Dimon Prevails as JPMorgan Defeats CEO/Chair Proposal
Companies
featured
After four months of being grounded, Boeing's 787 Dreamliners are back in the sky.
» Read More.160x105.jpg?v=1368731367 "In Fed-Driven Rally, Stocks Get Scarce")
More
-
NEW YORK, May 1- Time Warner Inc:. *Shares down 2.1 percent in premarket trading after results. ( (New York Treasury Desk; Tel: 223 6300)).
-
NEW YORK, May 1- Humana Inc:. *Shares up 3.9 percent in premarket trading after results. ( (New York Treasury Desk; Tel: 223 6300)).
-
NEW YORK, May 1- DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc:. *Shares up 10 percent in premarket trading. ( (New York Treasury Desk; Tel: 223 6300)).
-
NEW YORK, May 1- Trulia Inc:. *Shares up 17 percent in premarket trading. ( (New York Treasury Desk; Tel: 223 6300)).
-
NEW YORK, May 1- Chesapeake Energy Corp:. *Shares up 3.6 percent in premarket trading after results. ( (New York Treasury Desk; Tel: 223 6300)).
-
NEW YORK, May 1- Merck& Co Inc:. *Shares down 2.1 percent in premarket trading after results. ( (New York Treasury Desk; Tel: 223 6300)).
-
NEW YORK, May 1- Genworth Financial Inc:. *Shares up 4.9 percent in premarket trading. ( (New York Treasury Desk; Tel: 223 6300)).
-
NEW YORK, May 1- Radian Group Inc:. *Shares down 3.7 percent in premarket trading after results. ( (New York Treasury Desk; Tel: 223 6300)).
-
Shares in Oxford BioMedica rise 15 percent after the gene-based biopharmaceutical specialist signs a deal to make clinical grade material for Novartis using its gene delivery technology.
-
It may be an old cliche but the term "sell in May and go away, buy again on Leger's day", looks increasingly like competent equity advice, according one analyst.
-
SYDNEY, May 1- Australian shares slipped 0.5 percent on Wednesday as disappointing Chinese manufacturing data and weak metal prices weighed on miners, but trading was subdued with many investors on the sidelines ahead of the Federal Reserve meeting result. dropped 1.6 percent, while rival Rio Tinto Ltd. Australia's flagship phone company Telstra Corp Ltd.
-
Wacom Co Ltd jumped 15.8 percent to 516,000 yen after the maker of digital pens and tablets gave an optimistic earnings outlook for the fiscal year ending March 2014. Nomura Securities reiterated its' buy' rating and raised its target price by 28 percent to 538,000 yen, citing likely profit increase in the year ending March 2014.
-
Railway companies that run trains around Mount Fuji gained on the news that Japan's highest peak may be listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage site, in anticipation of increased visitors. Fuji Kyuko Co Ltd soared 16.4 percent or by its daily limit to 1,065 yen, while Central Japan Railway Co.
-
This followed the HSBC flash PMI figures last week, which had already missed market expectations, pointing to below-target growth in the world's second largest economy and Australia's biggest export market.
-
Fujifilm Holdings Corp gained 5.8 percent to 2,114 yen, its highest level since August 2011, after the photo film maker forecast an operating profit of 140 billion yen, up 22.7 percent from a year ago, for the current fiscal year through March, citing a weaker yen and improved profitability.
-
The following stocks were on the move:** JAPAN AIRLINES DOWN ON WEAK 2013/ 14 PROFIT FORECAST**. Japan Airlines Co Ltd dropped as much as 5.6 percent to 4,665 yen after it forecast an operating profit of 140 billion yen, down 28.3 percent from a year ago, for this fiscal year through March, citing a weak yen and safety problems involving Boeing Co's 787 Dreamliners.
-
TOKYO, May 1- The benchmark Nikkei average. Sharp Corp fell 4.7 percent to a 2-1/ 2- week low of 322 yen after the consumer electronics maker posted a worse than forecast 500 billion yen net loss in the year ended March 31 as panel plants asset write offs crimped its bottom line, sources with knowledge of the earnings result said on Wednesday.
-
SYDNEY, May 1- Australian shares slipped 0.4 percent in early trade on Wednesday, with weak metal prices offsetting a positive lead from Wall Street and weighing on miners, as investors wait on the release of Chinese manufacturing data for further direction. Global miner BHP Billiton dropped 1.2 percent, while rival Rio Tinto Ltd lost 1.0 percent.
-
April 30- Trimble Navigation Ltd forecast current-quarter results below analysts' estimates, hurt by spending cuts in the United States and severe weather conditions in Europe and North America, which delayed the agricultural and construction seasons.
-
*S&P 500 index hits record intraday, closing highs. NEW YORK, April 30- The U.S. dollar hit a two-month low on Tuesday amid expectations the Federal Reserve will stick to its easy monetary policy, while the S&P 500 set record highs as shares of Apple rose.