Archive

April 30, 2012

• Japanese Stocks Fall; Australian Bond Yields Decline
• Batista Considers Partner to Tap $1.5 Trillion Assets
• South Korea’s Inflation Moderates to Lowest in 21 Months
• Colonial in Final Sale Talks on Hotels, Seeks Retail Asset Swaps
• S. Korea to Take Measures to Boost Private Sector-Led Recovery
• Central European Media Gets $300 Million Loan From Time Warner
• Bank Tabungan, Global Mediacom, Timah: Indonesia Equity Preview
• Suncor First-Quarter Profit Rises on Oil Price; Beats Estimates
• Rupiah Weakens, Bonds Little Changed Before Inflation Report
• IMF Pressured to Suspend Iran, Close Central Bank Account
• Australia, Japan Bond Risk Rises, Credit-Default Swaps Show
• Heat Beat Knicks 104-94 to Lead NBA Playoff Series 2-0 in Games
• Exxon Mobil Exits Guangdong Province Retail Market, IOD Reports
• Tepco Compensation Fund Seeks $6.3 Billion Syndicated Loan
• New Zealand Cricket Coach John Wright to Step Down in August
• Vitro Says Profit Rises to $88 Million on Revenue Gains
• Bank Pay Standards Need Stronger Implementation Effort, FSB Says
• Greenback May Weaken Versus Loonie: Technical Analysis
• Dutch Manufacturing Declines to Lowest in Three Months
• Obama Fails to Stem Middle-Class Slide He Blamed on Bush
• Hyundai Motor to Add Third Shift at Alabama Assembly Factory
• Cash Gold Climbs 0.2% to Highest Level Since April 13
• JPMorgan’s Zubrow Says Fed Risk Rule May Hurt Markets
• Ecopetrol Profit Beats Estimates as Colombian Output Rises
• South Korea Has 16,059 MW of Nuclear Capacity Online
• Chesapeake Says IRS Reviewing McClendon’s Well Investments
• Japan, Australia Stock Futures Fall on U.S. Manufacturing
• South Korea’s Inflation Moderates to Lowest in 21 Months
• Fed’s Fisher Says Monetary Policy Alone Can’t Solve Jobs Problem
• Owner of Costa Rican Firm Convicted of $485 Million Fraud
• Mylan, Impax Win Ruling in Doryx Generics Patent Case
• Weir Sees International Fracking Market Doubling in Three Years
• Planned Parenthood Texas Ruling Lifts State Funding Bar
• N.Y., JPMorgan Sued by Council Members in Occupy Lawsuit
• Record Fuel Output Returning Exmar’s Tankers to Profit: Freight
• China’s Population Crash Could Upend U.S. Policy
• Bin Laden Death Changed Little in Fight Against Terrorism
• Roger Federer, Swiss Banking Will Both Come Back
• Munch’s Mad Walk Provoked $80 Million ‘Scream’
• Sting, Joel Face Rival as Jon Regen Gets Revolution
• Noma Keeps World’s Best Restaurant Title, Fat Duck Sinks
• Job Sharing Would Ease the Pain of Recessions
• Spain’s Slump Means Europe Must Rethink Tough-Love Policy
• Hitachi-LG Executive Agrees to Plead Guilty to Bid Rigging
• America Movil Offers Concessions to Overturn $1 Billion Fine
• Sony’s ‘Think Like a Man’ Repeats as Weekend’s No. 1 Movie
• Manufacturing Cools Even as U.S. Consumers Still Spend
• Chicago Gasoline Jumps to Three-Month High on BP Pump Failure
• Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship Program May Get New Scrutiny
• Polyus Gains on Share Sale Before Full Listing: Russia Ov
• Adelphia Fraud Funds Give More Than $728 Million to Victims
• Judge Dismisses Some Madoff Trustee Claims Against Investors
• Anadarko Net Income Climbs on Oil Prices, Algeria Settlement
• Mexico Stocks: Grupo Herdez, Maxcom Telecomunicaciones, Elektra
• Gap Hires H&M Global Sales Head to Lead Old Navy Amid Expansion
• Emerging-Market Stocks Gain to Two-Week High on Rising Earnings
• Pemex Oil Production Falls as Cantarell Hits Record Low
• Mexican Peso Posts First Monthly Decline in 2012 on Sapped Risk
