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Wall Street ended down, the Dow Jones fell by 1.4%

Monday, August 30th, 2010

The U.S. stock markets are left to lower Monday as investors continued to question the health of the U.S. economy, despite the announcement of an increase in household consumption. The Dow Jones has sold 1.39% or 140.92 points at 10,009.73 points, the Standard & Poor's 500 index 1.47% or ...

Wall Street weighed down by distrust, the Dow falls below 10,000

Thursday, August 26th, 2010

Wall Street ended down sharply on Thursday, the Dow Jones closing below 10,000 points for the first time since early July, the eve of a review, probably on the decline, the growth figures in the second quarter and a major speech the President of the Federal Reserve. The decrease ...

HSBC wants to buy up to 70% of South African Nedbank

Monday, August 23rd, 2010

HSBC is in exclusive talks to acquire a controlling stake in Nedbank, fourth largest bank in South Africa, an operation that could reach 5.37 billion euros and enable the first European bank to increase its presence in a region strongly growth. HSBC and the Insurer Anglo-South African Old Mutual, ...

Great success of European banks to test resistance

Friday, July 23rd, 2010

Only seven of the 91 European banks subject to stress tests have failed and may need 3.5 billion euros of additional capital, according to test results released Friday by the Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS). Five Spanish banks, Civica Cajasur, Unnim, and Espiga Diada, a Greek bank, Atebank ...

The AC Delta disappoints, the stock drops

Monday, July 19th, 2010

The title Delta Air Lines, world's largest airline, plunged more than 9% Monday after the publication of a turnover that has disappointed investors. If the group announced it had returned to profit in the second quarter, thanks to the resumption of air traffic, its turnover has increased by 17% ...

The EU validates the agreement between British Airways, American and Iberia

Thursday, July 15th, 2010

The Oneworld alliance members British Airways, American Airlines and Iberia have obtained the green light Wednesday from the EU to deepen their partnership, after agreeing to divest a number of slots on transatlantic routes. The European Commission has also approved unconditionally the merger between British Airways and Spanish Iberia. ...

Wall Street opens higher in small

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

U.S. stocks opened higher Wednesday in a small market conservative, always worried about growth prospects. In the first exchanges, the Dow Jones gained 0.2% or 20.14 points to 9767 points, while the Standard & Poor's 500 is 0.4% or 4.47 points to 1,032.53 points and the Nasdaq Composite advanced ...

European markets close an down, Paris lost 0.48%

Monday, July 5th, 2010

Major European stock markets closed lower Monday after a session marked by limited volumes due to the closure of Wall Street after the U.S. national holiday. The Paris Bourse ended were down 0.48% at 3332.46 points, while the FTSEurofirst index of leading European values closed at its lowest level ...

The ECB wants to calm the markets before a key deadline

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

The European Central Bank (ECB) has sought to reassure financial markets extremely tight Tuesday, ensuring that the banking system would not be disrupted by the arrival this week due to almost 500 billion euro emergency loan. Financial institutions in the euro area will thus have to repay the ECB ...

Germany: fall of partial unemployment

Thursday, June 17th, 2010

The upturn in Germany is confirmed. Companies recall their employees they had laid off part to address the improvement of controls. In fact, the country should rely only 100,000 people unemployed part-year end as against 1.4 million at the height of the crisis in 2009, according to the Federation ...