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German hedge fund manager Florian Homm, who had been a fugitive for more than five years, was arrested in Italy on U.S. fraud charges, according to a statement from the U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles.
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April 30- Valero Energy Corp on Tuesday reported a first-quarter profit that topped analyst expectations, helped by higher margins for diesel and jet fuel. Valero, based in San Antonio, had a profit of $654 million, or $1.18 per share, compared with a loss of $432 million, or 78 cents a year before, when the company took a charge related to its plant in Aruba.
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April 30- Valero Energy Corp on Tuesday reported a first-quarter profit that topped analyst expectations, helped by higher margins for diesel and jet fuel. Valero, based in San Antonio, had a profit of $654 million, or $1.18 per share, compared with a loss of $432 million, or 78 cents a year before, when the company took a charge related to its plant in Aruba.
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Valero, based in San Antonio, had a profit of $654 million, or $1.18 per share, compared with a loss of $432 million, or 78 cents a year before, when the company took a charge related to its plant in Aruba.
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Valero, based in San Antonio, had a profit of $654 million, or $1.18 per share, compared with a loss of $432 million, or 78 cents a year before, when the company took a charge related to its plant in Aruba.
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MOSCOW, April 30- Here are events and news stories that could move Russian markets on Tuesday. MOSCOW- Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, the leader of the United Russia party, meets party activists ahead of the party's council meeting on May 17- May 18;. MOSCOW- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe continues his visit to Russia;.
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SINGAPORE, April 29- Asia cash premiums and front-month timespreads strengthened on Monday reflecting lower-than-expected Western arbitrage flows from Europe into Asia for May that are likely to arouse fears in the middle of the month of a near-term supply shortage, traders said.
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ABUJA, April 29- Pirates have kidnapped five crew members from a cargo ship off Nigeria, a piracy watchdog and a security source said on Monday, part of a growing trend of attacks that are pushing up maritime insurance costs in the Gulf of Guinea.
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LONDON, April 29- Britain's FTSE 100 futures are up 0.2 percent at 0638 GMT before the cash market opens. *VODAFONE- Six major Vodafone investors said $100 billion was not enough for the British company's stake in its U.S. joint venture with Verizon Communications VZ.N, and urged the latter to come up with an offer of at least $120 billion.
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LONDON, April 29- Britain's FTSE 100 index is seen opening down 3 points, or 0.05 percent lower on Monday, according to financial bookmakers.
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SINGAPORE, April 29- Cellular operator Digicel Group Ltd jumped into Myanmar early and big, hiring staff, funding local sports, negotiating land deals for thousands of cell tower sites and signing up hundreds of partners for retail outlets.
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HAVANA, April 28- On weekend nights in Havana, young hipsters fill the sidewalks at a busy intersection near the seafront and spill into the park below, passing rum bottles between them, smoking cigarettes and playing guitars.
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That time slot previously had long been occupied by one of New Orleans' most famous bands, the Neville Brothers. During the next two weekends, some 500 bands will perform at the festival, including a sprinkling of big names from Billy Joel, Dave Matthews and Adam Levine to Jill Scott, George Benson and Willie Nelson.
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LONDON, April 28- British newspapers reported the following business stories on Sunday: The Sunday Telegraph:.
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That time slot previously had long been occupied by one of New Orleans' most famous bands, the Neville Brothers. During the next two weekends, some 500 bands will perform at the festival, including a sprinkling of big names from Billy Joel, Dave Matthews and Adam Lambert to Jill Scott, George Benson and Willie Nelson.
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SAN JUAN, April 26- Puerto Rico would see its deficit decline substantially to $200 million under a proposed budget for the 2014 fiscal year unveiled by the territory's governor, who said he expects to close the budget gap in two to three years.
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April 26- Mexico's Cemex, one of the world's biggest cement companies, reported a wider first-quarter loss on Friday, hurt by a drop in cement sales that offset cost-cutting. The Monterrey- based company said the loss grew to $281 million from $30 million a year earlier, and was wider than analysts' expectations of a $178 million loss, according to a Reuters survey.
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April 26- Mexico's Cemex, one of the world's biggest cement companies, reported a wider first-quarter loss on Friday, hurt by a drop in cement sales, mainly in Europe. The Monterrey- based company reported a loss of $281 million, compared with a loss of $30 million a year earlier, and wider than analysts' expectations of a $178 million loss, according to a Reuters survey.
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April 26- Mexico's Cemex, one of the world's biggest cement companies, reported a wider first-quarter loss on Friday, hurt by a drop in cement sales that offset cost-cutting. The Monterrey- based company said the loss grew to $281 million from $30 million a year earlier, and was wider than analysts' expectations of a $178 million loss, according to a Reuters survey.
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April 25- Puerto Rico's new governor on Thursday proposed raising government spending by 8 percent and expanding the goods and services on the Caribbean Island subject to a sales and use tax.
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April 25- Puerto Rico's new governor on Thursday proposed a $750 million annual budget increase to $9.835 billion for the Caribbean island, whose tepid economic recovery from a six-year recession is showing signs of sputtering.