• Coca-Cola Denies Discussions to Acquire Monster Beverage
• Canadian Oil Sands Cuts 2012 Syncrude Production Estimate
• Ambac Withdraws From Litigation Over Countrywide Settlement
• Maple Group Extends Offer to Acquire TMX Group to May 31
• Barbados January Consumer Prices Rose 9.1% on Year
• Thailand May Suspend U.S. Beef Imports on Mad Cow, USMEF Says
• Exxon Expects to Restart Portion of South Pipe This Week
• Syncrude Rises to Strongest Against WTI This Year
• Gasoline, Oil Decline as Natural Gas Gains: Commodities a
• Portugual Reduces 2013 Spending Limits in Budget Plan
• Chilean Stocks: Banco Santander, Lan, Masisa, Ripley, Quinenco
• Colombian Stock Movers: Cementos Argos, Petrominerales, Nutresa
• U.S. Companies Reporting Earnings on April 30
• U.S. Companies Reporting Quarterly EPS Reversals, April 30
• U.S. Companies Reporting Lower Quarterly EPS, April 30
• U.S. Companies Reporting Unchanged Quarterly EPS, April 30
• U.S. Companies Reporting Higher Quarterly EPS, April 30
• U.S. Companies Reporting Negative EPS Surprises, April 30
• U.S. Companies Reporting Positive EPS Surprises, April 30
• Ruckus Said to Hire Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs for IPO
• Myanmar’s Opium Growers Struggle to Get by With Potatoes
• Sohu Declines as Easing Growth Curbs Profits: China Overnight
• Axtel, Maxcom Drop on Slim Phone Competition: Mexico City Mover
• Treasuries Set for Monthly Gain on Slower Growth, Europe
• Brazilian Stocks Post Monthly Decline on Global Growth Concern
• Return on the Oldest Social Index Over the Past 5 Years: 47%
• Duke Energy Settles With Groups, Plans $420 Million Charge
• Euro Falls 3rd Day Versus Yen as Spain Back in Recession
• Credit-Default Swaps in U.S. Rise for First Time in Five Days
• Canada Dollar Falls as Economy Decline Trims Rate View
• Scania Nominates Piech to Board as VW Pushes Truck Merger
• Jana Fund Sees 52% Gain in Value of Barnes & Noble Stake
• Aussie Dollar Drops on Speculation RBA to Lower Rates
• Fracking ‘Health Challenges’ to Be Examined by U.S. Advisers
• The Worst Deal in Mutual Funds Faces a Reckoning
• JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley Pay Plans Win ISS Endorsement
• Obama Draws on Professional Help to Keep the Jokes Rolling
• Malaysia Introduces Minimum Wage as Najib Preps for Poll
• Oracle Google Java Copyright Infringement Case Goes to Jury
• USDA Montana Spot Grain Closing Prices for April 30
• SNC-Lavalin Top Shareholder Faults Board Over Graft Probe
• U.S. Companies Issuing Profit Outlooks for April 30
• S&P 500 Halts Four-Month Rise on Economic Concern
• Mexico Copper Production Jumps 38%, Boosted by Buenavista
• Ethanol Climbs to Two-Week High as U.S. Corn Sales Gain
• Chavez Puts His Trust in Christ as He Heads for Cancer Treatment
• Collective Brands Said to Select Wolverine Over E-Land
• U.S. Drone Strikes Are Ethical, Obama Adviser Says
• Avon Investors Vote for CEO in Pushign Coty to Raise Bid
• NYC Council Approves ‘Living Wage’ Bill Bloomberg Vowed to Veto
• Accretive Health Asks Court to Toss State of Minnesota Suit
• Reinharts, Rogoff See Huge Output Losses From High Debt
• Stocks, Euro Retreat on Spain Recession, U.S. Data
• Egypt’s Popular Anger Shifts to Israel and Saudi Arabia
• Barnes & Noble, Humana, Sunoco: U.S. Equity Movers
• Ron Paul Says He’ll Stay in Race ‘Till the Votes Are Counted’
• Itau May Give Up Bid for Redecard as Lazard Seeks Appraisal
• USDA Boxed Beef Cutout Closing Prices for April 30
• Colombia Peso Bond Yields Fall to One-Week Low on Rate Outlook
