongside another jump in crude prices. The Dow Jones industrial reasonable was once up 60.seventy nine factors, or 0.41 %, at 14,836.92. The Standard & Bad's 500 Index was […]

 
 

BofA’s Merrill to settle racial bias suit for $160 million

BofA’s Merrill to settle racial bias suit for $160 million

Via Amanda Becker WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Brokerage agency Merrill Lynch has agreed to pay $one hundred sixty million to settle a category-action race discrimination lawsuit introduced by means of a longtime U.S. worker, an attorney for the plaintiffs verified on Wednesday. Greater than 1,200 current and former Merrill Lynch staff […]

 
 

Housing recovery loses a step as pending home sales fall

Housing recovery loses a step as pending home sales fall

By means of Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Contracts to buy in the past owned U.S. houses fell for the second straight month in July, a sign that rising loan charges are taking the steam out of The usa's housing market recovery. The Nationwide Association of Realtors mentioned on Wednesday […]

 
 

Euro zone retail sales back in decline in June, France a bright spot

Euro zone retail sales back in decline in June, France a bright spot

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Retail sales in the euro zone fell across the board for the first time in three months in June, authentic knowledge confirmed on Monday, highlighting the drag of depressed family spending on the bloc’s fragile recovery. The European Imperative Bank hopes for a gradual general growth later […]

 
 

HSBC profit rises but revenue hit by muted economic growth

HSBC profit rises but revenue hit by muted economic growth

By using Steve Slater LONDON (Reuters) – HSBC Holdings Percentsaid pretax profit rose 10 percent to $14.1 billion within the first half of, as its three-12 months price-slicing plan started to pay off, however cash fell wanting expectations as a result of a fall in earnings. Its shares, which had […]

 
 

Global shares rise, dollar softens after data dampens prospects for Fed tapering

Global shares rise, dollar softens after data dampens prospects for Fed tapering

With the aid of Richard Hubbard LONDON (Reuters) – The greenback softened and European shares edged up to a two-month high on Monday after ultimate week’s batch of U.S. knowledge left traders much less certain the Federal Reserve would begin to cut back its stimulus subsequent month. The most important […]

 
 

Planemakers rein in new jets to chase regional growth

Planemakers rein in new jets to chase regional growth

By using Tim Hepher PARIS (Reuters) – After focusing for years on jetliners that would fly ever additional, the sector's leading planemakers are turning to shorter range plane that enchantment to airlines reluctant to pay for efficiency they don't want. Boeing and Airbus have spent billions of bucks building developed […]

 
 

China HSBC services PMI shows some resilience

China HSBC services PMI shows some resilience

BEIJING (Reuters) – Task in China's services and products sector defied the usa's financial cool down to extend modestly in July, an individual survey confirmed on Monday, as new trade orders recovered from a multi-year low in a uncommon signal of resilience. However that was tempered through a fall in […]

 
 

Asian shares, dollar soft after tepid U.S. jobs data

Asian shares, dollar soft after tepid U.S. jobs data

By way of Hideyuki Sano TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian shares had been delicate and the U.S. greenback was on the shielding on Monday after knowledge confirmed U.S. employers slowed their % of hiring in July, while the New Zealand dollar tumbled after a food-security scare affected dairy exports of the […]

 
 

Sprint, SoftBank agree to U.S. national security deal

Sprint, SoftBank agree to U.S. national security deal

By Alina Selyukh (Reuters) – Dash Nextel Corp and Japan's SoftBank Corp stated on Wednesday they had reached a nationwide security agreement with U.S. authorities, overcoming an immense hurdle for the Eastern firm's $20.1 billion bid to keep watch over the wi-fi carrier. Even with that approval, there are nonetheless […]

 
 

Wall Street falls as bond yields hit high dividend stocks

Wall Street falls as bond yields hit high dividend stocks

Via Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks fell on Wednesday as excessive-yielding dividend stocks lost a few of their luster after recent beneficial properties in U.S. Treasury bond yields. Benchmark Treasury yields in a single day hit 2.235 p.c – the very best in additional than a year – […]

 
 

Nasdaq to pay $10 million to settle SEC charges from Facebook snafu

Nasdaq to pay $10 million to settle SEC charges from Facebook snafu

By means of Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Nasdaq OMX on Wednesday agreed to pay $10 million, the largest penalty ever levied against a inventory alternate, to settle civil expenses stemming from errors made all the way through Facebook's initial public offering ultimate year, U.S. securities regulators mentioned on […]