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Air Canada stock falls 12% after it posts record earnings + MORE Feb 17th
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MARKET REPORT: TSX extends losses; Encana in US$7.1b deal - TheChronicleHerald.ca + MORE Sep 29th
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Stock futures nudge higher to start the week with Fed meeting, key inflation data on deck - CNBC Dec 12th
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Slower sales forecasts from Wal-Mart and Cisco drive stock market lower; Bond yields rise
– canadianbusiness.com
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Stocks are sharply lower in midday trading after disappointing news from two companies in the Dow Jones industrial average.
Wal-Mart fell 2.2 per cent after reporting lower revenue and cutting its profit forecast for 2013. Cisco plunged 7 per cent after the network equipment maker’s outlook missed analysts’ estimates. The company also said it would slash 4,000 jobs.
The Dow was down 173 points, or 1.1 per cent, to 15,164 shortly before noon Thursday. It was down 230 points earlier.
The Standard & Poor’s 500 index lost 18 points, or 1.1 per cent, to 1,666.
The Nasdaq composite fell 47 points, or 1.3 per cent, to 3,622.
The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note jumped to 2.80 per cent, the highest since July 2011.
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Wal-Mart fell 2.2 per cent after reporting lower revenue and cutting its profit forecast for 2013. Cisco plunged 7 per cent after the network equipment maker’s outlook missed analysts’ estimates. The company also said it would slash 4,000 jobs.
The Dow was down 173 points, or 1.1 per cent, to 15,164 shortly before noon Thursday. It was down 230 points earlier.
The Standard & Poor’s 500 index lost 18 points, or 1.1 per cent, to 1,666.
The Nasdaq composite fell 47 points, or 1.3 per cent, to 3,622.
The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note jumped to 2.80 per cent, the highest since July 2011.
The post Slower sales forecasts from Wal-Mart and Cisco drive stock market lower; Bond yields rise appeared first on Canadian Business.
Buffett buys Suncor stock; Paulson dumps Barrick
– theglobeandmail.com
Paulson also cuts gold ETF holdings for first time since first quarter of 2011
4.5 year – 2.45%
– ratesupermarket.ca
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A penny stock fraud scheme that allegedly conned investors in 35 countries out of more than $140 million is raising questions about how authorities can combat such financial scams in the internet age.If I Were Carl Icahn…
– IntelligentSpeculator.net
I’m sure that most of you would agree that Twitter is a very important product and company. I’m anxiously awaiting its stock going public even though there doesn’t seem to be anywhere near the level of hype that we saw in the months before the Facebook (FB) IPO. Why? I’m not exactly sure. Twitter is a major force and is increasingly mainstream. It has now proved its ability not only to provide news but also to make money.A few months ago, when the Associated Press twitter account was hacked and a false message about a fire at the White House appeared, the market quickly tanked only to get right back once it was rebuffed. That is certainly one (illegal) way to use Twitter for financial gain. This week, we saw a much more legitimate way to use Twitter. Carl Icahn (@Carl_C_Icahn), one of the most powerful investors in the world announced he had a big stake in Apple (AAPL) with over $1.5B in stock. The stock shot up instantly.
Some investors bought right away to profit from the quick jump…