• Annaly CEO’s $35 Million From REITs Dwarfs Dimon Pay: Mortgages
• Canadian Natural Gas Gains as Air-Conditioner Use Sparks Demand
• VeriFone Drops as Organic Growth Questioned: San Francisco Mover
• Harman Rises Most in Four Months as Profit Beats Estimates
• Barnes & Noble’s Microsoft Deal to Drive Overseas Sales
• Oil Falls as Spain Slides Into Second Recession Since 200
• Hologic Agrees to Acquire Gen-Probe for $3.7 Billion
• Demand Media Soars on Report Deal to Go Private Dissolves
• Infants Born Addicted to Opiates Tripled in Past Decade
• Analysts See Record S&P 500 as Advance Over for Barclays
• TMX Rally Shows Optimism for Maple Deal Rising
• NYSE Profit Falls 44% on Merger Charges, Trading Decline
• Gasoline Declines, Capping First Drop in Five Months
• Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo Sell Bonds as Yields Fall to Record
• Hermes Wins $100 Million Damages From Counterfeit Websites
• China Held $1.73 Trillion of U.S. Securities as of June 2011
• Asia’s Equity Market Closures: Holiday Advisory for Region
• Fracking Sand Threatens Gas Well Workers, Researcher Says
• Father of Treasury Floaters Says Now Worst Time for Sales
• A Peace Legacy for Netanyahu’s Hard-Line Dad?
• Romney Says He Would ‘Of Course’ Have Ordered Bin Laden Raid
• Las Vegas Monorail Sends Latest Reorganization Plan to Judge
• Yandex Internet Search Share Falls, Google’s Gains: Liveinternet
• Repsol Said to Cut Gas Shipment on Argentina Noncompliance
• U.S.-China Officials Try to Defuse Chen Case Before Talks
• China Smelters to Export Copper to LME Warehouses, Reuters Says
• Toyota Sells $20 Million of Structured Notes in First 2012 Deal
• Newmont's Conga Gold Project in Peru Faces Cost Increases
• Cotton Slumps on India Export Plan; Orange Juice Sinks
• Edwards Told Aide’s Wife Checks for Mistress Were Legal
• Monster Rises After WSJ Reports Coca-Cola Takeover Talks
• Bobcats Fire Coach Paul Silas After Finishing NBA-Worst 7-59
• Microgrids Sought as Declarations of Electrical Independence
• Pesticide Exposure in Utero Linked to Brain Concerns
• Fed Says Banks Eased Loan Standards As Demand Increased
• Homeownership Rate in U.S. Falls to Lowest Since 1997
• Obama Says Bin Laden Death Anniversary Isn’t Being Celebrated
• Spain’s BFA Reports Second-Half Loss of 278 Million Euros
• Knicks TV-Watching Fans Flee to Rangers With Heat Blowout
• Peru Stocks: Buenaventura, Candente, Ferreyros, Siderperu
• Chinese Competition Cited for U.S. SolarWorld Worker Aid
• Juncker Says Ceding Euro Job Due to Franco-German Interference
• Dewey LeBoeuf Said to End Greenberg Traurig Merger Talks
• Billionaire Birla to Acquire Stake in Pantaloon Unit
• EPA Official Resigns After Taped ‘Crucify’ Comment in 2010
• Member of White House Council of Economic Advisers Said to Leave
• Egypt’s Mobinil Reports First-Quarter Loss on Network Swap
• Gold May Decline on Concerns About Physical Purchases
• Speculators Miss Rally as U.S. Sells Most Corn Since 1994
• Buffets Approved to Send Reorganization Plan to Creditors
• U.S. Senior Loan Officer Survey on Banking Lending (Text)
• Goldman’s Hatzius Projects 125,000 April Payroll Gain
• JPMorgan to Study JBS $142 Million Bid for Independencia
• Batista Says May Sell EBX Stake to Industrial Group
• Lion Capital Enters Exclusive Talks With France’s Alain Afflelou
• Elections Put Germany in Hot Seat Over Austerity
• Lead Orders Climb as Traders May Switch Storage, Brook Hunt Says
• Regulation to Push Swap Spreads Wider, Greenwich Associates Says
• Candente Falls Most in Nine Months on Mine Accord Delay
