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General Growth shares rise in Big Board return (Reuters) »
.N) rose on Friday, their first day back on the
, even as the U.S. mall owner operates under bankruptcy protection.
were up 2.3 percent to $14 in late morning trade. The shares had hit a high of $14.40 earlier in the session.
U.S. REIT Index (.RMZ), which was up 1.3percent.
Although rare, General Growth [...]
Canadian growth surprise spurs futures weakness »
Mon, Mar 1 2010, 15:56 GMT
Bond prices are a little easier to begin the week with a stories of a potential solution to the problems facing the Greek government as it considers issuing bonds to replace forthcoming maturities. A strong reading for fourth quarter Canadian growth also sent bill prices down [...]
General Growth Properties to relist shares on NYSE (AP) »
., which last year filed the largest U.S. real estate bankruptcy case in history, said Tuesday that it applied to relist its shares on the
.
General Growth said its shares will start trading on the NYSE on Friday under the ticker symbol “GGP.” General Growth shares currently trade over the counter.
., which controls [...]
Nestle sees higher growth 2010 after FY beats poll »
VEVEY, Switzerland (Reuters) -
NESN.VX
), the world’s biggest food group, is aiming for higher underlying sales growth in 2010 after a robust performance in Asia and the Americas helped it beat forecasts for 2009.
The group behind Nescafe instant coffee, Maggi soup, Gerber baby food and Perrier water beat estimates with 4.1 percent growth [...]
Stocks slip as growth in services falls short (AP) »
halted a two-day advance in the stock market.
fell 26 points Wednesday after jumping a total of 230 points in the first two days of the week. The broader Standard & Poor’s 500 index posted a steeper drop, while the
was little changed.
The report on services businesses, which make up the biggest slice of [...]
European stocks edge higher before US growth data (AFP) »
and amid stubborn concerns about Greece's debt crisis, analysts said.
of leading shares added 0.59 percent to 5,176.20 points in late morning deals.
Frankfurt's DAX 30 won 0.76 percent to 5,582.29 points and in Paris the
gained 0.60 percent to 3,710.93.
of top eurozone shares increased by 0.68 percent to reach 2,755.96 points.
, the [...]
Policymakers see growth reviving, still fragile »
Policymakers see growth reviving, still fragile
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – World economic growth may be springing back faster than expected but recovery remains fragile and a better balance is needed between exporting and importing nations, top policymakers said on Saturday.
An acceleration in U.S. GDP has fanned optimism about the outlook for global growth [...]
European stocks drop on economic growth concerns (AFP) »
slid Wednesday on concerns over economic recovery that also pushed Asian shares deeper into the red, dealers said.
dropped 0.75 percent to 5,236.37 points in late morning trade, one day after official data revealed that the British economy had limped out of recession during the fourth quarter of 2009.
“Another weak start to the markets [...]
Yahoo sees possible Q1 revenue growth »
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Yahoo Inc said revenue could grow for the first time in six quarters in the first three months of 2010, noting that demand for premium display advertising had improved significantly.
The Internet company, whose shares rose 3.2 percent in after-hours trading on Tuesday, gave the forecast after posting fourth-quarter results that [...]
Leading Index Points to Continued Growth »
Thu, Jan 21 2010, 22:32 GMT
The Conference Board’s Index of Leading Economic Indicators (LEI) rose 1.1% in December, marking the ninth consecutive monthly increase. The year-to-year change of the quarterly index advanced one quarter has a strong positive correlation with the year-to-year change of real GDP (see chart 1). The robust performance [...]