• Azerbaijan May Rethink Pro-Western Stance If No Karabakh Support
• Former Israeli Premier Olmert Cautions Against Iran Strike
• Occupy Wall Street Plans Global Protests in Resurgence
• EON Close to Open Grid Europe Sale, CFO Tells Boersen-Zeitung
• Lion Capital Said in Exclusive Talks to Buy Afflelou
• Qatar Air Halts A380 Handovers Until Airbus Fixes Wing Issue
• LyondellBasell Falls as Profit Disappoints Some Investors
• Roomier Pig Pens May Raise Pork Prices as EU Output Ebbs
• The 'Modern College Girl' Confronts the Great Depression
• U.K. Posts Wettest April in 102 Years Following 22-Month Drought
• Ecuador’s Foreign Reserves Rose 3.1% Last Week to $3.92 Billion
• Nigeria to Ship Six Cargoes of Bonny Light Crude in June
• Weber Supports Mayrhuber as Lufthansa Chairman, Boersen Reports
• Sinopec, ENN Extend Deadline to Buy China Gas to July 6
• Obama Seeks to Draw Donors With Bill Clinton’s Popularity
• ETP Bonds Drop After It Agrees to Buy Sunoco for $5.3 Bln
• Heathrow Passport Delay Times Exaggerated, U.K. Minister Says
• Actelion Lung Drug Meets Main Goal in Pivotal Study
• Economic Lessons From the Greek Acropolis
• European Stocks Fall as Spain Contracts; AB InBev Sinks
• Loonie 6-Month Lead at Risk as First G-7 Rate Gain Looms
• Illinois Faces 25% Cost Increase to Borrow $1.8 Billion
• Switzerland Stocks Decline; SMI Loses 2.2% in April
• German Stocks Fall; DAX Posts First Monthly Drop of 2012
• Colt Resources Finds Gold Mineralization in Portuguese Deposits
• Chilean Stocks: Banco Santander Chile, Lan Airlines and Masisa
• USDA Boxed Beef Cutout Midday Prices for April 30
• Hong Kong Bourse Studies Making Bid for London Metal Exchange
• Wal-Mart Employees Released in China After Pork Labeling Arrests
• Shanghai, Shenzhen Exchanges to Cut A-Share Trading Fees
• Erste Cuts Profit Outlook on Hungary, Romania Loan Losses
• Fidelity’s Stairs ‘Culpable’ of Hong Kong Insider Trading
• Kommunalkredit Reports 2011 Loss of $197 Million on Greece
• Libya’s Former Oil Head Ghanem Found Dead in Vienna River
• Spain's Guindos Expects More Bank Mergers, Cleanups
• Telecom Italia Owners Said to Discuss Telco Capital Increase
• Serb Central Bank Sells Euros, Caps Dinar Drop Before Elections
• Sub-Sahara Africa Stocks: KenGen, United Bank for Africa Move
• Tea Party Congressmen Accept Cash From Bailed-Out Bankers
• Tata BP Solar CEO Resigns as Chinese Rivals Hurt Indian M
• Soybeans Fall on Signs Demand Slowing for U.S. Crop; Wheat Falls
• Turkey’s Tosyali Holding Buys Montenegrin Steel Mill in Niksic
• Bloomberg Rankings: Global Vice Index
• Pound Reaches 22-Month High Versus Euro on Homes Boost
• Benzion Netanyahu, Father of Israel’s Premier, Dies at 102
• Akbank Falls to Lowest Since January After Profit Drops 25%
• Rays Sign Ex-Yankees Outfielder Matsui to Minor-League Contract
• LDK Solar Cuts 5,554 Workers Amid Clean-Energy Shakeout
• Rusty Mini Fetches $65,382, Beats Keith Richards Pontiac
• Srbijagas Boosts Profit 42%, Urges State to Help Cut Debt
• S&C Wins EDF Smart Grid Wind Contract, Studies New Markets
• Canada Commits $253 Million to Latam Climate-Change Fund
• Barnes & Noble, Humana, Sunoco: U.S. Equity Movers
• Scene in D.C.: Elle, Reese, Charlize, Santorum, Uggie
• Chile Demand Surged in March as Copper Production Slowed
• Anadolu Hayat Jumps Most in 2 Months as Profit Beats Estimates
• GCC Needs to Refinance $60 Billion of Debt in 2012, RBS Says
• Cameron Faces Questioning Over Call for Hunt BSkyB Probe
• Lithuania’s Central Government Budget Gap Narrows to 1.4% of GDP
• German Bunds Rise on ECB Rates Bets as Spanish Debt Gains
• Czech Stocks: CEZ, Erste Group Bank Are Active in Prague Trading
• AmBev Falls as Earnings Trail Analyst Estimates: Sao Paulo Mover
• Zloty Heads for Second Monthly Fall on Euro-Area Debt Concern
• Google Sued by Pension Fund Over Proposed Stock Split
• Dominican Republic Leaves Overnight Rate Unchanged at 6.75%
• U.K.’s Chambers Cleared for Olympics After Court Ruling
• ICICI Among Indian Banks That Face Moody’s Downgrade
• Banks in EU May Face 3% Capital Surcharges Under Basel Agreement
• Republicans Would Cut Construction Jobs, Obama Says
• U.S. April Dallas Fed Business Outlook Report (Text)
• Blasts Hit Syrian Government Targets as UN Agreement Falters
• Iraq Seeks to Buy Trains, Solicits Bids From Alstom, Datong
• U.S. Companies Reporting Midmorning EPS, April 30
• Midmorning Positive EPS Surprises for U.S. Companies, April 30
• Midmorning Negative EPS Surprises for U.S. Companies, April 30
• Fresenius SE Hires Deutsche Bank for Rhoen Klinikum Takeover Bid
• Aviva CEO Waives 2012 Salary Rise Amid Compensation Concern
• U.S. Advance Retail Sales Annual Revisions: Summary
• Algerian Car Imports Rise 17% in First Quarter 2012, APS Reports
• SolarCity Planning IPO to Follow Chairman Musk’s Tesla
• Kenya Shilling Heads for First Monthly Decline Since September
• Tenneco Falls Most in Six Months After Profit Misses Estimates
• Alibaba Said to Get About $2.5 Billion in Loan Commitments
• Heineken May Buy Petropolis in Brazil, Estado Says
• Serbia Government Has 3 Interested Bidders for Steel Plant
• Raiffeisen Pays Discout on Polbank on Falling Valuation
• Sovereign, Corporate Bond Risk Rises, Credit-Default Swaps Show
• Grupo Nutresa First-Quarter Profit Rises 3.4% From Year Earlier
• Rand Paul Seeks to Block Tax Treaty Change on Swiss Accounts
• Alon Surges to Two-Year High After Israel Oil Increases Stake
• Four People Die After Ethiopian Muslims Attack Police Station
• Chrysler to Assign 70 People to Detroit Office, CEO Says
• Consumer Spending in U.S. Increases as Incomes Rise
• Brasil Foods Profit Trails Estimates on Weakening Demand
• MSCI Reintroduces Coverage of Saudi Arabian Stock Market
• Europe’s Anti-Austerity Calls Mount as Elections Near
• Malaysia Introduces Minimum Wage as Najib Eyes Election
• High Temperatures Expected for U.S. Midwest, Mid-Atlantic
• Serbian First-Quarter GDP Contracts 1.3%, Flash Estimate
• Taraba Blast Death Toll in Nigeria Now 11, Red Cross Says
• Kenya Foreign-Currency Reserves Rise to $4.64 Billion
• Commercial Papers Reported: India Money Market
• Egyptian Stocks: Orascom Construction, Abou Kir and Al Arafa
• Certificate of Deposits Reported: India Money Markets
• Exalenz Plunges Most in Five Months as Investment Talks End
• Arsenal Signs Germany Striker Lukas Podolski from Cologne
• Soybeans May Open Lower on Slumping Demand; Wheat Seen Falling
• NHB CP deal:India Money Markets
• Britain’s Badminton Horse Trials Canceled Because of Flooding
• KVB and Allahabad CDs Deals:Indian Money Market
• South African Road Tolls Delay May Add to Government Debt
• L&T Fin CP :India Money Markets
• SBOP CDs Deals:Indian Money Market
• Egypt Planning Minister Says Unaware of Cabinet Changes
• Spanish Planned Nuclear Power Plant Shutdowns for 2012
• Pakistan International Air Posts Wider Loss on Fuel Costs
• Tanzania Gold Shipments Increase to Record, Diamonds Decline
• Hedge Funds Cut ICE Brent Oil Net-Longs by 8,968 Contracts
• Gold Declines 0.8% to $1,649.63 an Ounce in London Trading
• Billionaire Ivanishvili’s Georgian TV Station Starts Trial Run
• European Senior Loan Recovery Rates Are Strong, S&P Says
• Banks’ Reluctance to Lend to Each Other Declines for Fifth Month
• Canada March Industrial Product and Raw Materials Prices (Text)
• Canada Feb. Gross Domestic Product Report (Text)
• Canada Foreign Takeovers, Dewey Probe, Brazil: Compliance
• Warner Chilcott Said to Consider Options After Interest
• Bank CEOs to Meet With Fed’s Tarullo on Credit-Limit Plan
• Kenya Electricity Set for Biggest Gain in 5 Years: Nairobi Mover
• CEZ Heads for Worst Month in Seven as Electricity Price Tumbles
• Brazil Economists Forecast Faster 2012 and 2013 Inflation
• Brent Oil Heads for First Monthly Drop Since December
• Implied Stock-Price Moves for U.S. Companies Reporting Results
• Standard Chartered Investors Should Oppose Pay Report, PIRC Says
• South African Crude Imports From Iran Almost Double in March
• South African Trade Gap Narrows as Iron Ore Exports Surge
• Allied Irish Said to Consider Murphy to Succeed McCrohan
• Iran Condemns U.S. F-22 Fighter Deployment to Gulf, Fars Reports
• Foreign Investors Sell Net 3.31 Billion Rupees of Indian Stocks
• CapitaLand First-Quarter Profit Rises 31% on Asset Sale, Malls
• Obesity-Linked Diabetes Tougher to Treat in Children
• Money Managers Increase Bets 136% on Higher Cocoa Price
• Britain’s High-Speed Mobile Service to Cost $9 Billion
• Pakistan Holiday for Market, Central Bank, Government Tomorrow
• Oman Seeks Bids for Onshore Exploration Block, Observer Says
• Romania Won’t Cut Rates as Political Turmoil Sinks Leu
• King Faces 10 Days of Angst on BOE Stimulus
• EU Bank Targets Rebuffed by Swedes Seeking Tougher Rules
• Hodgson in Talks for England Job; Redknapp Has No Grudges
• United Bank Africa Gains 9th Day After Forecasting Higher Net
• Moussa Leads in Poll as Egypt Election Campaigning Begins
• China New Energy Building Waste-to-Biofuel Plant in China
• Pluristem Heads for Two-Month High on $3.2 Million Israeli Grant
• RWE’s Net4Gas Plans Natural-Gas Pipeline Extension to Poland
• Persian Gulf Stocks: Aamal of Qatar and Qatar Telecom
• Mongolia to Create $600 Million Sovereign Fund in July
• Asian Stocks Gain on Australian Rates, Earnings, S.Korea
• Yahoo, Orion, Under Armor, Fuku: Intellectual Property
• Fed Funds Projected to Open at 0.13% to 0.17%, ICAP Says
• Sugar May Fall Below 19 Cents Soon, Marex Spectron Says
• Surnames Superfluous as London Vote Pits Boris Against Ken
• Indonesia’s Kharisma Sells 6,000 Tons of Palm Oil
• Titanic II Planned by Billionaire Palmer in Chinese Yard
• Spain’s La Liga Denies Match-Fixing Investigation Under Way
• PV Oil Said to Sell Su Tu Den for Six Months at $6 Premium
• Goldman’s O’Neill Reported Among Candidates for BOE Chief
• Spain Slips Back Into Recession in First Quarter: Economy
• Energy Transfer Partners to Buy Sunoco in $5.3 Bln Transaction
• Humana Says Profit Declined as Insurer Saw Medical Costs Rise
• BOE to Pay More to Move PRA Home From London’s Canary Wharf
• Bahrain’s Islamic Regulator AAOIFI Issues 7 Financial Standards
• Rand Declines as Spain Recession Outweighs Higher Credit Growth
• Eurobills Depose Common Bonds as Crisis Fix: Euro Credit
• Astra Agro Sells 8,000 Tons of Palm Oil in Auction
• ANZ Hires Fiona Ju as Director of Loan Syndications for China
• South African Credit Expands at Fastest Pace in 3 Years
• Merkel’s Green Jobs Ambition Stalls With Cuts for Solar
• ING Says It’s Still Worth Making Ship Loans as Europe Banks Exit
• Terra Said to Sell Online Films in Telefonica Home Market
• India Stocks Gain as Software Shares Rally Amid Strong U.
• White Sugar Premium Climbs in Thailand, Steady in India, Europe
• Thailand Stocks: Glow Energy, PTT, Thai Vegetable, Thoresen Thai
• German Solar Installs Almost Double Last Year’s, Regulator Says
• DP World Authorized by Shareholders to Buy Back Shares
• Record-High Gasoline Further Burdens Consumers in Europe
• Indonesian Stock Movers: Adaro Energy, Danamon, Indofood Sukses
• Najib Faces Early Polls Dilemma After Malaysia Protests
• China Buys 90,964 Bales of U.S. Cotton, USDA Says
• Singapore Stocks: Neptune Orient, Orchard Parade, Singapore Post
• Italy Inflation Rate Remained at Six-Month High in April
• Cameroon Coffee Export Prices Decline in Week to April 29
• Euro-Region Inflation Slowed in April as Oil Gains Weakened
• Taiwan Slowdown, Singapore Jobs Reflect EU Trade Impact: Economy
• Agoco Threatens May 3 Oil Halt If Libya Protests Continue
• Angola to Boost Exports of June Pazflor Crude to New High
• Rupiah Heads for Third Monthly Loss on Fuel Policy; Bonds Steady
• DBS to Hold Off on Acquisitions After Danamon, CEO Says
• Adidas Surges to Highest Since 1995 After Raising Forecast
• Corporate, Sovereign Bond Risk Falls, Credit-Default Swaps Show
• Hodgson ‘Better Fit’ Than Redknapp to Coach England: Roundup
• Terra Firma Buys Four Seasons Health for 825 Million Pounds
• Worldwide Chip Sales May Grow at Faster Pace, IDC Says
• Copper Rises; Gold to Gain for Fifth Day: Commodities at Close
• Heywood-Bo Link Shows Middleman Role in Driving China Deals
• Gome Shares Fall on China Slowdown Concerns: Hong Kong Mover
• German Stocks Advance; Benchmark DAX Index Rises 0.2%
• China Forestry Probe Verifies Under 1% of Reported Sales
• Oman Crude Official Price in June Falls 4.5% to $117.29 a Barrel
• Alexander Says U.K. Return to Prosperity Will Take Time
• Maersk Gains on Bets Rate Increases to Succeed: Copenhagen Mover
• Hong Kong Stocks Advance After BoCom Exceeds Estimates
• Fortescue Seen Luring Anglo-to-Glencore on China Iron
• Philippine Peso Rises on Fed Easing Speculation; Bonds Unchanged
• Santander and BBVA Among 11 Spanish Banks Downgraded By S&P
• Tata Power Said to Buy Low-Sulfur Fuel Oil Shipments From Vitol
• Sugar-Cane Output Estimate for Brazil Region Cut by Archer
• Telenor May Leave India as Fee Dispute Prompts Write-Off
• IMF Ready to Lend Egypt $3.2 Billion at 1% Interest, Ahram Says
• Centrum Klima Rises to 10-Month High in Warsaw on Purchase Offer
• Iran Has $22 Billion for Commodity Imports, Mehr Says
• Lithuania’s Economic Growth Slowed in First Quarter to 3.9%
• Albaraka Turk Falls After First-Quarter Profit Misses Estimates
• Angola Plans to Invest in 130 Solar Energy Projects, Angop Says
• Klaipedos Nafta Begins Talks With QatarGas Over LNG Supplies
• Erste Group Leads Czech Stocks Higher as Profit Beats Estimates
• Corporate, Sovereign Bond Risk Falls, Credit-Default Swaps Show
• Olympic 1st-Quarter Net Jumps as Asset Sale Loss Isn’t Repeated
• Pacific Equity to Buy Spotless After Twice Raising Bid
• Philippine Equity Movers: First Gen, RFM, Semirara, Union Bank
• UN Chief Hails Myanmar Democracy Shift as Suu Kyi Spat Ends
• Compal Posts Seventh Consecutive Profit as Demand Slows
• Italian 10-Year Bonds Erase Advance, Leaves Yield at 5.64%
• Oil Trades Near Four-Week High on U.S., Asian
• Ukraine Bank Reserve Rules Are Credit Positive: Moody's
• AB InBev Sales, Profit Increase on Bud Light Platinum
• NAB to Cut 1,400 U.K. Staff as Sale Ruled Out
• Sudan’s Use of Chinese Arms Shows Beijing’s Balancing Act
• Copper Climbs Fifth Day as Stockpiles Decline in London
• German Union Ver.di Calls for Bank Strikes Today, DPA Reports
• Aurora Oil Seeks More Shale Deals as U.S. Gas Declines
• European Shares Rise as Spain Economy Shrinks Less Than Forecast
• Iran Nuclear Power Plant Works at Near Full Capacity, IRNA Says
• Asian Stocks Advance as Won Climbs, Aussie Drops
• Orkla CEO Steps Down as Earnings Slumped 57% in First Quarter
• Cipriani Leaves Melbourne Rebels for Early Return to England
• Asian Naphtha Demand Boosts Product Tankers, Morgan Stanley Says
• Czech Bourse May Open Market for Small Stocks, iHned Reports
• Australian Dollar Drops Versus Peers on RBA Easing Bets
• Italy Faces 20 Billion-Euro Gap, Tremonti Tells Corriere
• Most German Companies See Room for Just 3% Pay Rise, Poll Shows
• Kenya’s Mombasa Port to Receive Cars, Wheat, Fluorspar
• Erste’s BCR Posts First-Quarter Loss as Bad-Loan Costs Rise
• Celtics Lose NBA Playoff Opener, Rondo Faces Ban; Clippers Rally
• Egypt’s Al Wasat Party Backs Islamist Aboul-Fotouh for President
• Sirius CEO Plans to Start $2.7 Billion U.K. Potash Mine in 2017
• Oil Trades Little-Changed in New York; Heads for Monthly Gain
• German Retail Sales Rebounded in March on Job Creation
• Hon Hai Drops by Limit After Missing Estimates: Taipei
• Taiwan Stocks: AU Optronics, Hon Hai Precision, Quanta Computer
• Roesler Rules Out Top Income Tax Rate Rise, Handelsblatt Says
• Fed Chief Says Worst Not Over in Europe, Handelsblatt Reports
• Erste’s Ceska Sporitelna Quarterly Net Rises on Lower Provisions
• Libyan-Owned Tropical Bank of Uganda Posts Loss as Deposits Drop
• Standard Chartered’s Uganda Unit Says Profit Rose 35% in 2011
• Oerlikon Sees Profit Rising Above Guidance as Textiles Stabilize
• Colombia Likely to Keep 5.25% Rate Unchanged as Inflation Slows
• Hong Kong Short Selling Turnover (GEM) Recorded 04/30/2012 (Tabl
• Hong Kong Short Selling Turnover (Main Board) Recorded 04/30/201
• Samsung, Apple U.S. Settlement Talks in U.S. Set for May
• World Bank Arm Considers Funding Sri Lanka Waste-to-Energy Plant
• Coyotes Take 2-0 Lead in NHL Series, Flyers Defeat Devils in OT
• Dufner Wins Zurich Classic Playoff With Els for 1st PGA Victory
• Bulls’ Odds of Winning NBA Title Widen After Rose Tears Ligament
• U.S. Consumer Spending Probably Rose on Income Gains
• U.S. Auto Sales Rates Seen Skewed as Rebound Continues
• Drivers Pay Secret Road Tax in $15 Billion for Car Repair
• Military Secrets Leak From U.S. Universities With Rules Flouted
• Investors Can’t Get Enough Long Bonds Chasing Yield: Muni Credit
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